Does the answering machine play out loud or can you just get messages as you want so people in my waiting area dont hear my calls??
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Kristine - The Call Screening feature allows you to silence incoming messages. Also, you can play your messages either from the base or cordless handset. Thanks!
110924
The only such feature this phone offers according to the manual is call screening, but not blocking. That is you can listen while the answering machine gives its speech and when you hear the reply decide whether to interrupt and talk to the person.
1759770
Yes, when you set it up you have that option. What I don't know is how to set it up so I can stop the incoming message by picking up the phone--think that's a problem with my phone setup, not the machine. I have splitters, used to work with old machine, but now I think have to rearrange the splitter situation.
154510
You cannot hear your message but you can hear the caller if the phone is set for call screening. Hope this helps.Amelia
1988889
My husband used this phone for a while. He never had the issue of people not being able to hear him but he did have the issue of not being able to hear the phone. After a while the speakers started to not work too well so you could barely hear it when he got a call or text.
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Funny you mention it. I've read a few people stating so, not many though. I think people are more worried about hearing others, not others hearing them. However, this is the key feature I'm looking for. I'm trying to replace my Panasonic KX-TG2730, which my Dad can't hear me on at all. I thought he was going deaf, until a house guest called me at work from my phone and I realized it's been my phone the whole time. I have numerous other people asking me to speak up too. I would like this phone, it's got excellent reviews, but I'm going to do a little more research first.
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On the hearing portion look on the side of your volume control there is a button that slides up and down that button is the mute and unmute button when it is slid up its unmuted so they should here you if its slid down then your muted and they can't here you. As far as phone ringing on the side of the keypad make sure thr ringer switch is switched to in and the volume is up.
1964622
I've never used the answering machine. There is a little light on the answering machine that probably blinks for a voice message.
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You can turn the answering machine off...and I do believe that you can also turn down the answer volume. It's at my parents house , so I would have to check.
1203690
Yes, the handset plays back messages, out loud on speaker phone by default or press the speaker phone button to listen quietly with it pressed against your ear.
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It has a mute button that I use as my hold button. You cannot answer two calls at once. I do in home incoming sales calls and it is perfect.
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Actually, yes! I have the product manual in front of me. The default setting plays the incoming messages over the base speaker, but you can turn that off by turning off Call Screen in the settings menu. (It will still record messages, just not play them out loud.) Another way to achieve this is to turn on Silent Mode, which also turns off the ringer. A nice feature is you can set Silent Mode indefinitely or for 1-9 hours, so if you're having a party you won't have to remember to turn the ringer back on later.
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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.
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Yes, the base unit has an Answering Machine. I also purchased 3 additional Handsets for different rooms in my house. From any handset you can tell if you have a Message, and listen to it. You can also call any of the other Handsets. This is the greatest phone I've ever owned, it has so many great features.
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you have the option of using the answer machine or not. I do not as I get my messages through my phone service.
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It doesn't have an audible signal. There is a visual display on all handsets that indicate there is a message waiting. In addition, you can play the message on any of the handsets.
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Yes it announces who the caller is (if the caller is in your contacts) or will announce the phone number, then gives you the option to "answer" or "ignore". This specific feature is very nice because you don't have to look at your phone (i.e. while driving) to see who is calling. Another feature is that all sound goes to the Bluetooth, so I can have my phone on vibrate and it will let me also know when I have a text by sending my "text" sound to the device.