AT&T DECT CL84309 - Manual (Page 61)

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Answering system
About the answering system
Answering system and voicemail
Your telephone has both a digital answering system and voicemail indication.
Most telephone companies offer voicemail services (fees may apply). Your
telephone’s answering system and voicemail indication are independent
features. Each alerts you to new messages differently. For more information on
the voicemail indicators, see page 17. To listen to your voicemail, you typically
follow the instructions that your voicemail service provider provides. To listen
to messages on your digital answering system, press
PLAY/
STOP
button on
the telephone base.
If you subscribe to caller ID/call waiting service through your telephone service
provider, you can use your telephone answering system and voicemail together.
Set your answering system to answer calls at least two rings earlier than your
voicemail is set to answer. For example, set your voicemail to answer calls after
six rings and set your answering system to answer after four rings.
NOTE: 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. By doing this, 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.
Message capacity
The answering system can record up to 99 messages, depending on the length
of each message. Individual messages can be up to four minutes, and the
recording time is approximately 14 minutes. The actual recording time depends
on individual message characteristics. Messages remain available for replay
until you delete them.
When there are new messages (including memos) on the answering system, the
number of messages stored flashes in the message counter.
If the number of messages and
F are flashing alternatively in the message
counter, the memory is full. You must delete some messages before recording
new ones.
Turn the answering system on or off at the telephone base
Unless you change it, the answering system is on and ready to record
messages. You can turn the answering system off, but if you do so, the
answering system does not answer calls and record incoming messages.
Press
ANSWER ON to turn the answering system on or off. If the answering
system is turned on, it announces “Calls will be answered.” If the answering
system is turned off, it announces “Calls will not be answered.”
Voice prompts
The system provides voice prompts to guide you through remote access and
recording outgoing announcements.