Call Screening, Priority Call And Call Intercept - AT&T CL4939 User Manual

Answering system operation
Call screening, priority call and call
intercept
Call screening
CHRISTINE SMITH
If CALL SCREENING is ON (see Feature summary
888-722-7702
on page 15), the incoming messages on your
telephone are played through the speaker while
11-20 --
12:00
AM
they are being recorded. While call screening, you
can slide the VOL switch to adjust the volume
to a comfortable level.
Priority call
You may choose to give your priority code (see
Feature summary on page 15) to someone
special so you know when they are calling. When
the person calls, he should enter your priority
code while the answering system is playing the
outgoing announcement. The answering system
asks the caller to "Please wait a moment." The
telephone then plays the priority call tone for 30
seconds to alert you that a person with a high
priority is calling.
Call intercept
While call screening, you can lift the handset or
press SPEAKER to stop recording and speak to
the caller.
During the 30-second priority call tone, you can
SPEAKER to stop the
lift the handset or press
tone and speak to the caller.
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