AT&T TL87203 - Recording and Playing Memos

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Answering system
About the answering system
Answering system and voicemail indicators
Your telephone has separate indicators for two dierent types of voice
messages: those le on its built-in digital answering system and those le in
your service provider’s voicemail (fees may apply). Your telephone’s built-in
digital answering system messages and voicemail messages are separate. Each
alerts you to new messages dierently.
X If and L1) XX New msgs and/or L2) XX New msgs display on the
telephone base and handsets, there are new messages in the built-in
answering system. To listen to messages recorded on your digital answering
system, press /LINE 1 MAIL BOX or /LINE 2 MAIL BOX on the telephone
base. To listen to messages with a cordless handset, see
To listen to messages on a cordless handset on page 135.
X If , , or , and L1) Voicemail and/or L2) Voicemail display on
telephone base and handsets, your telephone service provider is indicating
that it has new voicemail for you. To listen to your voicemail, dial an access
number provided by your telephone service provider, followed by a security
code or PIN.
Some telephone service providers bundle or combine multiple services like
voicemail and call waiting, so you may not be aware that you have voicemail. To
check what services you have and how to access them, contact your telephone
service provider.
To use your voicemail service rather than the answering system, turn o the
answering system. To use the answering system rather than your voicemail
service, contact your telephone service provider to deactivate the
voicemail service.
Using the answering system and voicemail together
You can also use your telephone answering system and voicemail together
by setting your built-in answering system to answer before voicemail
answers, as described below. To learn how to program your voicemail
settings, contact your telephone service provider. If you are on a call, or the
answering system is busy recording a message and you receive another call, the
second caller can leave a voicemail message.
Set your answering system to answer calls at least two rings earlier than
your voicemail is set to answer. For example, if your voicemail answers
aer six rings, set your answering system to answer aer four rings.
Some voicemail providers may program the delay before answering calls
in seconds instead of rings. In this case, allow six seconds per ring when
determining the appropriate setting.