Message Capacity; Voice Prompts; Call Screening; Call Intercept - AT&T TL92271 User Manual

Answering system
About the answering system

Message capacity

The answering system can record and store up to 99 messages. Each
message can be up to 3 minutes in length depending on the message
length set (see Recording time on page 80). The total storage capacity
for the announcement, messages and memos is approximately 14 minutes.
The actual recording time depends on individual message characteristics.
Messages remain available for replay until you delete them.

Voice prompts

The system provides voice prompts to guide you through the setup
procedures at the telephone base, message playback, remote access and
recording outgoing announcements.

Call screening

Call screening at the telephone base
If the answering system and call screening are on (see Call screening on
page 77), the announcement and the incoming message broadcast at the
telephone base when a call arrives.
/PLAY/
During message recording, press repeatedly to turn call
STOP
screening on and off for this call. Press VOLUME on the telephone base
to adjust the message volume. To change the call screening setting for all
calls, see page 77.
During call screening, press / /STOP on the telephone base to turn off
PLAY
the call screening. If the call screening is off and the answering system has
/PLAY/ or VOLUME to turn on the
answered a call, press
STOP
call screening.
Call screening at the handset:
If the answering system is on and your answering system is recording a
SCREEN
message, press to screen the call on your handset and the screen
displays the caller ID information. If you do not subscribe to caller ID service,
the handset shows Incoming call.
NOTE: The call screening setting does not affect the call screening on the handset.

Call intercept

When a caller is leaving a message on your answering system, you can
stop recording and talk to the caller by pressing HOME/ or
FLASH
/SPEAKER on the handset.
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