Choose answering machine or voicemail
Before you set up and personalize your new phone,
you must decide how you will store messages. You
must choose one method as a primary message
retrieval method: answering machine or voicemail.
The phone includes a built-in answering machine.
Voicemail service is purchased through your
telephone service provider. Each method has
unique features and benefits.
When your line is engaged, voicemail service detects
and stores messages, whereas the answering
machine does not.
If you prefer using an answering machine for easy
message access, but you also want to be alerted
to incoming calls when you are on the line with
another caller, you can primarily use the answering
machine and purchase voicemail for the call waiting
feature. For further information, see
page
63.
By default, the answering machine is turned off. To
turn on the answering machine and set it up, see
page
64.
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