Answering System; Operation; Setting The Unit To Answer Calls - Panasonic KX-TG2970B Operating Instructions Manual

Automatic Answering Operation
The Answering System allows the unit to answer calls
with a greeting message. Callers can then leave a
message. While recording, "Answering" and "
will flash on the base unit.
• The total recording time of all messages (greeting and incoming) is about 12
minutes. If messages are recorded in noisy rooms, the time may be shortened
by up to 3 minutes.
• To select the caller's recording time, see page 25.
• A maximum of 64 messages (including the greeting message) can be
recorded.

Setting the Unit to Answer Calls

Press [ANSWER ON] to turn on the

Answering System.

• The indicator lights and the unit announces
"Answer set" and the current day and time.
• The unit will announce the remaining recording
time if it is less than 5 minutes.
• When no recording time is available, you will need to erase any unnecessary
messages before new messages can be recorded (p. 59). The unit can indicate
that memory is full in the following ways:
— "
MESSAGE FULL
flash rapidly.
— The unit will announce "Memory full" when you press [ANSWER ON] or press
and hold [GREETING], and after playing back messages or recording a
message.
• If you do not want the unit to answer calls, press [ANSWER ON] again to turn off
the Answering System. The indicator light goes out and "Answer off" is heard.
• You can also turn on the Answering System remotely from the cordless handset
(p. 57) or an outside phone (p. 64).
• If you subscribe to Caller ID (p. 33), Caller ID information automatically adjusts the
date and time when a call is received, provided you have already set the date and
time manually (p. 18).
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" will flash on the base unit and the ANSWER ON indicator will
---Answering----
IN USE
"
IN USE
Base Unit
ANSWER ON Indicator
[ANSWER ON]
MESSAGES