Using The Answering Machine And Voicemail Together; Message Capacity; Voice Prompts; Call Screening At The Telephone Base - AT&T CL82143 Abridged User Manual

Answering system
About the answering system

Using the answering machine and voicemail together

You can also use the telephone answering system and voicemail together by
setting your built-in answering system to answer before voicemail answers,
as described below. To learn how to program your voicemail settings, contact
your telephone service provider. 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.
Set your answering system to answer calls at least two rings earlier than your
voicemail is set to answer. For example, if your voicemail answers after six
rings, set your answering system to answer after four rings. 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.

Message capacity

The answering system can record up to 99 messages, depending on the length
of each message. Individual messages can be up to three minutes, and the
maximum recording time is approximately 11 minutes. The actual recording time
depends on individual message characteristics. Messages remain available for
replay until you delete them.

Voice prompts

The system provides voice prompts to guide you through the setup procedures
at the telephone base, message playback, remote access and recording outgoing
announcements.

Call screening at the telephone base

If the answering system and call screening are on, the announcement and the
incoming message broadcast at the telephone base when a call is answered at
the telephone base.
You can turn call screening on or off using the handset (see page 30). When call
screening is off, you can temporarily turn on call screening by pressing p/VOL on
the telephone base. Call screening will be off for the next incoming call.
If call screening is on and you want to silence the telephone base while it is
recording messages, press / /STOP
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