Automatic Answering Operation
When the unit answers a call, a greeting message is played and the caller's
message is recorded.
• The total recording time (including greeting message) is about 15
minutes. If messages are recorded in noisy rooms, the time may be
shortened by up to 3 minutes.
• Each caller's recording time is up to 3 minutes.
• A maximum of 64 messages (including greeting message) can be
recorded.
Setting the Unit to Answer Calls
Press [ANSWER ON] to turn on the Answering System.
• The indicator lights and the unit announces
"Answer set" and current day and time. If
"Answer set. Set time" is heard, set the time
and day (p. 13).
• The unit will announce the remaining
recording time if it is less than 3 minutes.
• When no recording time is available, you
will need to erase any unnecessary
messages before new messages can be
recorded (p. 27). The unit can indicate that
memory is full in the following ways:
— "
" will flash on the base unit and the
FULL
ANSWER ON indicator will flash rapidly until
you erase a message.
— The unit will announce "Memory full" when
you press [ANSWER ON] or
[GREETING REC], and after playing
back messages or recording a message.
• If you do not want the unit to answer calls, press [ANSWER ON] again to
turn off the Answering System. The indicator light goes out and "Answer
off" is heard.
• You can also turn on the Answering System remotely from an outside
phone (p. 30).
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Base Unit
[ANSWER ON]
and Indicator
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