Adjusting The Speaker Volume; Erasing Messages; Screening Calls; Recording A Memo Message - Sony SPP-A941 Service Manual

Adjusting the speaker volume

Notes
• When you have reached the minimum or maximum volume level, you will
hear three short beeps.
• You cannot adjust the speaker volume while the phone is ringing.
Tip
There are 8 steps for the volume level (1 to 8). The volume level is preset to 5.

Erasing messages

To erase individual messages
Press (ERASE) while playing back the message that you want to erase.
Note
The display shows the total number of "new" (i.e. unreviewed) messages.
Therefore, the display is reset to "0" when you have played back all new
messages, whether they have been erased or not. Be sure to erase unnecessary
messages before the memory becomes full.

Screening calls

You can screen calls by leaving the answering machine on while you
are at home. When a call is answered, you can hear the message being
recorded through the base unit. You can decide either to continue
recording or to answer the call.
The message will be recorded, but to hear it you will need to play back
the message (see page 30).
To answer the call
Press (TALK) on the handset.
Notes
• Press (VOLUME)(+) or (-) to adjust the speaker volume. If the speaker
volume is set at its minimum level, you will not be able to hear incoming calls.
• The answering machine will stop automatically when the handset or a parallel
phone is picked up. If the answering machine does not stop, press either
(PLAY/STOP) on the base unit, or (*)(0) on the handset or parallel phone.
The recording will remain as a new message.
To adjust the speaker volume, press
(VOLUME)(+) or (-).
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Press and hold (ERASE) for
more than two seconds.
2
Press a button for the mailbox
you want to erase ( (MAILBOX 1),
(MAILBOX 2) or (MAILBOX 3)).
You will hear a long
confirmation beep and all "old"
messages in the selected
mailbox are erased.
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Answering Machine Features
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Answering Machine Features
Selecting the Announcement Only
Mode
You can set the answering machine to play the greeting without
recording incoming messages (announcement only mode). You might
want to select this mode when, for example, you expect to be away for
a while and you cannot pick up messages.
Notes
• To activate announcement only mode, you have to turn on the answering
machine.
• The announcement only mode is preset to off.
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Answering Machine Features

Recording a memo message

You can leave messages for other users of the unit.
MIC
Notes
• If the memory becomes full, the answering machine will stop recording.
• "Memory full" is announced if no recording space is available when you
press (REC/MEMO).
• If your message is shorter than two seconds, the recording will be canceled.
• The display flashes "99" if you record a memo for more than 99 seconds.
• If a call comes in during recording, the recording will be stopped.
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Answering Machine Features
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1
Press (MENU) repeatedly until
you hear "Set announce only".
2
Press (SELECT) to set the
announcement only mode on or
off.
3
Press (TIME/SET).
The setting is announced.
4
Press (PLAY/STOP) to exit the
menu setup mode. The display
shows "A" when the answering
machine is set to the
announcement only mode.
1
Press (REC/MEMO).
2
Press a mailbox button
((MAILBOX 1), (MAILBOX 2) or
(MAILBOX 3)) to which you
want to leave the message.
"Now recording" is announced
and counting starts.
3
Speak into the base unit
microphone (MIC) to record
your message.
A memo can be up to four
minutes in length.
4
Press (PLAY/STOP) to stop
recording.
The message number on the
display increases by one.