Playing Back Messages; Screening Calls - Sony SPP-A972 Service Manual

Playing back messages

If there are new messages, the display flashes the number of new
messages.
You will hear beeps if the audible message alert setting is on (see page 51).
Message counter
(REPEAT/SLOW)
(SKIP/QUICK)
Additional tasks when playing back messages
To Do this
Stop playback Press a mailbox button ((MAILBOX 1),
(MAILBOX 2) or (MAILBOX 3)).
Press (REPEAT/SLOW) during playback.
Repeat the current message
Skip the current message Press (SKIP/QUICK).
Go back to the previous message Press (REPEAT/SLOW) within the first two
seconds of the current message playback.
Play back slowly Press and hold (REPEAT/SLOW) during
playback.
Release (REPEAT/SLOW) to return to normal.
Play back quickly Press and hold (SKIP/QUICK) during
playback.
Release (SKIP/QUICK) to return to normal.
Notes
• If a call comes in, the playback will stop.
• A time and day stamp is announced after each message.
Tips
• If there are no new messages, all the previously reviewed messages are
played back.
• The messages are saved even after a power failure.
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Selecting the Announcement Only
Mode
You can set the answering machine to play the greeting without
recording incoming messages (announcement only mode). You might
want to select this mode when, for example, you expect to be away for
a while and you cannot pick up messages.
Notes
• To activate announcement only mode, you have to turn on the answering
machine.
• The announcement only mode is preset to off.
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If the MAILBOX lamp flashes,
press the mailbox button
((MAILBOX 1), (MAILBOX 2) or
(MAILBOX 3)) to play back new
messages in the selected mailbox.
1
Press (MENU) repeatedly until
you hear "Set announce only".
2
Press (SELECT) to set the
announcement only mode on or
off.
3
Press (TIME/SET).
The setting is announced.
4
Press (PLAY/STOP) to exit the
menu setup mode. The display
shows "A" when the answering
machine is set to the
announcement only mode.
Adjusting the speaker volume
Notes
• When you have reached the minimum or maximum volume level, you will
hear three short beeps.
• You cannot adjust the speaker volume while the phone is ringing.
Tip
There are 8 steps for the volume level (1 to 8). The volume level is preset to 5.
Erasing messages
To erase individual messages
Press (ERASE) while playing back the message that you want to erase.
Note
The display shows the total number of "new" (i.e. unreviewed) messages.
Therefore, the display is reset to "0" when you have played back all new
messages, whether they have been erased or not. Be sure to erase unnecessary
messages before the memory becomes full.

Screening calls

You can screen calls by leaving the answering machine on while you
are at home. When a call is answered, you can hear the message being
recorded through the base unit. You can decide either to continue
recording or to answer the call.
Alternatively, you may select to mute the message (see "Turning on/
off the screening calls function" below). The message will be recorded,
but to hear it you will need to play back the message (see page 54).
To answer the call
Press (LINE 1) or (LINE 2) whichever button lights up on the base unit.
You can also answer the call by pressing (LINE 1) or (LINE 2) which is
flashing on the handset.
Notes
• Press (VOLUME)(+) or (-) to adjust the speaker volume. If the speaker
volume is set at its minimum level, you will not be able to hear incoming calls.
• The answering machine will stop automatically when the handset or a parallel
phone is picked up. If the answering machine does not stop, press either
(PLAY/STOP) on the base unit, or (*)(0) on the handset or parallel phone.
The recording will remain as a new message.
Turning on/off the screening calls function
The screening calls function is preset to on at the factory.
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To adjust the speaker volume, press
(VOLUME)(+) or (-).
1
Press and hold (ERASE) for
more than two seconds.
2
Press a button for the mailbox
you want to erase ((MAILBOX 1),
(MAILBOX 2) or (MAILBOX 3)).
You will hear a long
confirmation beep and all "old"
messages in the selected
mailbox are erased.
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1
Press (MENU) repeatedly until
you hear "Set call screening".
2
Press (SELECT) to set the
screening calls function on or
off.
3
Press (TIME/SET).
The setting is announced.
4
Press (PLAY/STOP) to exit the
menu setup mode.
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