Radio Shack Digital Spread Spectrum Cordless Telephone with Digital Answering System - Manual (Page 18)

18 Answering System Operation
RECORDING A MEMO
A memo is a message you can record at the
answering system for yourself or others in
your home or office for up to 10 minutes. The
system stores memos as incoming messag-
es (see “Playing Messages”).
To record a memo, hold down MEMO on the
base until the answering system beeps and
– – appears in the message counter win-
dow, then speak your message. When you
finish the memo, press
PLAY/STOP or MEMO .
Note: The answering system cannot record
a memo less than two seconds long.
RECORDING A
CONVERSATION
The answering system lets you record both
sides of a telephone conversation up to 10
minutes when you are talking with the hand-
set.
Important: 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 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 sys-
tem announces the number of new and old
messages, then plays the new messages.
The message number appears as each mes-
sage plays, and the 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 on
the base during playback.
To replay the current message from the be-
ginning, press
REPEAT on the base. If you
press REPEAT within about 2 seconds (4
seconds for remote operation) after a mes-
sage begins playing, the system replays the
previous message.
ADJUSTING THE
ANSWERING SYSTEM’S
VOLUME
To adjust the speaker’s volume, repeatedly
press
VOLUME
8 8 8 8
or
9 9 9 9
on the base. The
volume setting from 1 (lowest) to 10 (high-
est) appears in the message counter win-
dow.
DELETING MESSAGES
To delete the current message while it is
playing, hold down
DELETE on the base until
the answering system beeps.
To delete all messages at once, while mes-
sages are not playing, hold down
DELETE
until the system beeps and 0 appears in the
message counter window.
Note: You cannot delete new (unplayed)
messages. If you try to delete all messages
at once while you still have new messages,
the system sounds five quick beeps and
does not delete any messages.
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