Filter
Top Products
Answering Machines
You can use an answering machine to answer calls at night when no one is
around, or during business hours when no one can get to the phone. If you
have an AT&T answering machine with the Call Intercept feature, you can pick
up a call that has been answered by the answering machine by joining the call
from any system phone. When you do so, the system sends the answering
machine a signal that makes it hang up.
The following are ways you can connect answering machines to your system:
■
■
■
Single answering machine. This basic setup can cover all the lines in
the system. Anyone on the system can call the machine to retrieve
messages.
Multiple answering machines. If you get too many calls for one
machine to cover, connect two or more machines to cover all calls.
Personal answering machine. An answering machine can share an
extension with a phone to answer calls to the extension.
NOTE:
If you have an answering machine and a phone on the same extension, the
answering machine will be able to answer calls only when the phone is idle.
4-4 Using Auxiliary Equipment