Answering System Operation; About The Answering System - AT&T TL72408 User Manual

Answering system operation

About the answering system

Answering system and voicemail
Your telephone has both a digital answering
system and voicemail indication. Voicemail is
offered by your telephone service provider
(fees may apply). Your telephone's answering
system and voicemail indication are independent
features. Each alerts you to new messages
differently. For more information on the
voicemail indicators, see page 23. To listen to
your voicemail, you typically dial an access
number provided by your telephone company,
followed by a security code or PIN. To listen to
messages recorded on your digital answering
PLAY
system, press button on the
/STOP
telephone base.
If you subscribe to caller ID/call waiting service
through your telephone service provider, you
can use your telephone answering system and
voicemail together. Set your answering system to
answer calls at least two rings earlier than your
voicemail is set to answer. For example, set your
voicemail to answer calls after six rings and set
you 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.
By doing this, 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.
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