Radio Shack 900 MHz - Manual (Page 24)

24 Answering System Operation
• The caller hangs up.
• The maximum message length is
reached.
• The answering system detects a busy
signal or more than 7 seconds of
silence.
• You pick up the answering system’s
handset or any phone on the same
phone line.
Note: When the answering system’s mes-
sage memory is full,
FL appears on the dis-
play and the answering system announces
“No remaining time” when you try to operate
it.
RECORDING A MEMO
A memo is a message you can record at the
answering system for yourself or others in
your home or office. The answering system
stores memos as incoming messages (see
“Playing Messages”).
To record a memo, hold down MEMO on the
base until the answering system beeps and
-- appears in the message counter window,
then speak your message. When you finish
the memo, press
PLAY/STOP or MEMO .
Notes:
• The answering system cannot record a
memo less than two seconds long.
• The maximum length of the memo
recording is 10 minutes.
RECORDING A
CONVERSATION
The answering system lets you record both
sides of a telephone conversation for up to
10 minutes when you are talking using the
handset.
Important Note: It is illegal in some areas to
record a conversation without the consent of
all parties to the conversation, including the
phone company. Check the laws in your area
before you use the two-way recording fea-
ture.
To start recording a phone conversation,
hold down
MEMO on the base until the an-
swering system beeps and -- appears. To
stop recording, press PLAY/STOP or MEMO .
The answering system stores a recorded
conversation as a message (see “Playing
Messages”).
Note: The answering system cannot record
a conversation less than two seconds long,
or a call using the speakerphone.
PLAYING MESSAGES
After the answering system has recorded a
message, its message counter shows the to-
tal number of messages stored. If you have
new messages, the number flashes.
To play your messages, press PLAY/STOP .
The answering system announces the num-
ber of new and old messages, then plays the
new messages. The message number ap-
pears as each message plays, and the an-
swering system announces the day and time
of the call at the end of each message.
To play all messages after playing the new
messages, press
PLAY/STOP again.
To skip to the next message, press SKIP dur-
ing playback.
To replay the current message from the be-
ginning, press
REPEAT . If you press REPEAT
within about 2 seconds after a message be-
gins playing, the answering system replays
the previous message.
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