Turning on the answering system
remotely
1 Dial your phone number from a
touch-tone phone.
2 Let the phone ring 20 times.
R A long beep is heard.
3 Enter your remote access code within 10
seconds after the long beep.
R The greeting message is played back.
R You can either hang up, or enter your
remote access code again and begin
remote operation (page 47).
Answering system settings
Call screening
W
hile a caller is leaving a message, you can
listen to the call through the handset’s
speaker. To adjust the speaker volume, press
MDN or MCN repeatedly. You can answer the call
by pressing M
N
on the handset. Call
screening can be set for each handset. The
default setting is “On”.
1 MMenuN (right soft key) #310
2 MbN: Select the desired setting. a MOKN
a M
N
Number of rings before the unit
a
nswers a call
You can change the number of times the
phone rings “Number of Rings” before the
unit answers a call. You can select 2 to 9
rings, or “Auto”.
The default setting is “8 Rings”.
“Auto”: The unit’s answering system answers
at the end of the 5th ring when new messages
have been recorded, or at the end of the 8th
ring when there are no new messages. If you
call your phone from outside to listen to new
messages (page 47), you know that there are
no new messages when the phone rings for
the 6th time. You can then hang up without
being charged for the call.
1 MM
enuN (right soft key) #211
2 MbN: Select the desired setting. a MOKN
a M
N
For voice mail service subscribers
T
o receive voice mail and use answering
system properly, please note the following:
R To use the voice mail service (page 53)
provided by your service provider/telephone
company rather than the unit’s answering
system, turn off the answering system
(page 42).
R To use this unit’s answering system rather
than the voice mail service provided by
your service provider/telephone company,
please contact your service provider/
telephone company to deactivate your
voice mail service.
If your service provider/telephone company
cannot do this:
– Set this unit’s “Number of Rings”
setting so that this unit’s answering
system answers calls before the voice
mail service of your service provider/
telephone company does. It is necessary
to check the number of rings required to
activate the voice mail service provided
by your service provider/telephone
company before changing this setting.
– Change the number of rings of the voice
mail service so that the answering
system can answer the call first. To do
so, contact your service provider/
telephone company.
Caller’s recording time
Y
ou can change the maximum message
recording time allowed for each caller. The
default setting is “3 Minutes”.
1 MMenuN (right soft key) #305
2 MbN: Select the desired setting. a MOKN
a M
N
Selecting “G
reeting Only”
You can select “Greeting Only” which sets
the unit to announce a greeting message to
callers but not record messages.
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Helpline Tel. No.: U.K. 0844 844 3899 Ireland 01289 8333
Answering System
