Announcements; Record An Announcement; Listen To The Announcement; Restore The Default Announcement - Philips SE8881B/38 User Manual

Announcements

The announcement is the message your caller
hears when the answering machine picks up
the call. The answering machine has 2 default
announcements: the [Answer & rec.] mode
and [Answer only] mode.

Record an announcement

The maximum length of the announcement you
can record is 3 minutes. The newly recorded
announcement automatically replaces the old
one.
1
Select [Menu] >
then press [OK] to confirm.
2
Select [Answer & rec.] or [Answer only],
then press [OK] to confirm.
3
Select [Record new], then press [OK] to
confirm.
4
Recording starts after the beep.
5
Press [OK] to stop recording or the
recording stops after 3 minutes.
» You can listen to the newly recorded
announcement on the handset.
Note
•
Make sure that you speak close to the microphone
when you record an announcement.

Listen to the announcement

1
Select [Menu] >
then press [OK] to confirm.
2
Select [Answer & rec.] or [Answer only],
then press [OK] to confirm.
3
Select [Play], then press [OK] to confirm.
» You can listen to the current
announcement.
> [Announcement],
> [Announcement],
Note
•
You can no longer listen to the announcement when
you pick up an incoming call.

Restore the default announcement

1
Select [Menu] >
then press [OK] to confirm.
2
Select [Answer & rec.] or [Answer only],
then press [OK] to confirm.
3
Select [Use default], then press [OK] to
confirm.
» The handset displays a confirmation
request.
4
Press [OK] to confirm.
» The default announcement is restored.

Incoming messages (ICM)

Each message can be up to 3 minutes long.
When you receive new messages, the new
message indicator flashes on the answering
machine and the handset displays a notification
message.
Note
•
If you pick up the phone when the caller leaves a
message, the recording stops and you can talk to the
caller directly.
Note
•
If the memory is full, the answering machine switches
to [Answer only] automatically. Delete old messages to
receive new ones.

Listen to the incoming messages

You can listen to the incoming messages in the
sequence they are recorded.
> [Announcement],
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