Activating/Deactivating Call Screening - Siemens Gigaset E490 User Manual

Operating the answering machine of the Gigaset E495 base station
Picking up a call from the
answering machine
You can pick up a call while the answering
machine is recording or is being operated
via remote operation:
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§Accept§
Press the talk or display key.
Recording stops and you can speak to the
caller.
If 2 seconds of the call have already been
recorded when you pick it up, the call will be
displayed as a new message. The f key on
the handset flashes.
You can answer the call even if it is not sig-
nalled on the handset.
Diverting an external call to the
answering machine
You can divert an incoming external call to
the answering machine even if it is deacti-
vated.
Precondition: Sufficient memory space is
available on the answering machine.
An external call is signalled on the handset:
Ÿ
Press the display key.
The answering machine immediately starts
in recording mode and records the call. The
set time for ring delay (
ignored.
Activating/deactivating two-way
record
You can record an external call with the
answering machine.
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Inform the caller that the call is being
recorded.
§Options§
Open menu.
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Two Way Record
Select and press
Two-way record is indicated on the display
by an advisory text and is added to the
answering machine list as a new message.
§End§
Press the display key to stop
two-way record.
The maximum recording time depends on
the memory available on the answering
machine. If the memory is full you will hear
an end tone, the recording is aborted, and
the call recorded up to that point is listed in
the answering machine list as a new mes-
sage. If the answering machine was in Ans. &
Record mode, it will switch to Announce
Only mode. You will receive an instruction to
delete old messages.
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Delete old messages.
The answering machine automatically
switches back to the set mode once deletion
is complete.
Activating/deactivating call
screening
During recording of a message you can
screen a call via the loudspeaker of regis-
tered handsets.
Permanently activating/
deactivating call screening
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Voice Mail
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Handset ( = on)
a
Press and hold (idle status).
You can switch off the Call Screening func-
tion on the handset during the recording.
Deactivating call screening for the
current recording
§Silence§
Press the display key.
§OK§
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Call Screening