Screening Calls From The Handset - GE 21098GE3 User Manual

Screening Calls from the Handset

Use the handset to screen calls even when you can't hear the answering
system.
When the answering system picks up:
1. Press the SELECT button to access the answering system.
2. Listen as the caller leaves a message.
3. Press the TALK/END/call back or SPKR buttons to speak to the person or
press the SELECT button to stop screening the call.
Accessing the Answering System from Another
Location
You can access your answering system from any touch-tone phone
by entering your 3-digit security code during the playing of outgoing
announcement or after you hear the outgoing announcement.
1. Dial the telephone number to which the answering system is connected.
2. Enter the security code during the outgoing announcement or after you
hear the tone.
3. Follow the voice menu to use the answering system's remote functions.
The remote feature lets you perform the following functions:
To
Review message
Play back messages
Select mailbox
Stop message playback
Erase message
Skip message
Turn off/on answerer
Review voice menu options
Memory Full
When answering system memory is full, the system answers after 10 rings,
beeps and waits for you to enter the 3-digit security code. If you don't enter
the security code within 8 seconds, the phone hangs up.
Press this button
1
2
1 or 2 or 3
2
0 (during message playback)
3
4
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