Answering System37For assistance, please visit http://www.panasonic.com/helpL To use the voice mail service providedby your service provider/telephonecompany rather than the unit’sanswering system, turn off theanswering system (page 32).L To use this unit’s answering systemrather than the voice mail serviceprovided by your service provider/telephone company, please contactyour service provider/telephonecompany to deactivate your voice mailservice.If your service provider/telephonecompany cannot do this:– Set this unit’s “Ring count”setting so that this unit’s answeringsystem answers calls before thevoice mail service of your serviceprovider/telephone company does.It is necessary to check the numberof rings required to activate thevoice mail service provided by yourservice provider/telephonecompany before changing thissetting.– Change the number of rings of thevoice mail service so that theanswering system can answer thecall first. To do so, contact yourservice provider/telephonecompany.Caller’s recording timeYou can change the maximum messagerecording time allowed for each caller.The default setting is “3 min”.1 {MENU} i {#}{3}{0}{5}2 {V}/{^}: Select the desired setting.i {SAVE} i {OFF}Selecting “Greeting only”You can select “Greeting only”which sets the unit to announce agreeting message to callers but notrecord messages.Select “Greeting only” in step 2 on“Caller’s recording time”, page 37.Note:L When you select “Greeting only”:– If you do not record your ownmessage, the unit will play the pre-recorded greeting-only messageasking callers to call again later.– If you use your own message,record the greeting-only messageasking callers to call again later(page 33).Message alertYou can select whether or not themessage indicator on the handsetflashes slowly when new messages arerecorded. The default setting is “On”.Important:L If you stored the voice mail accessnumber (page 38), the messageindicator also flashes for newlyrecorded voice mail messages (page39).1 {MENU} i {#}{3}{4}{0}2 {V}/{^}: Select the desired setting.i {SAVE} i {OFF}Note:L While message alert is on, batteryoperating time is shortened (page 11).