Does anyone have a definitive answer on how difficult turning the answer machine is to turn on and off to use your voice mail?
352230
go to menu scroll up or down to answer machine if it says turn off that means the answering machine is on; if it says turn on that means the machine is off.
87123
I have no idea. I do not use the answering machine feature. I have voice mail!
1142150
Yes. My mom has an answering machine that still works. I beg to differ with one of the answers. In fact, you CAN answer incoming calls with the button.
1228085
None,it doesn't work that way all calls go through your Caller ID and Answering Machine.As two other people have commented on this,i couldn't have said it better myself,if you buy it you won't believe the quiet you'll get from it.I'm still very happy with mine,this was a wise investment on my part.
2146475
It automatically recognizes the voice commands, "answer" or "ignore"; in fact, if you DON'T want it to do that you have to disable voice commands. To get it to allow you to tell it the number to call, you press the "Call" button 2 seconds, wait for the prompt & then tell it the name of the stored contact to call. Hope this helps!
595918
We have a lot of problems with the mail console. Says voice mail full when it is t. Freezes up. Have to reboot often
277279
That's the same problem I had. The numbers on the keypad of the phone stopped working, prohibiting me from retrieving voice mail. I got rid of the V-tech phone and bought a Panasonic. Works much better and has a "call block" feature to prevent annoying telemarketers from calling!
730691
No, the headset doesn't have an answer button, you have to answer on your phone itself.
1509782
Yes. You can hook it up to an answering machine just like you would any other phone.Of course, you can always use voice mail if you want. However with a standard answering machine just plug it in like any other phone.
1054721
I have never had to use the answering machine as I have MagicJack, which has its own voicemail. The caller ID does talk though, which is nice.
479022
I can't check it now (my vife use this phone), but I guess that during conversation press GREEN answer button to switch ON speaker phone. To encrise voice during convesrsation try to press RIGHT arrow key few times. Simple as that!
1690668
Button on the right side of the base will turn off the answering machine. It looks like an on/off button. I inadvertently deactivated the answering function myself.
55233
@Ken "I have found it will not allow me to dial up an automated voice message system" - this problem applied to flip phones when they were left shut. Newer phones do not have this problem. If you are still using a flip phone, leave it open!
495057
you do it from the phone, you can get messages or anything from the phone just read the directions, it's a little complicated if your not computer savvy, I never thought of that, shut the ringer off and the light will still blink, I have had a few romantic moment's ruined over the phone ringing, you can turn the volume off on the answering machine too, thanks I have it figured out now when my other girlfriend comes over and the other one calls, yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
1587063
I do not believe it is voice activated. if it is we do not have ours setup to answer calls by voice only by pushing the answer button.
2098016
We have no problems with the answering machine. The SK642 has already worked well for us. We lost power in a storm and the SK642 phoned us. We feel it worked as expected.
643683
Are you using this with a regular land line in a home office? If that is the case, I believe you need to configure the phone to dial your "outside" voicemail number along with the corresponding digits specific to your voice mailbox (access #, password, pin #, etc.) That is the way I have my phone configured. As far as I know, this button does not have any functionality until you program it and they've labeled this button as "voicemail" so you could have a dedicated and labeled button for this function.