VTech 17850 User Manual

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CALL SCREENING
To screen a call at the telephone base:
If the answering system and call screening are set to on,
the announcement and the incoming message broadcast
at the telephone base when a call is answered by the
answering system.
Options while a message is being recorded:
• Press
VOLUME 
the call screening volume.
• Press
/PLAY/STOP or SILENCE to temporarily
silence the call screening.
• Press
/PLAY/STOP or SCREEN to temporarily turn
on the call screening if call screening is set to off.
• Press
HOME to answer the call.
CALL INTERCEPT
While screening a call, you can stop recording and speak to
the caller by pressing
HOME/RECALL or /SPEAKER
on the handset, or pressing HOME on the telephone
base.
TEMPORARILY TURNING OFF THE MESSAGE
ALERT TONE
If the message alert tone is turned on, the telephone
base beeps every ten seconds when there are new
messages. Pressing any telephone base key temporarily
silences the message alert tone.

VTech 17850 Specifications

General

Brand	VTech
Model	17850
Category	Answering Machine
Language	English