Operation; Setting The Unit To Answer Calls - Panasonic KX-TG2386 Operating Instructions Manual

Automatic Answering Operation
When the unit answers a call, a greeting message is played and the caller's
message is recorded.
• The total recording time of all messages (greeting, incoming and memo) is
about 16 minutes (about 8 minutes in "Enhanced recording" mode, p. 27). If
messages are recorded in noisy rooms, the time may be shortened by up to
3 minutes.
• To select the caller's recording time, see page 26.
• A maximum of 64 messages (including greeting and memo message) can be
recorded.

Setting the Unit to Answer Calls

Press [ANSWER ON] to turn on the Answering System.
• The indicator lights and the unit announces
"Answer set" and current day and time. If "Answer
set. Set time" is heard, set the date and time
(p. 14).
• The unit will announce the remaining recording
time if it is less than 3 minutes.
• When no recording time is available, you will
need to erase any unnecessary messages
before new messages can be recorded (p. 66).
The unit can indicate that memory is full in the
following ways:
— " " will flash on the base unit and the
FULL
ANSWER ON indicator will flash rapidly until
you erase a message.
— The unit will announce "Memory full" when you press [ANSWER ON],
[GREETING REC], or [MEMO], and after playing back messages or recording
a message.
• If you do not want the unit to answer calls, press [ANSWER ON] again to turn off
the Answering System. The indicator light goes out and "Answer off" is heard.
• You can also turn on the Answering System remotely from an outside phone
(p. 70).
• If you subscribe to Caller ID (p. 35), Caller ID information automatically adjusts the
date and time when a call is received, provided you have already set the date and
time manually (p. 14).
Handset
Press [MENU].
1
Press the soft key (Select) at "Message play".
2
Press [8] to turn on the Answering System.
3
• "Answer set" is heard.
Press [OFF].
4
• To turn the Answering System off, press [0] in step 3. "Answer off" is heard.
For assistance, please call: 1-800-211-PANA(7262)
Base Unit
[ANSWER ON] and Indicator
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