VTech SN6197_-2 Abridged manual - Manual (Page 60)

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Answering system operation
Call screening
To screen a call at the telephone base:
If the answering system and call screening are on, the announcement
and the incoming message broadcast at the telephone base while the
call is answered by the answering system.
Options while a message is being recorded:
Press q VOL or pVOL to adjust the listening volume.
Press /STOP to temporarily turn off the feature.
Press SILENCE to temporarily mute the feature.
Press SCREEN to temporarily turn on the feature if it is set to off.
To screen a call at a cordless handset:
If the answering system and call screening are on, press SELECT. The
announcement and the incoming message broadcast at the handset
while the call is answered by the answering system.
Options while a message is being recorded:
Press VOL
+
or VOL
-
to adjust the listening volume.
Press OFF to temporarily turn off the feature.
Press SELECT to temporarily turn on the feature if it is set to off.
Call intercept
If you want to talk to the caller whose message is being recorded, press
or on a cordless handset, or SPEAKER on the telephone base,
or lift the corded handset from the telephone base.
Temporarily turn off the message alert tone
If the message alert tone is turned on, the telephone base beeps every
10 seconds when there are new messages. Pressing any telephone base
key (except FIND HS) temporarily silences the message alert tone.
The message alert tone resumes when you receive a new message.
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