Screening Your Calls; Using The System While You're Away From Home - Radio Shack 43-337 User Manual

Screening Your Calls

Another feature your answering system gives you is call screening. While the system is taking a
message, you can hear the caller on the base speaker (if you turn on
handset.
To...
hear the caller leaving a
message
answer the call
mute the call screen without
answering
• If you mute the call screen, the system continues taking the message: it just stops playing
through the speaker.
• Up to four handsets at a time can screen calls. If a fi fth handset tries to screen the call, the
handset sounds an error tone and displays a

Using the System While You're Away from Home

You can also operate your answering system from any touch-tone phone. Before you can use this
feature, you have to program a security code.
Programming a security code
1. With the phone in standby, open the menu and select
2. Select Line 1 or Line 2
3. Use the number keypad to enter a two-digit security code (
fi nished.
n Note: Remember to make a note of your new security code!
Dialing in to your system
1. Call your telephone number and wait for the system to answer. (If your answering system is off, it
will answer after about ten rings and sound a series of beeps instead of your greeting.)
2. During the greeting (or beeps), press 0 and immediately enter your security code. (You have 3
tries to enter you security code: if you enter it wrong 3 times, the system hangs up and returns
to standby.)
3. The system announces the current time, the number of
messages stored in memory, and a help prompt. Then it
starts beeping intermittently to let you know it's waiting for
your command.
4. When you hear the intermittent beeping, enter a command
from the chart to the right.
n Note: If you don't press any keys for 15 seconds, the phone
will hang up and return to standby.
From the base
Just listen to the caller over the
speaker.
Pick up the corded handset.
Press MUTE/EXIT.
System Busy
, and then select Security Code
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Call Screen
From a cordless handset
Press SCREEN.
Press TALK ( )/FLASH.
Press MUTE.
message.
Ans. Setup .
.
01 to 99 ). Press OK
0-1 Repeat message
0-2 Play message
0-3 Skip message
0-4 Delete message
0-5 Stop playback
0-6 Turn the system on
0-9 Turn the system off
1-0 Hear help prompts
) or from a
when you have