Activating/Deactivating Call Screening; Setting The Recording Parameters - Siemens Gigaset C595 User Manual

Operating the answering machine of the Gigaset C595 base
Diverting an external call to the
answering machine
You can divert an incoming external call to
the answering machine even if it is deacti-
vated.
Precondition: Sufficient memory space is
available on the answering machine.
An external call is signalled on the hand-
set:
Ô
Select display key.
The answering machine immediately
starts in recording mode and records the
call. The set time for ring delay
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( page 50) is ignored.
Activating/deactivating two-way
record
You can record an external call with the
answering machine.
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Inform the caller that the call is being
recorded.
Open menu.
§Options§
Two-way Record
Select and press
Two-way record is indicated on the display
by an advisory text and is added to the
answering machine list as a new message.
Press the display key to stop
§End§
two-way record.
The maximum recording time is depend-
ent on the memory available on the
answering machine. If the memory is full
you will hear an end tone, the recording is
aborted, and the call recorded up to that
point is listed in the answering machine
list as a new message.
50
.
§OK§
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Activating/deactivating call
screening
While a message is recording, you can
screen calls via the loudspeaker of the
base and registered handsets.
Permanently activating/deactivating call
screening
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v Ì
Call Screening
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Handset / Base (³= on)
Select display key to activate/
§Change§
deactivate the function.
Call screening can be simultaneously acti-
vated on the base and handset.
Deactivating call screening for the current
recording
You can deactivate the function on the
handset during the recording.
Press the display key.
§Silence§
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Setting the recording
parameters
The answering machine has already been
preset at the factory. Individual settings
can be adjusted using the handset.
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v Ì
Recordings
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Change multiple line input:
Length:
Maximum recording time
Select 2 min., 3 min.
Quality:
Select recording quality
High. If the quality is higher, the maxi-
mum recording time is reduced.
Ring Delay:
Select when the answering machine
should accept a call: Immediately, after
10 sec., 18 sec., 30 sec.
Press the display key.
§Save§
1 min.,
or Maximum.
Long Play or
or Automatic.