Using An External Telephone Answering Machine - Panasonic KX-F1600 Operating Instructions Manual

Using an external telephone answering
machine
This unit can be connected to an external telephone answering machine (TAM). When the EXT. TAM mode is
selected, incoming voice messages will be recorded on the telephone answering machine and fax messages
will be received by the facsimile unit.
Setting up the answering machine
ør
A
J | — Connect to EXT. jack
1. Connect the telephone answering machine to the EXT. jack.
Telephone answering
machine
2. Set the number of rings on the telephone answering machine to less than 4.
3. Record a greeting message referring to the example below.
"This is (your name, business and/or telephone number). We are unable to answer the phone right now.
Please leave a message after the long beep. To send a fax, dial my remote fax activation code and start
transmission. Thank you."
Notice for recording a greeting message:
9 Do not pause for more than 4 seconds in the message.
9 Your message can be 8 to 16 seconds long. We recommend you to keep it around 10 seconds in length.
olnform the fax caller of your remote fax activation code beforehand (see page 39).
Receiving voice and fax messages
To set the facsimile unit and telephone answering machine to allow callers to leave a voice message and send
a fax message, proceed as follows.
1 Turn on the answering machine.
2 Set the facsimile unit to the EXT. TAM mode by
pressing | RECEIVE MODE).
RECEIVE MODE |= =
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