Answering Machines - Lucent Technologies PARTNER Advanced Communications System Programming And Use Instructions

Answering Machines

You can use an answering machine to answer calls at night when no one is
around, or during business hours when no one can get to the phone. If you have a
Lucent Technologies answering machine with the Call Intercept feature, you can
pick up a call that has been answered by the answering machine by joining the
call from any system phone. When you do so, the system sends the answering
machine a signal that makes it hang up.
You can connect answering machines to your system in the following ways:
Single answering machine. This basic setup can cover all the lines in the
system. Anyone on the system can call the machine to retrieve messages.
Multiple answering machines. If you get too many calls for one machine
to cover, connect two or more machines to cover all calls.
Personal answering machine. An answering machine can share an
extension with a phone in order to answer calls to that extension.
NOTE:
If you have an answering machine and a system phone on the same
extension, the answering machine will be able to answer calls only when the
phone is idle.
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