Answering System38L To use the Voice Mail service providedby your service provider/telephonecompany rather than the unit’sanswering system, turn off theanswering system (page 33).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 VoiceMail service.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 allotted to each caller.You can also select “Greeting only”which sets the unit to greet callers butnot record messages. The defaultsetting is “3min”.1 {MENU} (centre of joystick) i{#}{3}{0}{5}2 {V}/{^}: Select the desired setting.i {SAVE} i {OFF}Note:L If you want to select “Greetingonly”, follow the steps above andpress {0} in step 2.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 34).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 39), the messageindicator also flashes for newlyrecorded Voice Mail messages (page40).1 {MENU} (centre of joystick) 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 10).TG74xxC(e).book Page 38 Monday, February 16, 2009 1:44 PM