Activating/Deactivating Call Screening; Setting The Recording Parameters; Recordings; Call Screening - Siemens Gigaset SL785 User Manual

Operating the answering machine on the Gigaset SL785 base station
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.
§Options§
Open menu.
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 Message list as a new
message.
§End§
Press the Display key to stop
two-way record.
The maximum recording time depends 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 Message list as a
new message.
Activating/deactivating call
screening
While a message is being recorded, you can
screen a call through the loudspeaker of reg-
istered handsets.
Permanently activating/deactivating

call screening

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Call Screening (³= on)
§Change§
Select Display key to activate/
deactivate the function.
Deactivating call screening for the
current recording
You can switch off the function on the hand-
set during the recording.
§Silence§
Press the Display key.
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§OK§
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Setting the recording
parameters
The answering machine has already been
preset at the factory. Use the handset to
make customized settings.
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Recordings

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You can enter data in the following fields:
Length:
Select maximum recording time:
1 Min., 2 Min., 3 Min. or Maximum.
Quality:
Select recording quality Long Play, High
or Excellent. If the quality is higher, the
maximum recording time is reduced.
Ring Delay:
Select when the answering machine
should accept a call:
Immediately, after 10 sec., 18 sec., 30
sec. or Auto.
§Save§
Press the Display key.
Information about call acceptance
In Auto mode, the following applies to call
acceptance:
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If there are no new messages, the answer-
ing machine answers a call after
18 seconds.
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If new messages are present, the answer-
ing machine answers a call after
10 seconds.
When operating remotely (
can tell after approx. 15 seconds that there
are no new messages (otherwise the
answering machine would already have
accepted your call). There will be no call
charges if you hang up at this point.
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