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Answering
System Operation
Answering System Operation
About the Answering System and Voicemail
Your telephone has both a digital answering system and voicemail
indication. Most telephone companies offer voicemail service (fees may
apply). Your telephone’s answering system and voicemail indication are
independent features, and each alerts you to new messages differently.
For more information on the voicemail indicators, see page 13. To listen to
your voicemail, follow the instructions provided by your voicemail service
provider. To listen to messages recorded on your digital answering system,
see page 33.
If you subscribe to a voicemail service through your telephone service
provider, you can use your telephone answering system and voicemail
together. If you are on a call, or the answering system is busy and you
receive another call, the second caller can leave a voicemail message. 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 and store up to 99 messages. Each
message can be up to four minutes in length. The total storage capacity
for the announcement, messages and memos is approximately 14 minutes.
The actual recording time depends on individual message characteristics.
Messages remain available for replay until you delete them.
Turn the Answering System On or Off
The answering system must be turned on to answer and record messages.
When the answering system is turned on, the ANS ON/OFF light on the
telephone base will be on and ANS ON will display on the handset.
To turn on or off with the telephone base:
Press ANS ON/OFF to turn the answering system
on or off. When the answering system is turned on,
it announces, “Calls will be answered.” When the
answering system is turned off, it announces, “Calls
will not be answered.”
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