Call Screening; Call Intercept; Temporarily Turn Off The Message Alert Tone - VTech IS7121-22 User Manual

Answering system operation

Call screening

To screen a call at the telephone base:
If the answering system and call screening are on, the announcement and the
incoming message broadcast at the telephone base while the call is answered by the
answering system.
Options while a message is being recorded:
Press +VOL or VOL- to adjust the call screening volume.
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Press +VOL to temporarily turn on the call screening if the call screening is set to off.
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• Press /PLAY/STOP to temporarily turn on or off the call screening.
To screen a call at the handset
If the answering system is on and recording a message, press
SCREEN to screen the call on your handset and the screen
displays the caller ID information. If you do not subscribe to caller
ID service, the handset shows Incoming call.
Options while a message is being recorded:
• Press VOL- or VOL+ to adjust the call screening volume.
• Press to switch between the speakerphone and the
handset earpiece.

Call intercept

If you want to talk to the caller whose message is being recorded, press
the handset.

Temporarily turn off the message alert tone

If the message alert tone is turned on (see page 76), the telephone base beeps every
10 seconds when there are new messages. Pressing any telephone base key (except
/FIND HANDSET) temporarily silences the message alert tone.
If you press X/DELETE when in idle mode to temporarily turn off the message alert
tone, there is a voice prompt directing you to press X/DELETE again to delete all old
messages. The message alert tone is temporarily off. Only press X/DELETE a second
time if you wish to erase all old messages in your answering system.
The message alert tone resumes when you receive a new message.
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