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Answering system settings
Call screening
You can listen at the telephone base to a caller leaving a message. If you
want to turn off the call screening feature, set the call screening off on the
handset. Remember to increase the volume in order to hear your messages
during playback.
To turn on or off with a handset:
Press MENU/SELECT when the handset is not in use.
Press VOL/ or VOL/CID to select
>
ANSWERING SYS, then press
MENU/SELECT.
Press VOL/ or VOL/CID to select
>
ANS SYS SETUP, then press
MENU/SELECT.
Press MENU/SELECT to select
>
CALL SCREENING.
Press VOL/ or VOL/CID to choose ON or OFF, then press
MENU/SELECT.
Number of rings
You can choose from two, four, or six rings; or toll saver. With toll saver
selected, the answering system answers after two rings when you have
new messages, and after four rings when you have no new messages. This
enables you to check for new messages and avoid paying unnecessary long
distance charges if you are calling from out of your local area.
Press MENU/SELECT when the handset is not in use.
Press VOL/ or VOL/CID to select
>
ANSWERING SYS, then press
MENU/SELECT.
Press VOL/ or VOL/CID to select
>
ANS SYS SETUP, then press
MENU/SELECT.
Press VOL/ or VOL/CID to select
>
# OF RINGS, then press
MENU/SELECT.
Press VOL/ or VOL/CID to choose from 6, 4, 2 or TOLL SAVER,
then press MENU/SELECT to conrm your selection.
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While the answering system is answering a call, you can press /VOL
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once on the
telephone base to temporarily turn the call screening on. Press /VOL- to level 1 to
temporarily turn down the volume of the call screening, or press /PLAY/STOP
to turn off call screening temporarily.