52Automatic Answering OperationWhen the unit answers a call, a greeting message is played and the caller’smessage is recorded.Setting the Unit to Answer CallsPress [ANSWER ON] to turn on the Answering System.• The indicator lights and the unit announces “Answerset” and current day and time. If “Answer set. Settime” is heard, set the date and time (p. 14).• The unit will announce the remaining recordingtime if it is less than 3 minutes.• When no recording time is available, you willneed to erase any unnecessary messagesbefore new messages can be recorded (p. 57).The unit can indicate that memory is full in thefollowing ways:— “ ” will flash on the base unit and theANSWER ON indicator will flash rapidly untilyou erase a message.— The unit will announce “Memory full” when youpress [ANSWER ON], [GREETING REC], or[MEMO], and after playing back messages or recording a message.• If you do not want the unit to answer calls, press [ANSWER ON] again to turn offthe Answering System. The indicator light goes out and “Answer off” is heard.• You can also turn on the Answering System remotely from an outside phone(p. 61).• If you subscribe to Caller ID (p. 30), Caller ID information automatically adjusts thedate and time when a call is received, provided you have already set the date andtime manually (p. 14).• To turn the Answering System off, press [0] in step 3. “Answer off” is heard.• The total recording time of all messages (greeting, incoming and memo) isabout 16 minutes. If messages are recorded in noisy rooms, the time may beshortened by up to 3 minutes.• To select the caller’s recording time, see page 22.• A maximum of 64 messages (including greeting and memo message) can berecorded.1 Press [MENU].2 Press Select at “Message play”.3 Press [8] to turn on the Answering System.• “Answer set” is heard.4 Press [OFF].Base Unit[ANSWER ON] and IndicatorFULLHandset