Delete All Messages; Call Screening; Call Intercept - VTech SN5147 User Manual

Delete all messages

You can only delete old (reviewed)
messages. You cannot delete new
messages until you review them. You
cannot retrieve deleted messages.
To delete all messages with the
telephone base:
1. Press DELETE when the phone is not
in use. The system announces, "To
delete all old messages, press DELETE
again."
2. Press DELETE immediately. The
system announces, "All old messages
deleted." You hear a confirmation
tone.
To delete all messages with the
cordless handset:
1. Press MENU on the cordless handset in
idle mode to enter the main menu.
2. Press q or p to choose Answering sys
and then press SELECT.
3. Press q or p to choose Delete all old
and then press SELECT. The handset
displays Delete all old messages?.
4. Press SELECT to confirm. The handset
displays Deleting... and then All
old msgs deleted!. You hear a
confirmation tone.

Call screening

To screen a call at the telephone base:
If the answering system and call screening
are on, the announcement and the
incoming message broadcast at the
telephone base while the call is answered
by the answering system.
Options while a message is being
recorded:
• Slide the VOL control to adjust the
listening volume.
• Press to temporarily turn off the call
screening.
To screen a call at the cordless
handset:
If the answering system is on and your
answering system is recording a message,
press SELECT to screen the call on your
handset. The announcement and the
incoming message broadcast at the
handset while the call is answered by the
answering system.
Options while a message is being
recorded:
• Slide the VOL control to adjust the
listening volume.
• Press OFF to temporarily turn off the
feature.
• Press SELECT to temporarily turn on the
feature if it is set to off.

Call intercept

If you want to talk to the person whose
message is being recorded, press TALK or
on the cordless handset
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