Panasonic KX-TG5100M Operating Instructions Manual

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50Mailbox FeaturesThe system accommodates three voice mailboxes. You can share these mailboxeswith other members of your family or office as you wish. Callers from touch tonephones can specify one of three mailboxes in which to leave a message. If callersdo not specify a mailbox or call from rotary telephones, messages will be recordedinto Mailbox 1.When someone callsThe caller will hear a greeting message (p. 21) when the Answering System is on(p. 52).– Callers can specify a mailbox by pressing [#][1] (Mailbox 1), [#][2] (Mailbox 2) or[#][3] (Mailbox 3) while or after hearing the greeting. They will then hear “Pleaseleave your message”, and they can start recording a message.• If you want to make callers leave messages in a specific mailbox, werecommend you record a greeting message such as: “Hello, this is (your nameand/or number). Sorry we cannot take your call. If you have a message, for Johnpress [#] and [1], for Jane press [#] and [2], for Jack press [#] and [3]. Or juststay on the line and leave a message after the beep. Thank you.”– Callers wait until the greeting ends, then they can leave a message. The messagewill be automatically recorded into Mailbox 1.Useful information• You can leave a memo message for other users in a mailbox with the base unit(p. 57).• You can transfer a call to one of the mailboxes, in which callers can leave amessage (p. 57).• If you want to prevent unauthorized people from listening to messages in Mailbox2 or 3, you can assign a password to each mailbox (p. 51).• The total recording time of all messages (greeting, incoming and memo) isabout 15 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 the greeting and memo messages) canbe recorded.IncomingVoice MessagesMai l box1Mai lbox2M a il b ox3If not specifiedCallerpresses[#][2].Callerpresses[#][1].Callerpresses[#][3].