Vtech IS8151-5 Users Manual - Page 32

Options while a message is being recorded: • Press q CID or p on the handset to adjust the call screening volume. • Press OFF/CANCEL or SILENCE to temporarily silence the call screening. • Press SCREEN to temporarily turn on the call screening if call screening is set to off. • Press to turn off the speakerphone and screen the call through the handset earpiece. Call intercept While screening a call, you can stop recording and speak to the caller by pressing HOME/FLASH on the handset, or pressing HOME on the telephone base. Temporarily turn 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 (except FIND HS) temporarily silences the message alert tone. If you press DELETE when in idle mode to temporarily turn off the message alert tone, there is a voice prompt directing you to press DELETE again to delete all old messages. The message alert tone is temporarily off. Only press 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. Message playback If you have both new and old messages, you can play either new or old messages. The caller ID information displays on the screens when you play messages and you can call back the caller. When playback begins, the handset screen and telephone base screen display the message status, caller ID information, and time and date of the message recorded. You hear the total number of messages followed by the day and time of the message. After the last message, the telephone announces, "End of messages." and the screen displays End of messages. NOTE • Make sure you set the date and time correctly. Refer to Set date and time under the Configure your telephone section for more details. To listen to messages at the telephone base: Press PLAY/STOP on the telephone base to listen to the messages. • If there are new and old messages, press q CID or p to select Play new msgs or Play old msgs, then press SELECT or PLAY/STOP. • If there are only new or only old messages, they will play automatically. When the handset is playing a message, its screen shows [2]-Call info and the caller's name or number. If the caller's information is unavailable, the handset shows No caller info. The system announces the number of messages, then begins playback. The message sequence is shown on the telephone base. If there are no recorded messages, the telephone base shows No messages and you hear, "You have no message." To listen to messages on a cordless handset: 1. When the handset is in idle mode, press MENU to enter the main menu. 2. Press SELECT to select Play messages. • If there are new and old messages, press q CID or p to select Play new msgs or Play old msgs, then press SELECT. • If there are only new or only old messages, they will play automatically. The system announces the number of messages, then begins playback. The message sequence is shown on the handset. If there are no recorded messages, the handset shows No messages and you hear, "You have no message." 56 Options during playback: When a message is playing, you can adjust the playback volume, skip, repeat, pause or delete the message. When messages are playing on the telephone base: • Press + VOL - to adjust the listening volume. • Press SKIP or SKIP to skip to the next message. • Press REPEAT or REPEAT to repeat the playing message. Press REPEAT or REPEAT twice to listen to the previous message. • Press DELETE to delete the playing message. The telephone base announces, "Message deleted," and then advances to the next message. • Press 2 to pause the playback and show the caller ID information. - Press HOME or CALL to use the home line, or press CELL 1 or CELL 2 to use the cell line to call back the caller. If necessary, press # (pound key) or 1 to show different dialing options. - Press CANCEL or BACK to restart the playback. If you do not call back within 10 seconds, message playback restarts. • Press PLAY/STOP or CANCEL to stop the playback. When messages are playing on the handset: • Press q CID or p to adjust the listening volume. • Press SKIP to skip to the next message. • Press REPEAT to repeat the playing message. Press REPEAT twice to listen to the previous message. • Press MUTE/DELETE to delete the playing message. • Press 2 to pause the playback and show the caller ID information. - Press HOME/FLASH, CALL or to use the home line, or press CELL 1 or CELL 2 to use the cell line to call back the caller. If necessary, press # (pound key) or 1 to show different dialing options. - Press OFF/CANCEL or BACK to restart the playback. If you do not call back within 10 seconds, message playback restarts. • Press OFF/CANCEL to stop the playback. NOTES • Only one handset or the telephone base can access the answering system at a time. • During message playback, if there is an incoming call or another handset makes a call, message playback will be stopped. Adjust listening volume during message playback Using the telephone base: • Press + VOL - to adjust the listening volume. Using a cordless handset: • Press q CID or p to adjust the listening volume. Skip to the next message Using the telephone base: • Press SKIP or SKIP to skip to the next message. Using a cordless handset: • Press SKIP to skip to the next message. Repeat the playing message Using the telephone base: • Press REPEAT or REPEAT to repeat the playing message. Using a cordless handset: • Press REPEAT to repeat the playing message. Listen to the previous message Using the telephone base: • Press REPEAT or REPEAT twice to listen to the previous message. Using a cordless handset: • Press REPEAT twice to listen to the previous message. Call back the caller Using the telephone base: • Press 2 to pause the playback and show the caller ID information. - Press HOME or CALL to use the home line, or press CELL 1 or CELL 2 to use the cell line to call back the caller. If necessary, press # (pound key) or 1 to show different dialing options. - Press CANCEL or BACK to restart the playback. If you do not call back within 10 seconds, message playback restarts. Using a cordless handset: • Press 2 to pause the playback and show the caller ID information. - Press HOME/FLASH, CALL or to use the home line, or press CELL 1 or CELL 2 to use the cell line to call back the caller. If necessary, press # (pound key) or 1 to show different dialing options. - Press OFF/CANCEL or BACK to restart the playback. If you do not call back within 10 seconds, message playback restarts. Stop the message playback Using the telephone base: • Press PLAY/STOP or CANCEL to stop the playback. Using a cordless handset: • Press OFF/CANCEL to stop the playback. 57