BT 1200 User Manual page 22

Using your Freestyle 1200 answering machine
Recording your outgoing
message
Your Freestyle 1200 has a preset
outgoing message that callers will
hear. You can use this preset
message or record your own
message for a more personal
greeting.
To listen to the outgoing message
Remove the battery cover lid to
•
access the appropriate buttons.
T OGM
Press the
• OUTGOING MESSAGE
button. The currently set
outgoing message is played.
To record your own outgoing
message
T OGM
Press and hold the
•
button. The machine
MESSAGE
announces: "Please speak after
the tone. To end recording, release
the button."
Start speaking your message
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after the tone. Speak into the
microphone which is located next
to the
ANSWER ON/OFF
20
OUTGOING
button.
For a good quality recording, speak
clearly and continuously about 20cms
from the microphone. Make sure there
is no background noise.
The display shows
•
Stop recording by releasing the
•
OUTGOING MESSAGE
The machine announces: "Your
outgoing message is...." and plays
back your message.
To cancel playback, press the
•
button.
STOP
Remember
If you wish callers to leave their
messages in a particular mailbox, tell
them in your outgoing message to press
or on their phone before speaking.
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To check your outgoing message
T OGM
Press the
• OUTGOING MESSAGE
button. Your outgoing message is
played.
To delete your outgoing message
T OGM
Press the
• OUTGOING MESSAGE
button.
The currently set outgoing
•
message is played.
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button.