Telephone Answering Machine; Turn The Answering Machine On Or Off; Set The Answering Machine Language; Set The Answer Mode - Philips B196W Extended User Documentation

11 Telephone
answering
machine
Note
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Available only for B196.
Your phone includes a telephone answering
machine that records unanswered calls when
it is on. You can access the answering machine
remotely and change the settings through the
answering machine menu on the handset.
Turn the answering machine
on or off
1
or MENU/OK > [Answ.
Press /
Machine].
2
Select [Voice answer], then press MENU/
OK to confirm.
3
Select [Answer only]/[Record also]/[Off],
then press MENU/OK to confirm.
» The setting is saved.
Note
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[Answer only] means the answering machine is on.
Calls are only answered, messages are not recorded.
•
[Record also] means the answering machine is on. Calls
are answered and messages are recorded.
•
[Off] means the answering machine is off.
Set the answering machine
language
Note
•
This feature only applies to models with multiple-
language support.
The answering machine language is the language
for the announcements.
1
Press / or MENU/OK > [Answ.
Machine].
2
Select [Voice language], then press MENU/
OK to confirm.
3
Select a language, then press MENU/OK
to confirm.
» The setting is saved.

Set the answer mode

You can set the answering machine and select if
the callers can leave messages. Select [Record
also]if you allow the callers to leave messages.
Select [Answer only] if you forbid the callers to
leave messages.
1
or MENU/OK > [Answ.
Press /
Machine].
2
Select [Voice answer], then press MENU/
OK to confirm.
3
Select an answer mode, then press MENU/
OK to confirm.
» The setting is saved.
Note
•
If the memory is full, the answering machine switches to
[Answer only] mode automatically.
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