Answer Machine
30
Time saver
When you ring in to access 
your answer machine 
remotely, if you have set Time 
saver as the answer delay 
and you have new messages 
it will answer after 4 rings. If 
you don’t have new messages 
it will answer after 6 rings. 
This means you can hang up 
knowing that you have no 
new messages, saving you the 
time and the cost of the call.
For compatibility with
BT 1571 (or another
voicemail service) 
Make sure the answer 
delay is set for your answer 
machine to answer before 
the voicemail service. For BT 
1571 do not set the answer 
delay to more than 5 rings.
Set the answer mode (Answer & 
Record or Answer Only)
1. Follow steps 1 to 2 in ‘Record 
your own outgoing message’ on 
page 29.
2. ANSWER MODE is displayed, 
press 
.
3. Press 
 or   to display the 
outgoing message mode you 
ANS & REC or ANSWER 
ONLY and press 
. You will hear a 
Set the answer delay
The answer delay setting sets how 
many times the phone will ring 
before the answer machine takes the 
call. You can choose from 2-8 rings 
or Time saver. The default setting is 
4 rings.
1. Press 
, ANS. MACHINE is 
displayed, press 
.
2. Press 
 until TAM SETTINGS is 
displayed, press 
.
3. Press 
 to display ANSWER 
DELAY and press 
.
4. Press 
 or 
 
to display the 
number of rings you want (2–8 rings 
or Time saver) and press 
 to save 
your new setting.