Answering System; About The Answering System; Answering System And Voicemail; Message Capacity - AT&T EL52309 - DECT 6.0 User Manual

Answering system

About the answering system

Answering system and voicemail

Your telephone has both a digital answering system and voicemail indication.
Most telephone companies offer voicemail service (fees may apply). Your
telephone's answering system and voicemail indication are independent
features. Each alerts you to new messages differently. For more information
on the voicemail indicators, see page 12. To listen to your voicemail, you
typically follow the instructions provided by your voicemail service provider.
To listen to messages recorded on your digital answering system, press
PLAY/ button on the telephone base.
STOP
If you subscribe to caller ID/call waiting service through your telephone
service provider, you can use your telephone answering system and voicemail
together. Set your answering system to answer calls at least two rings earlier
than your voicemail is set to answer. For example, set your voicemail to
answer calls after six rings and set your answering system to answer after
four rings.
NOTE: Some voicemail providers may program the delay before answering calls in
seconds instead of rings; in this case, allow six seconds per ring when determining
the appropriate setting. By doing this, if you are on a call, or if the answering
system is busy recording a message and you receive another call, the second caller
can leave a voicemail message.

Message capacity

The answering system can record up to 99 messages, depending on the
length of each message. Individual messages can be up to four minutes, and
the approximate recording time is 14 minutes. The actual recording time
depends on individual message characteristics. Messages remain available for
replay until you delete them.
When there are new messages (including memos) on the answering system,
the number of messages stored flashes in the message counter.
If the number of message and F are flashing alternatively in the message
counter, the memory is full. You must delete some messages before
recording new ones.

Turn the answering system on or off at the telephone base

Unless you change it, the answering system is on and
ready to record messages. You can turn the answering
system off, but if you do so, the answering system does
not answer calls and record incoming messages.
Press ANS ON/OFF to turn the answering system on
or off. If the answering system is turned on, it announces
"Calls will be answered." If the answering system is
turned off, it announces "Calls will not be answered."
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