How many rings before the answering system kicks in?
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I am pretty sure it is 6. At one point I looked to see if I could do the 'pick up on two if new message'. But to no avail.
318461
I have four rings, but I think you can program the number of rings into the phone. My son set mine up for me.
660894
on the base phone you can just pick it up when it rings and start talking. The other two phones you will need to press talk in order to answer.
1671251
My unit is set up to answer after 5 rings. My answering machine answers in 4 rings, so I simply call and let the phone ring 3 times then hang up. The unit remembers those 3 rings, so when I call right away again, it answers after 2 more rings. Unit works very well. I set it up using a land line phone, but I can now call the unit from either a land line phone or from my cell phone. Works great. I highly recommend this freeze alarm.
1978871
All your answers can be found on pages 18 and 45 of your instruction manual. Assuming you have set your 2-digit access code (default is 19), enter it when the system answers (before it has finished its answering message) and it will automatically announce the number of messages (new or old) if there are any, and then begin to play them for you. Hope this helps.
779942
I can say that they made me a size 11.5 EEEE okay. But yes, do call first, you almost always get a live person on the first or second ring, instead of an answering machine. But if you do get an answering machine they call back in a timely manner. I speak from experience.
1386485
Neither. The ring comes through the phone that sits on the charging base. To answer it, you have to take the phone off the base and push "Answer" button.
438064
Yes. Missed calls are listed in print on the screen. Yes, loud enough, my dogs howl at the ring (that's a back up system!)
239179
If you want NO rings, it must be in line before the first phone; if you don't care about a single ring, it can be anywhere. . . but you will get a single ring before it hangs up on the caller if it is not first in line.
1786629
Yes t does show it, but i found the phone company one annoying bc it limited u to 4 rings only, so i ended up turning off my verizon answering service.
1514531
Set the answering machine to answer after 2 rings. Page 32 of the owners manual.
1578809
I have it set to call 4 and it called all 4 when tested.I believe it gave a series of tones to recognize alarm. I'm not sure how many total numbers it will call.
1115621
Yes is has a separate answering function for each line. We are still not happy with the overall phone system.
521924
The Freedom Alert goes to the next number after x number of rings, I think it's 5 rings. So you just need to set your answering machine to pickup after 5 rings to solve that problem. I purchased this system for my father who is disabled and likes to try to do things on his own. He has already fallen and has had to use it and it worked great.
737373
I have occasionally had the same problem. This one seems to have a delay. I have that problem, but not all the time... so I'm guessing there's a delay and you only hear it ring if the person doesn't pick up on the first ring or two (that's just a guess though.) I had the original Roadster and had no issues with it, but this second version constantly frustrates me because of the delay (more when answering calls than calling out.)
1797534
Ours has 6 rings. I timed that and it is 22.5 seconds from the first ring till the answering machine picks up. Maybe you can time your Mom. I know it takes longer just to acknowledge the phone is ringing as you age. Good luck.
1405259
Answering service or machine will work just fine if set up according to the directions. I haven't tried calling the system, it usually initiates the calls.
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No, this product does not contain a built-in answering machine. Another answering machine on the same line can interfere with receiving faxes, depending on how you have the line and the machine set up. I subscribe to what my local phone company calls "signal ring." There is one phone line, but two phone numbers, each number with its own distinct ring. This fax machine can be set to respond to a distinct ring so that it will automatically pick up when it senses that particular ringing pattern. I use one number for my fax and the other number for my regular phone calls, and I set the fax to answer after only one ring so the answering machine won't interfere with its answering faxes. No, this product does not contain a built-in answering machine. Another answering machine on the same line can interfere with receiving faxes, depending on how you have the line and the machine set up. I subscribe to what my local phone company calls "signal ring." There is one phone line, but two phone numbers, each number with its own distinct ring. This fax machine can be set to respond to a distinct ring so that it will automatically pick up when it senses that particular ringing pattern. I use one number for my fax and the other number for my regular phone calls, and I set... » Read More No, this product does not contain a built-in answering machine. Another answering machine on the same line can interfere with receiving faxes, depending on how you have the line and the machine set up. I subscribe to what my local phone company calls "signal ring." There is one phone line, but two phone numbers, each number with its own distinct ring. This fax machine can be set to respond to a distinct ring so that it will automatically pick up when it senses that particular ringing pattern. I use one number for my fax and the other number for my regular phone calls, and I set the fax to answer after only one ring so the answering machine won't interfere with its answering faxes. « Show Less