Answering system
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About the answering system
Voice prompts
The system provides voice prompts to guide you through the setup
procedures at the telephone base, message playback, remote access and
recording outgoing announcements.
Call screening
To screen a call at the telephone base:
If the answering system and call screening are on (see Call screening on
page 155), the announcement and the incoming message broadcast at the
telephone base when a call is answered by the answering system.
Options while a message is being recorded:
f Press q/VOLUME/p on the telephone base to adjust the call
screening volume.
f Press /PLAY/STO P or SILENCE to temporarily silence the
call screening.
f Press /PLAY/STO P or SCREEN to temporarily turn on the call screening
if call screening is set to o.
f Press HOME to answer the call.
To screen a call at the handset:
If the answering system is on and your answering system is recording a
message, press SCREEN to screen the call on your handset and the screen
displays the caller ID information. If you do not subscribe to caller ID service,
the handset shows Incoming call.
Options while a message is being recorded:
f Press
CID/VOLUME or
DIR/VOLUME on the handset to adjust the call
screening volume.
f Press OFF/CANCEL or SILENCE to temporarily silence the call screening.
f Press SCREEN to temporarily turn on the call screening if call screening is
set to o.
f Press /SPEAKER to turn o the speakerphone and screen the call through
the handset earpiece.