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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.
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,
screen displays
XX new
messages.
When you
received new
messages, the
screen displays
and New
voicemail.
To retrieve
messages,
usually there are
two ways:
• Press on
the telephone
base; or
• Access
remotely with
an access
code.
Use your built-in answering system
New message indication
The handset and the telephone base
screen display XX new messages,
and the / PLAY/STOP light on the
telephone base flashes when there are
new answering system messages.
If the message alert tone is turned on, the
telephone base beeps every 10 seconds
when there are message that have not
been reviewed. See Turn on or off the
message alert tone.
Turn on or off the answering system
If you turn the answering system on,
it answers calls and records messages
only on the home line. If your paired cell
phone has voicemail, callers can leave
messages with that voicemail service.
Using a cordless handset:
1. Press MENU/SELECT in idle mode.
2. Press q CID or p to scroll
to Answering sys, then press
MENU/SELECT.
3. Press q CID or p to scroll
to Answer on/off, then press
MENU/SELECT.
4. Press q CID or p to highlight On
or Off, then press MENU/SELECT to
save.
Using the telephone base:
• Press ANS ON to turn the 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.”
Playback messages
To listen to messages at the telephone
base:
1. Press /PLAY/STOP on the
telephone base to listen to the
messages. If you have new messages,
the telephone plays only the new
messages (oldest first). If there are no
new messages, the telephone plays
back all messages (oldest first).
2. The system announces the number
of messages, then begins playback.
The message sequence is shown on
the message window.
3. Press /PLAY/STOP to stop the
playback.
NOTE
• If there are no messages in the
answering system, the system
announces, “You have no message.”
when you attempt to listen to
messages.
To listen to messages at the handset:
1. Press MENU/SELECT when the
handset is idle.
2. Press MENU/SELECT again to select
Play messages. If you have either
new or old messages, the messages
play automatically.
3. The system announces the number
of messages, then begins playback.
The message sequence is shown on
the handset’s screen.
4. Press OFF/CANCEL to stop the
playback.
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