Answering System; About The Answering System; Answering System And Voicemail; Message Capacity - AT&T CL82200 User Manual

Answering system

About the answering system

Answering system and voicemail

Your telephone has separate indicators for two different types
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of voice messages: those left on its built-in digital answering
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system and those left at your telephone service provider's
voicemail (fees may apply). Your telephone's built-in digital
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answering system messages and voicemail messages are
separate. Each alerts you to new messages differently.
If and display on the handset, and the message counter indicator on
the telephone base flashes, your telephone service provider is indicating that
it has new voicemail for you. To listen to your voicemail, you typically dial an
access number provided by your telephone service provider, followed by a
security code or PIN.
To listen to messages recorded on your digital answering system, press
/PLAY/ on the telephone base (page 28).
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Some telephone service providers bundle or combine multiple services like
voicemail and call waiting, so you may not be aware that you have voicemail.
To check what services you have and how to access them, contact your
telephone service provider.
You can use your telephone answering system and voicemail together by
setting your built-in answering system to answer before voicemail answers. To
learn how to program your voicemail settings, contact your telephone service
provider. 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 by following the instruction below.
Set your answering system to answer calls at least two rings earlier than your
voicemail is set to answer. For example, if your voicemail answers after six rings,
set your 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.

Message capacity

The answering system can record up to 99 messages, depending on the length
of each message. Individual messages can be up to four minutes, and the
maximum recording time is approximately 11 minutes. The actual recording
time depends on individual message characteristics. Messages remain available
for replay until you delete them.
When there are new messages (including memos) on the answering system, the
number of messages stored flashes in the message counter.
If the answering system has less than three minutes, it announces, "Less than
three minutes to record." The handset screen displays Less than 3 minutes to
record before message playback.
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