Remote Access - VTech XS1050 Manual

Remote access

Your phone lets you check your
messages, or otherwise operate your
answering machine, by calling the
answering machine when you are away
from home and then dialling a 4-digit
remote access PIN from a tone-dialling
phone. The 4-digit remote access PIN
code is used to prevent other people
from unauthorised access of your
answering machine.
Make sure that Remote Access is turned
on (see Turn on/off remote access
section) and then you can ring your
phone from another tone-dialling
phone to switch the answering machine
on or off, and/or listen to your messages
remotely.
Access your
remotely:
1. Place a call from a tone-dialling
phone to your phone.
2. When the
answers the call and starts playing
the outgoing message, press the
key. The outgoing message will stop
playing.
3. Enter the 4-digit Remote Access PIN
(default PIN is 0000). You will hear a
single confirmation beep if the PIN
is accepted, and you then need to
press 5 to start playing any messages.
answering machine
answering machine
NOTES
*
• The must be entered while the
outgoing message is still playing,
and the 4-digit PIN should follow
without any delays.
• If the 4-digit Remote Access PIN is
entered incorrectly you will hear
three error beeps, and you can try
again, but if it happens three times
consecutively, the line will be released
automatically.
4. Press the following keys to carry out
your desired function.
While
Keys
message is
not playing
2
4
5 Start playing
messages.
6
*
7 Turn on the
answering
machine.
8
9 Turn off the
answering
machine.
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Functions
While message is playing
Delete the current
message playing.
Press once to repeat the
current message from the
beginning.
Press twice to skip back
to play the previous
message.
Stop the current message
playback.
Skip to play the next
message.
Stop the current message
playback.