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About the answering system
Answering system and voicemail
Your telephone has both a digital answering system and voicemail indication.
Most telephone companies offer voicemail services (fees may apply). Your
telephone’s answering system and voicemail indication are independent
features. Each alerts you to new messages differently. For more information
on the voicemail indicators, see page 13. To listen to your voicemail, you
typically follow the instructions that your voicemail service provider provides.
To listen to messages on your digital answering system, press PLAY
/STOP
button on the telephone base.
If you subscribe to caller ID/call waiting service through your telephone
service provider, you can use your telephone answering system and voicemail
together. Set your answering system to answer calls at least two rings earlier
than your voicemail is set to answer. For example, set your voicemail to
answer calls after six rings and set your answering system to answer after
four rings.
Message capacity
The answering system can record up to 99 messages, depending on the
length of each message. Individual messages can be up to four minutes, and
the maximum recording time is approximately 14 minutes. The actual
recording time depends on individual message characteristics. Messages
remain available for replay until you delete them.
When there are new messages (including memos) on the answering system,
the number of messages stored flashes in the message counter.
If the number of messages and F are flashing alternatively in the message
counter, the memory is full. You must delete some messages before
recording new ones.
Turn the answering system on or off at the telephone base
Unless you change it, the answering system is on and ready to record
messages. You can turn the answering system off, but if you do so, the
answering system does not answer calls and record
incoming messages.
Press ANSWER ON/OFF to turn the answering
system on or off. If the answering system is turned on, it
announces, “Calls will be answered.” If the answering
system is turned off, it announces, “Calls will not be
answered.”
NOTE: Some voicemail providers may program the delay before answering calls in
seconds instead of rings; in this case, allow six seconds per ring when determining the
appropriate setting. By doing this, if you are on a call, or if the answering system is busy
recording a message and you receive another call, the second caller can leave a
voicemail message.