Answering System41“Auto”: The unit’s answering systemanswers at the end of the 2nd ring whennew messages have been recorded, orat the end of the 5th ring when there areno new messages. If you call your phonefrom outside to listen to new messages(page 39), you know that there are nonew messages when the phone rings forthe 3rd time. You can then hang upwithout being charged for the call.1 1 (centre of navigator key) i{#}{2}{1}{1}2 {V}/{^}: Select the desired setting.i M i {ic}For service provider voice mailsubscribersTo receive voice mail and use theanswering system properly, please notethe following:L “Voice mail” is a service provided byyour service provider/telephonecompany (page 42). You will need tofirst subscribe or activate this servicethrough your service provider/telephone company. Contact yourservice provider/telephone companyon how to operate this service andhow you will be notified that you havemessages on your voice mail.To use this service you will be requiredto leave your answering machine offon your unit.This will allow the voice mail to receiveany messages.L To use the unit’s answering machinerather than the voice mail serviceprovided by your service provider/telephone company, please contactyour service provider/telephonecompany to have it removed ordeactivated permanently ortemporarily.Alternatively you can leave thisservice connected and change the“Number of Rings” to a shorterduration on your unit so your unit’sanswering machine can pick up thecall prior to the voice mail provided byyour service provider/telephonecompany.Caller’s recording timeYou can change the maximum messagerecording time allowed for each caller.The default setting is “3 Minutes”.1 1 (centre of navigator key) i{#}{3}{0}{5}2 {V}/{^}: Select the desired setting.i M i {ic}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 41.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 37).