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About the built-in answering
system and voicemail service
For message recording, your telephone
has a built-in answering system, and it also
supports voicemail service offered by your
telephone service provider (subscription is
required, and fee may apply).
The main differences between them are:
Category
Built-in
answering
system
Voicemail from
telephone
service
Storage Messages are
stored in the
telephone
base.
Messages are
stored in a
server or system
provided by
your telephone
service
provider.
Your
messages
will not be
deleted
automatically.
You have to
delete your
messages
manually.
Your messages
may be
automatically
deleted after a
period of time.
Contact your
telephone
service provider
for more details.
Method
to retrieve
messages
When you
received new
messages,
the handset
displays
XX New
messages,
and the red
LED light on
the telephone
base flashes.
When you
received new
messages, the
handset displays
and New
voicemail.
Method
to retrieve
messages
To retrieve
messages,
usually there
are two ways:
• Press
on the
telephone
base; or
• Access
remotely
with an
access code.
To retrieve
messages, you
need an access
number and/
or a passcode
provided by
your telephone
service
provider.
Set your built-in answering
system
The answering system can record and
store up to 99 messages. Each message
can be up to three minutes in length.
The total storage capacity for the
announcement, messages and memos
is approximately 22 minutes. The actual
recording time depends on individual
message characteristics.
Your answering system allows you to set
your announcement, to save and delete
messages, activate call screening, to set
number of rings before pick up, to access
remotely, and to control the recording
time.
Turn the answering system on or
off
The answering system must be turned on
to answer and record messages.
When the answering system is turned on,
the red LED light next to /ANS ON/OFF
on the telephone base turns on.
To turn on or off with the telephone
base:
• Press /ANS ON/OFF to turn the built-
in answering system on or off. When
the answering system is turned on, it
announces, “Calls will be answered.”
When the answering system is turned
off, it announces, “Calls will not be
answered.”