Screening Calls - Sony SPP-A250 Operating Instructions Manual

Screening calls
You can screen calls by
leaving the answering
machine on while you are
at home. When a call is
answered, you can hear
the message being
recorded through the
base unit or through the
cordless handset. You
can then decide either to
continue recording, or to
switch to conversation.
If the RING ON/BATT SAVE
switch is set to BATT SAVE, the
TALK lamp and the REMOTE
lamp will not flash, and only
five short error beeps will
sound when you press
REMOTE.
Make sure that the answering machine is in normal
answering mode (see page 25).
@ On the base unit
When a call is answered, the base unit's speaker will
be turned on automatically, and you will be able to
hear the caller recording the message. The caller
cannot hear you. If you decide to talk to the caller,
press TALK on the cordless handset.
@ On the cordiess handset
To screen a call, the RING ON/BATT SAVE switch
must be set to RING ON. When the base unit is
answering an incoming call, the TALK lamp and the
REMOTE lamp will flash on the cordless handset.
While the lamps are flashing, press REMOTE.
You can listen to the caller recording the message, but
the caller cannot hear you. If you decide not to talk to
this caller, press REMOTE again. The answering
machine will still continue to record the message until
the caller hangs up.
If you wish to speak to the caller, press TALK.
The base unit will stop recording.
32 | Using as a telephone answering machine