Voice Prompts; Call Screening - AT&T CL83217 Complete User's Manual

Answering system
About the answering system

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

To screen a call at the telephone base:
If the answering system and call screening are on (see Call screening on
page 129), the announcement and the incoming message broadcast at the
telephone base when a call is answered by the answering system.
Options while a message is being recorded:
Press q/VOL/p on the telephone base to adjust the call
f
screening volume.
Press /PLAY/STOP or CANCEL to temporarily silence the
f
call screening.
Press /PLAY/STOP to temporarily turn on the call screening if call
f
screening is set to off.
/SPEAKER to answer the call.
Press
f
To screen a call at the handset:
If the answering system is on, you can hear the incoming message with the
handset when a call is answered by the answering system. While a message is
being recorded, the handset shows
To screen call, press [SELECT]. Press
Options while a message is being recorded:
/VOLUME or p
Press q
CID
f
screening volume.
Press /CANCEL to temporarily silence the call screening.
OFF
f
/SELECT to temporarily turn on the call screening if call
Press
MENU
f
screening is set to off.
/SPEAKER to broadcast the announcement and the incoming
Press
f
message through the speakerphone. Press again to turn off the speakerphone.
/SELECT to screen the call.
MENU
/VOLUME on the handset to adjust the call
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