VTech LS6191_-13-15-16-17 Manual - Manual (Page 63)

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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 turned 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:
Tap VOL- or VOL+ to adjust the call screening volume.
Tap VOL+ to temporarily turn on the call screening if the call screening is set
to off.
Tap to temporarily turn on or off the call screening.
To screen a call at a handset:
If the answering system is on, the announcement and the incoming message
broadcast at the telephone base when a call is answered by the answering system. At
the same time, the handset shows To screen call press [SELECT]. Press SELECT
to screen the call on your handset. The handset shows the caller’s information. If you
do not subscribe to caller ID service, the handset shows Screening...
Options while a message is being recorded:
Press /VOLUME or /VOLUME to adjust the call screening volume.
Press OFF to temporarily silence the call screening.
Press SELECT to temporarily turn on the call screening if call screening is set
to off.
Press to switch between the speakerphone and the handset earpiece.
Call intercept
If you want to talk to the caller whose message is being recorded, press
or on the handset, or on the telephone base.
Temporarily turn off the message alert tone
If the message alert tone is turned on (see page 55), the telephone base beeps
every 10 seconds when there are new messages. Pressing any telephone base
key (except /FIND HANDSET) temporarily silences the message alert tone.
The message alert tone resumes when you receive a new message.
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