Operating The Answering Machine Of The Gigaset E495 Base Station; Operation Via The Handset - Siemens Gigaset E490 User Manual

Operating the answering
machine of the
Gigaset E495
base station
You can operate the answering machine that
is integrated in the base station via the
handset or via remote operation (other
phone/mobile phone). You can only record
your own announcement messages using
the handset.
Announcement mode
You can use the answering machine in two
different modes.
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In Ans. & Record mode, the caller hears
the announcement and can then leaves a
message.
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In Announce Only mode, the caller hears
your announcement but cannot leave a
message.

Operation via the handset

The handset loudspeaker activates auto-
matically if you receive an acoustic prompt
or message while operating. You can switch
it off with the speaker key d.
Activating/deactivating the
answering machine
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v Ð
Voice Mail
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( = on)
When you switch the answering machine
on, the remaining memory time is
announced. If the time has not yet been set
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( page 12), an appropriate announce-
ment is made. The × icon appears in the
display.
The phone is supplied with pre-recorded
announcements for answer and record
mode and for answer only mode. If a per-
sonal announcement has not been
recorded, the relevant pre-recorded
announcement is used.

Operating the answering machine of the Gigaset E495 base station

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Ans Machine
Recording announcement/
announce only
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v Ð
Voice Mail
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Announcements
Announce / Record Anc Only
§OK§
Press the display key to start the
recording.
You hear the ready tone (short tone).
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Now speak your announcement (at least
3 secs.).
§End§
Press the display key to end the
recording.
Cancel the recording with a or ".
Restart the recording with
After recording, the announcement is
played back for you to check. You can re-
record the announcement with
Please note:
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Recording ends automatically if the max-
imum recording time of 3 minutes is
exceeded or there is a break in speech for
more than 2 seconds.
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If you cancel the recording, the pre-
recorded announcement will be used
again.
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If the answering machine's memory is
full, it will switch to Announce Only
mode.
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Delete old messages and the answer-
ing machine will automatically switch
back to Ans. & Record mode. Repeat
recording if required.
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Record
§OK§
.
§New§
.
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