VTech IS8128-11 - Retrieve Voicemail Answering System; Difference between the Built-In Answering System and Voicemail Service; Use Your Built-In Answering System; New Message Indication

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Retrieve voicemail
When you received a voicemail, the
handset and the telephone base display
New voicemail and .
To retrieve, you typically dial an access
number provided by your telephone
service provider, and then enter a
security code. Contact your telephone
service provider for instructions on how
to configure the voicemail settings and
listen to messages.
NOTE
• After you have listened to all new
voicemail messages, the indicators on
the screen turn off automatically.
Answering system
Difference between the built-in answering
system and voicemail service
Your telephone has separate indicators
for two different types of voice messages:
those recorded on its built-in digital
answering system and those recorded
in your telephone service provider’s
voicemail (fees may apply). Your
telephone’s built-in digital answering
system messages and voicemail
messages are separate.
The main differences between them
are:
Category
Built-in
answering
system
Voicemail
from
telephone
service
Storage
Messages are
stored in the
telephone base.
Messages
are stored
in a server
or system
provided by
your telephone
service.
Your messages
will not be
deleted
automatically.
You have to
delete your
messages
manually.
Your messages
may be
automatically
deleted after a
period of time.
Contact your
telephone
service
provider for
more
details.
Method to
retrieve
messages
When you
received new
messages,
screen displays
XX new
messages.
When you
received new
messages, the
screen displays
and New
voicemail.
To retrieve
messages,
usually there are
two ways:
• Press on
the telephone
base; or
• Access
remotely with
an access
code.
Use your built-in answering system
New message indication
The handset and the telephone base
screen display XX new messages,
and the / PLAY/STOP light on the
telephone base flashes when there are
new answering system messages.
If the message alert tone is turned on,
the telephone base beeps every 10
seconds when there are message that
have not been reviewed. See Turn on
or off the message alert tone.
Turn on or off the answering system
If you turn the answering system on,
it answers calls and records messages
only on the home line. If your paired cell
phone has voicemail, callers can leave
messages with that voicemail service.
Using a cordless handset:
1. Press MENU/SELECT in idle mode.
2. Press q CID or p to scroll
to Answering sys, then press
MENU/SELECT.
3. Press q CID or p to scroll
to Answer on/off, then press
MENU/SELECT.
4. Press q CID or p to highlight On
or Off, then press MENU/SELECT to
save.