Radio Shack Digital Spread Spectrum Cordless Telephone with Digital Answering System - Manual (Page 17)

17 Answering System Operation
The system switches to the other message
and plays it.
RECORDING/DELETING AN
OUTGOING MESSAGE
To record your outgoing message (up to 30
seconds long), hold down
OGM on the base
until the answering system beeps and - -
appears. When you finish your message,
press
PLAY/STOP or OGM . The system plays
back your message.
To delete your outgoing message and use
the answering system’s prerecorded mes-
sages, hold down
OGM until the system
beeps. Then press OGM again within two
seconds.
SETTING THE RECORD
TIME
Set REC TIME to 1 , 4 , or ANN to determine
how the answering system will record incom-
ing messages.
1 — The system plays the outgoing
message and lets callers leave a mes-
sage up to 1 minute long.
4 — The system plays the outgoing
message and lets callers leave a mes-
sage up to 4 minutes long.
ANN (announcement only) — The sys-
tem plays the outgoing message but
does not let callers leave a message.
SETTING THE ANSWERING
SYSTEM TO ANSWER
CALLS
To set the answering system to answer calls,
press
ANSWER on the base. If the system is
set to record a caller’s message (see “Set-
ting the Record Time”), it plays the outgoing
message and shows the number of recorded
messages. If the system is set to announce-
ment-only, it plays the outgoing message,
and
A appears.
To set the system to not answer calls, press
ANSWER . The system announces “Answer
off” and the message counter turns off.
SCREENING CALLS
You can let the answering 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
SPEAKER on
the base to answer using the speakerphone,
press
TALK on the handset 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.
RECORDING INCOMING
MESSAGES
After the answering system answers a call, it
plays the outgoing message, beeps, and
records the caller’s message. Each incoming
message can be up to 1 or 4 minutes long,
depending on how you set
REC TIME (see
“Setting the Record Time”). The system’s
maximum recording capacity is 18 minutes.
The system stops recording and resets to
answer the next call when:
• The caller hangs up.
• The maximum message length is
reached.
• The system detects a busy signal or
more than 7 seconds of silence.
• You pick up the system’s handset or any
phone on the same phone line.
Note: When the answering system’s mes-
sage memory is full,
FL appears message
counter window and the system announces
“No remaining time” when you try to operate
it.
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