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ANSWERING MACHINE AND VOICEMAIL
Your telephone has separate indicators for two different types of voice
messages: those left on its built-in digital answering machine and those left
with your telephone service provider’s voicemail. Your telephone’s built-in digital
answering machine messages and voicemail messages are separate. Each
alerts you to new messages differently.
If XX New messages displays on the cordless handsets, there are new
messages in the built-in answering machine. To listen to the messages
recorded on your digital answering machine, press /PLAY/STOP on the
telephone base.
If and New voicemail display on the cordless handset, your telephone
service provider is indicating that it has new voicemail for you.
To listen to your voicemail, press and hold 1 on your handset. 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 your answering machine, turn off your
answering machine. To use your answering machine rather than your voicemail
service, contact your telephone service provider to deactivate your voicemail
service.
Using the answering machine and voicemail together
You can also use your telephone answering machine and voicemail together by
setting your built-in answering machine to answer before voicemail answers
as described below. To learn how to program your voicemail settings, contact
your telephone service provider. Then, if you are on a call, or if the answering
machine is busy recording a message and you receive another call, the second
caller can leave a voicemail message.
Set your answering machine to answer calls at least two rings earlier than your
voicemail is set to answer. For example, if your voicemail answers after six
rings, set your answering machine to answer after four rings. Some voicemail
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