Call Screening; Number Of Rings - VTech mi6877 User Manual

Answering system operation

Call screening

If you wish to review caller ID or listen to caller's leaving their message before
choosing to answer a call, follow these steps:
• While the
 . Set the playback VOL on the telephone base to a level greater than one on
telephone base
in idle (off)
mode, press the
VOL buttons
2 . If you decide to answer a call while the caller is leaving a message, simply
to change the
telephone base
ringer volume .
While listening

Number of rings

to an incoming
This function sets the number of rings before the answering system picks up the call . When you call
message or
from a touch tone phone, if you have toll saver on, the answering system alerts you that you have
message
new messages by answering after two rings . If there are no new messages, the system answers
playback press
the VOL buttons
after four rings . When retrieving messages from a location where long distance charges apply, you
to change the
may disconnect your call after three rings to avoid long distance charges .
listening volume .
 . Press SETUP six times, the system will announce "Number of rings. To change the setting, press
2 . Press CHANGE to confirm the current status, which is also displayed on the oval message
3 . Press CHANGE to set the number of rings to 2, 4, 6, or toll saver .
4 . Press SETUP to save and advance to the next setup option, or press PLAY/STOP
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the message window by pressing
playback .
press or SPEAKER on the handset or base . The answering system
will stop .
CHANGE."
window .
and exit .
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or to adjust the volume for message
/ to save