AT&T TL74308 - Manual (Page 54)

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Answering system operation
About the answering system
Answering system and voicemail
Your telephone has both a digital answering
system and voicemail indication. Voicemail is
offered by your telephone service provider
(fees may apply). Your telephone’s answering
system and voicemail indication are independent
features, and each alerts you to new messages
differently. For more information on the voicemail
indicators see page 28. To listen to your
voicemail, you typically dial an access number
provided by your telephone company, followed
by a security code or PIN. To listen to messages
recorded on your digital answering system, press
PLAY /STOP
button on the telephone base.
If you subscribe to caller ID/call waiting service
through your telephone service provider, you
can use your telephone answering system and
voicemail together. Set your answering system
to answer calls at least two rings earlier than
your voicemail is set to answer. For example, set
your voicemail to answer calls after six rings and
set you answering system to answer after four
rings. Some voicemail providers may program the
delay before answering calls in seconds instead
of rings; in this case allow six seconds per
ring when determining the appropriate setting.
By doing this, if you are on a call, or if the
answering system is busy recording a message
and you receive another call, the second caller
can leave a voicemail message.