Philips CD1553B User manual - Page 38

10 Telephone answering machine (TAM) Your phone features an answering machine that records unanswered calls when it is activated. The answering machine can store up to 99 messages. The maximum recording time is 18 minutes. You can use the control keys on the base station to perform the basic functions of the answering machine such as paging, message playback, deleting messages and adjustment of volume on the base station. For a description of each function of the control keys on the base station, please see "Overview of the base station" on chapter 3.4 for more details. You can also use the answer machine menu on the handset to access the answering machine functions and to set the answering machine options. o To begin, press key on your base station to switch on the answering machine. Alternatively, you may switch on the answering machine via your handset (see "Switch the answering machine on/off via handset" on chapter 10.3). 10.1 Play 10.1.1 Answering machine control keys on the base station Buttons on the base station o Description Press to turn on/off the answering machine p Press to play the message or stop the message playback f R s Press to delete the current message Press and hold for two seconds to delete all the old messages in idle mode Press to go back to previous message if it is pressed within one second of current message playback Press to replay current message if it is pressed after one second of current message playback Press to skip the current message and play the next message - + V Decrease (-) or increase (+) speaker volume during message playback Press to page the handset Press and hold for more than three seconds to start registration procedure 36 Telephone answering machine (TAM)