Radio Shack 43-3814 - Manual (Page 19)

19 Answering System Operation
message, the system uses it for all recording
time settings (1, 4, and Announce Only).
To switch between your outgoing message
and the system’s prerecorded message,
press
MENU once to enter the outgoing
message setting mode. Then press SKIP/
;
or
:
/ REPEAT until the current message
plays. While the message is playing, press
SKIP /
;
or
:
/ REPEAT until the desired
message plays. The system switches to the
other message and plays it.
RECORDING/DELETING AN
OUTGOING MESSAGE
Follow these steps to record your own
outgoing message (more than 2 seconds
and within 30 seconds long).
1. Press MENU once. The system
announces “Greeting message”,
followed by the current outgoing
message.
#э# #э# #э# #э#
appears.
2. Press MEMO/REC . The system
announces “Record your greeting after
the tone.”
3. When the tone sounds, speak your
message.
4. When you finish your message, press
MEMO/REC or PLAY/STOP . The system
beeps and plays back your message.
5. Press PLAY/STOP to exit.
To delete your outgoing message and use
the system’s prerecorded messages, press
MENU once, then press DELETE when your
message plays. The system announces
“Your greeting has been deleted.”
SETTING THE SYSTEM TO
ANSWER CALLS
Press ANSWER ON/OFF . If the system is set
to record a caller’s message (see “Setting
the Record Time” on Page 18), it plays the
outgoing message and displays the number
of recorded messages. If it is set to
Announcement Only, it plays the outgoing
message, and
7777
appears.
To set the system to not answer calls, press
ANSWER ON/OFF again. It announces
“Answer off” and the message counter turns
off.
Note: When the system’s message memory
is full,
appears and the system announces
“No remaining time” when you try to operate
it.
SCREENING CALLS
You can let the system answer calls while
you listen to the caller’s message through
the speaker. If you decide to answer the call,
press
TALK to answer if the handset is off the
base, or if the handset is on the base, lift it.
You can also pick up any phone on the same
line. The system stops recording and resets
to answer the next call.
Press VOLUME
8
or
9
to adjust the volume
level of call screening. If you do not want to
listen to calls, repeatedly press
VOLUME
9
until
&&&&
appears.
Note: Even if you turn the volume to
ý& ý&ý& ý&
for call
screening, you can still hear incoming
message playback and announcements.
RECORDING INCOMING
MESSAGES
After the system answers a call, it plays the
outgoing message, beeps, then records the
caller’s message. Each incoming message
can be up to 1 or 4 minutes long, depending
on how you set the recording time (see
“Setting the Record Time” on Page 18). The
maximum recording capacity is about 16
minutes (or 59 messages).