Call Screening At The Handset; Call Intercept; Base Ringer; Temporarily Turning Off The Message Alert Tone - AT&T CL82101 User Manual

Answering system
About the answering system

Call screening at the handset

If the answering system is on, you can hear the announcement and 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 /SELECT to screen the call.
MENU

Call intercept

While screening a call, you can stop recording and speak to the caller by
pressing PHONE/ on the handset.
FLASH

Base ringer

Press q/VOL/p on the telephone base to adjust the ringer volume when
the telephone is not in use.
You hear a sample of the ringer while adjusting the volume. The telephone
base announces, "Base ringer is off," when you set the volume to 0.

Temporarily turning off the message alert tone

If the new message alert tone is turned on, the telephone base beeps every
10 seconds when there are new or missed messages. Pressing any telephone
base key (except /HANDSET LOCATOR) temporarily silences the message
alert tone.
If you press X/DELETE when in idle mode to temporarily turn off the
message alert tone, there is a voice prompt directing you to press X/DELETE
again to delete all old messages. The message alert tone is temporarily off.
Only press X/DELETE a second time if you wish to erase all old messages in
your answering system.
The message alert tone resumes when you receive another message.
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