Call Screening/Call Intercept - BT Quartet 3500 User Manual

Quartet 3500 01/07/03
Quartet 3500 User Guide ~ 5th Edition ~ 17th January '03 ~ 4393
Call screening/
Call intercept
You can let your answering machine
pick up a call, even if you are in. This
allows you to identify your caller and
decide whether to take the call.
Make sure the volume is set to an
audible level, see page 37. Allow the
incoming call to be answered by the
answering machine as normal. You will
hear the caller begin to leave
a message.
To screen a call via the
handset (when the handset
is off the base unit)
When your Quartet 3500
telephone rings, press the
SCREEN
SCREEN option button.
You can hear your caller begin
to leave a message. The
display will show Screening .
You can adjust the call
screening volume using the
UP or DOWN button.
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If you decide to take the call,
press the TALK button.
Recording will stop
automatically.
If you want to end call
screening and let the
answering machine take the
call and finish recording the
message, press the
CLEAR button.
To screen a call from the
base unit
While listening to your caller
leaving a message via the base
unit loudspeaker, you can
decide to take the call by
pressing the TALK button on
the handset.
Or
If the handset is resting in the
base unit and you decide to
take the call, lift the handset
off the base and speak to the
caller.
Recording will stop
automatically.