Answering system settingsNumber of rings before the unitanswers a callYou can change the number of times thephone rings “Number of Rings” before theunit answers a call. You can select 2 to 9rings, or “Auto”.The default setting is “5 Rings”.“Auto”: The unit’s answering system answersat the end of the 2nd ring when newmessages have been recorded, or at the endof the 5th ring when there are no newmessages. If you call your phone from outsideto listen to new messages (page 37), youknow that there are no new messages whenthe phone rings for the 3rd time. You can thenhang up without being charged for the call.1 M N (right soft key) #2112 MbN: Select the desired setting. a MOKNa MeNFor voice mail service subscribersTo receive voice mail and use answeringsystem properly, please note the following:R To use the voice mail service (page 39)provided by your service provider/telephonecompany rather than the unit’s answeringsystem, turn off the answering system(page 34).R To use this unit’s answering system ratherthan the voice mail service provided byyour service provider/telephone company,please contact your service provider/telephone company to deactivate yourvoice mail service.If your service provider/telephone companycannot do this:– Set this unit’s “Number of Rings”setting so that this unit’s answeringsystem answers calls before the voicemail service of your service provider/telephone company does. It is necessaryto check the number of rings required toactivate the voice mail service providedby your service provider/telephonecompany before changing this setting.– Change the number of rings of the voicemail service so that the answeringsystem can answer the call first. To doso, contact your service provider/telephone company.Caller’s recording timeYou can change the maximum messagerecording time allowed for each caller. Thedefault setting is “3 Minutes”.1 M N (right soft key) #3052 MbN: Select the desired setting. a MOKNa MeNSelecting “Greeting Only”You can select “Greeting Only” which setsthe unit to announce a greeting message tocallers but not record messages.Select “Greeting Only” in step 2 on“Caller’s recording time” page 38.Note:R When you select “Greeting Only”:– If you do not record your own message,the unit will play the pre-recordedgreeting-only message asking callers tocall again later.– If you use your own message, record thegreeting-only message asking callers tocall again later (page 34).38 Helpline Tel. No.: U.K. 0844 844 3899 Ireland 01289 8333Answering SystemTG78xxE(en)_1225_ver011.pdf 38 2012/12/25 12:25:50