Advanced Operation; Answering System Operation; Introduction; Call Screening From Base Unit - VTech VT 2458 Manual

Introduction

Your VT 2458 has a digital Answering Device in the Base Unit, capable of storing
approximately 12 minutes of messages.
USE THE VT 2458 HANDSET TO PROGRAM YOUR ANSWERING
SYSTEM!!!
• You can listen to your messages from the Handset or the Base Unit.
• You can also screen messages while your callers leave them from either the
Handset or the Base Unit.

Call Screening from Base Unit

Simply keep the Base Unit volume level above the minimum setting. You will hear
messages at the Base Unit as your callers leave them.

Call Screening from Handset

Press ANS. MACHINE on the Handset as a message comes in. You will be able
to hear your caller, but your caller cannot hear you. If you want to talk to your caller
now, press PHONE/FLASH. The answering system will return to idle mode.

Answering System Operation

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