Screening Calls - Uniden DSS8900 Series Owner's Manual

Accessing Your Answering System
If your base has an answering system, you can use your handset
to get your messages and change your answering system setup.
The answering system plays your new messages (that you
have not listened to yet) first. If you have no new messages, the
system plays your old messages.
You have the following options:
Press [
Playing new and old messages, then plays the first new message
new followed by the day and time it was received. Then the
messages system plays the new messages in the order they were
received.
Press [ 1/
Repeating
message.
a message
Press [ 1/
Skipping a
Press [ 3/
message
Deleting a While a message is playing, press [ 4/ ].
message The message is permanently deleted.
Playing old After you listen to your new messages, press [
messages again to play your old messages.
Press [ 5/ ] to stop the message playback.
Exiting the
message
Press [ ] to exit the system and return to standby,
review
or press [ 2/ ] to restart the message playback.

Screening Calls

If your base has an answering system, you can listen to callers
as they leave a message. Press [
answering to listen to the caller without answering the phone.
/mute]. The system announces the number of
] once to go to the beginning of the current
] repeatedly to go back to a previous message.
] to go to the beginning of the next message.
/mute] when the system is
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/mute]