Philips SE658 Answering Machine User Manual


 
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Telephone answering machine (TAM)
•If Record Message is selected,
a beep sounds and message
recording starts automatically.
•If Delete is selected and a
personal outgoing message was
previously recorded, Deleted is
displayed. The predefined OGM
is reinstated automatically.
15.5 Set the Answer mode
There are 2 answer modes available:
Answer Only and Answer & Record. By
default, the answer mode is Answer &
Record, which lets your caller leave a
message on the answering machine. This
can be changed to Answer Only mode,
which does not allow your caller to leave
any messages on the answering machine.
1 Press the m key in idle mode,
scroll n to Answer Machine, and
press o Select.
2 Scroll n to Answer Mode and
press o Select.
3 Scroll n to select Answer & Rec.
or Answer Only and press o
Select.
A validation tone is emitted and
the screen returns to Answer
Machine menu.
Depending on the answer mode you have
selected, the appropriate default outgoing
message is played once the answering
machine picks up an incoming call.
You can set the answering machine to
play a personalized outgoing message.
See 15.4 above.
15.6 Answering Machine Settings
15.6.1 Ring Delay
This is the number of rings before the
answering machine answers and starts
playing your greeting message. You can
set the answering machine to start
playing your greeting message after 3 to 8
rings or the “Economy” option. The
default ring delay is Economy.
1 Press the m key in idle mode,
scroll n to Answer Machine, and
press o Select.
2 Scroll n to Settings and press
o Select.
3 Ring Delay is highlighted. Press
o Select, then scroll n to select
from 3 to 8 or Economy.
4 Press o Select to confirm.
A validation tone is emitted and
the display returns to the
Settings menu.
If Economy is selected, the ring delay
depends on the answering machine’s
condition.
If there are new messages in the
answering machine, it will pick up the
line after 2 rings.
If there are no new messages in the
answering machine, it will pick up the
line after 4 rings.
Hence, if you want to check if you
have any messages without incurring
call charges, you can hang up the call
after the 3rd ring.
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