Call Intercept; Temporarily Turning Off The Message Alert Tone - AT&T TL96273 Complete User's Manual

Answering system
About the answering system
Options while a message is being recorded:
• Press /VOLUME or
CID
screening volume.
• Press OFF/
SCREEN
• Press
set to off.
• Press /SPEAKER
message through the speakerphone. Press again to turn off the speakerphone.

Call intercept

When a caller is leaving a message on your answering system, you can
stop recording and talk to the caller by pressing
/SPEAKER on the handset, or pressing

Temporarily turning off the message alert tone

If the message alert tone is turned on, the telephone base beeps every ten
seconds when there are new messages. Pressing any telephone base key
/HANDSET LOCATOR) temporarily silences the message alert tone.
(except
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 another message.
/VOLUME on the handset to adjust the call
DIR
or SILENCE
CANCEL
to temporarily turn on the call screening if call screening is
to broadcast the announcement and the incoming
to temporarily silence the call screening.
HOME/
HOME on the telephone base.
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or
FLASH