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Answering system
About the answering system
Answering system and voicemail
Your telephone has both a digital answering 
system and voicemail indication. Voicemail is 
offered by your telephone service provider (fees 
may apply). Your telephone’s answering system 
and voicemail indication are independent features. 
Each alerts you to new messages differently. For 
more information on the voicemail indicators, see 
page 23. To listen to your voicemail, you typically 
dial an access number provided by your telephone 
company, followed by a security code or PIN. 
To listen to messages recorded on your digital 
answering system, press 
 
PLAY/STOP button on 
the telephone base.
If you subscribe to caller ID/call waiting service 
through your telephone service provider, you 
can use your telephone answering system and 
voicemail together. Set your answering system to 
answer calls at least two rings earlier than your 
voicemail is set to answer. For example, set your 
voicemail to answer calls after six rings and set 
your answering system to answer after 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. By doing this, 
if you are on a call, or if the answering system is 
busy recording a message and you receive another 
call, the second caller can leave a voicemail 
message.