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Answering system and voicemail
Your telephone has separate indicators for two different types of voice messages:
those left on its built-in answering system and those left at your service provider’s
voicemail. Your telephone’s built-in answering system messages and voicemail
messages are separate. Each alerts you to new messages differently.
If XX new messages displays and /PLAY/STOP on the
telephone base flashes, there are new messages recorded
on the built-in answering system. To listen to the messages
recorded, press MENU twice on a handset (page 57), or press
/PLAY on the telephone base (page 57).
If New voicemail and display, your telephone service
provider is indicating that it has new voicemail for you. To
listen to your voicemail, press and hold
1
on the handset or
telephone base. See Voicemail number on page 19 to set your
voicemail number.
Some service providers bundle or combine multiple services
like voicemail and call waiting, so you may not be aware that
you have voicemail. To check what services you have and
how to access them, contact your telephone service provider.
To use your voicemail service rather than your answering
system, turn off your answering system. To use your
answering system rather than your voicemail service,
contact your telephone service provider to deactivate your
voicemail service.
Using the answering system and voicemail together
You can also use your telephone answering system and voicemail together by setting
your built-in answering system to answer before voicemail answers as described
below. To learn how to program your voicemail settings, contact your telephone
service provider. Then, if you are on a call, or if the answering system is busy
recording a message and you receive another call, the second caller can leave a
voicemail message.
Set your answering system to answer calls at least two rings earlier than your
voicemail is set to answer. For example, if your voicemail answers after six rings, set
your answering system to answer after four rings. Some voicemail providers may
program the delay before answering calls in seconds instead of rings. In this case,
allow six seconds per ring when determining the appropriate setting.
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Answering system operation
10:15
P M
12/18
New voicemail
ECO
10:15
P M
12/18
XX new messages
ECO
11:59 AM 2/17
New voicemail
MSG #
1