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Answering system
Call intercept
While call screening, you can press PHONE/FLASH or
SPEAKER on the handset to stop recording and speak
to the caller.
Temporarily turning off the message alert tone
Follow the step below to temporarily silence the message alert tone:
When the telephone base is in idle mode, press any
telephone base key (except HANDSET LOCATOR).
The message alert tone is activated again with the next
incoming message.
NOTES:
When the telephone base is in idle mode, if you press DELETE
to temporarily silence the message alert tone, there is a voice prompt to direct you to
press DELETE again to delete all old messages (see To delete all old messages at the
telephone base on page 48). If you are not going to delete all old messages, wait at least 5
seconds to allow the telephone base to return to idle mode.
To turn off the message alert tone, see Message alert tone on page 18.
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Answering system overview