Philips CD685 Amplified Phone User Manual


 
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Announcements
The announcement is the message your caller
hears when the answering machine picks up
the call. The answering machine has 2 default
announcements: the [Answer & rec.] mode
and [Answer only] mode.
Record an announcement
The maximum length of the announcement
you can record is 3 minutes. The newly
recorded announcement automatically
replaces the old one.
1 Select [Menu] > > [Announcement],
then press [OK] to conrm.
2 Select [Answer & rec.] or [Answer only],
then press [OK] to conrm.
3 Select [Record new], then press [OK] to
conrm.
4 Recording starts after the beep.
5 Press [OK] to stop recording or the
recording stops after 3 minutes.
» You can listen to the newly recorded
announcement on the handset.
Note
Ensure that you speak close to the microphone
when you record an announcement.
Listen to the announcement
1 Select [Menu] > > [Announcement],
then press [OK] to conrm.
2 Select [Answer & rec.] or [Answer only],
then press [OK] to conrm.
3 Select [Play], then press [OK] to conrm.
» You can listen to the current
announcement.
Note
You can no longer listen to the announcement
when you pick up an incoming call.
Restore the default announcement
1 Select [Menu] > > [Announcement],
then press [OK] to conrm.
2 Select [Answer & rec.] or [Answer only],
then press [OK] to conrm.
3 Select [Use default], then press [OK] to
conrm.
» The handset displays a conrmation
request.
4 Press [OK] to conrm.
» The default announcement is restored.
Incoming messages (ICM)
Each message can be up to 3 minutes long.
When you receive new messages, the new
message indicator ashes on the answering
machine and the handset displays a notication
message.
Note
If you pick up the phone when the caller leaves a
message, the recording stops and you can talk to
the caller directly.
Note
If the memory is full, the answering machine
switches to [Answer only] automatically. Delete
old messages to receive new ones.