Screening calls from the handset – GE DECT 28821 User Manual

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Screening Calls from the Handset

Use the handset to screen calls even when you can’t hear the answering system.
When the answering system picks up:
1. Press the mute/menu OK button to go to the main menu.
. Press the CALLER ID-VOLUME ( 6 or 5) button to scroll to

ANSWERER.

. Press the mute/menu OK button to enter the menu, press the CALLER ID-VOLUME

( 6 or 5) to select

HANDSET ACCESS submenu.

. Press the mute/menu OK button to access the answering system.
5. Listen as the caller leaves a message.
6. Press the TALK or SPEAKER buttons to speak to the person or press the

END/cancel button to stop screening the call.

Accessing the Answering System from Another

Location

You can access your answering system from any touch-tone phone by entering your
-digit security code during the playing of outgoing announcement or after you hear
the outgoing announcement.
1. Dial the telephone number to which the answering system is connected.
. While the outgoing announcement is playing, enter the security code “1”

-OR-

After the announcement has played and you hear a tone, enter security code
“1”

. Follow the voice menu to use the answering system’s remote functions.
The remote feature lets you perform the following functions:
To

Press this button

Review message

1

Play back messages



Stop message playback



Erase message

0 (during message playback)

Skip message



Turn off/on answerer



Review voice menu options

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