RCA 27993 Telephone User Manual


 
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TEMPORARY TONE
This feature enables pulse (rotary) service phone users to access touch-
tone services offered by banks, credit card companies, etc. Press the
TONE* button to temporarily make the phone touch-tone compatible. To
get information about your bank account, for example, you would:
1. Call the bank’s information line.
2. Press the TONE key, denoted with (*)
on the keypad, when your call is
answered.
3. Follow the voice menu instructions to get the information. When you
hang up, the phone goes back to pulse (rotary) service.
REMOTE ACCESS
This section explains two types of remote access: using the handset to
access the answering machine and accessing the answering machine from
another phone.
The handset contains integrated buttons that enable you access the
answering machine with the handset.
You can also access your answering machine from any phone that is tone-
dial compatible by entering a 3-digit security code after you hear the
outgoing announcement. A voice menu system guides you through all of
the procedures.
USING THE HANDSET
Press the chan/ans button to access the answering machine from the
cordless handset.
After you access the answerer, use the marked handset keys just as if you
were pressing the corresponding buttons on the base (see "Answering
Machine Operation."). The functions are listed on the handset above each
number. For example, to play messages: