Radio Shack 43-3812 Cordless Telephone User Manual


 
16
Answering System Operation
RECORDING/DELETING AN
OUTGOING MESSAGE
Follow these steps to record your own
outgoing message (less then 30 seconds in
length).
1. Press
MENU
once. The system
announces “Greeting message”,
followed by the current outgoing
message.
#ý#
#ý##ý#
#ý#
appears.
2. Press
MEMO/REC
. The system
announces “Record your greeting after
the tone.”
3. When the tone sounds, speak your
message.
4. When you finish your message, press
MEMO/REC
or
PLAY/STOP
. The system
beeps and then plays back your
message.
5. Press
PLAY/STOP
to exit.
To delete your outgoing message and use
the system’s prerecorded messages, press
MENU
once, then press
DELETE
when your
message starts to play. The system
announces “Your greeting has been
deleted.”
SETTING THE SYSTEM TO
ANSWER CALLS
To set the system to answer calls, press
ANSWER ON/OFF
. If the system is set to
record a caller’s message (see “Setting the
Record Time” on Page 15), it plays the
outgoing message and shows the number of
recorded messages. If the system is set to
Announcement Only, it plays the outgoing
message, and
7
77
7
appears.
To set the system to not answer calls, press
ANSWER
ON/OFF
again. The system
announces “Answer off” and the message
counter turns off.
When the system’s message memory is full,
<B
<B<B
<B
appears and the system announces “No
remaining time” when you try to operate it.
SCREENING CALLS
You can let the system answer calls for you
while you listen to the caller’s message
through the base’s speaker. If you decide to
answer the call, press
TALK
to answer if the
handset is off the base, or if the handset is
on the base, lift it.
You can also pick up any phone on the same
line. The system stops recording and resets
to answer the next call.
Press
VOLUME
8
88
8
or
9
99
9
to adjust the volume
level of call screening. If you do not want to
listen to calls, repeatedly press
VOLUME
9
99
9
until
&
&&
&
appears.
The system silences at the 0 volume setting
only while screening calls. You can hear
message playback or other announcements
even at the 0 level setting.
RECORDING INCOMING
MESSAGES
After the system answers a call, it plays the
outgoing message, beeps, then records the
caller’s message. Each incoming message
can be up to 1 or 4 minutes long, depending
on how you set the recording time (see
“Setting the Record Time” on Page 15). The
system’s maximum recording capacity is
about 16 minutes (or approximately 59
messages).
The system stops recording and resets to
answer the next call when:
The caller hangs up.
The maximum message length is
reached.