Call Screening - AT&T TL96456 Complete User's Manual

Answering system
About the answering system

Call screening

To screen calls 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 by
the answering system.
Options while a message is being recorded:
• Press /VOLUME/ on the telephone base to adjust the call
screening volume.
• Press /PLAY/STOP or
/PLAY/STOP or
• Press
if call screening is set to off.
HOME to answer the call.
• Press
To screen calls at the cordless handset:
If the answering system is on and your answering system is recording a
message, press
displays the caller ID information. If you do not subscribe to caller ID service,
the handset shows Home Incoming call.
Options while a message is being recorded:
/VOLUME or
• Press
CID
screening volume.
OFF/
• Press
• Press SCREEN
set to off.
• Press /SPEAKER to broadcast the announcement and the incoming
message through the speakerphone. Press again to turn off the
speakerphone.
SILENCE
SCREEN
SCREEN to screen the call on your handset and the handset
DIR
SILENCE
or
CANCEL
to temporarily turn on the call screening if call screening is
to temporarily silence the call screening.
to temporarily turn on the call screening
/VOLUME on the handset to adjust the call
to temporarily silence the call screening.
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