User's Manual

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Operating the answering machine on the Gigaset C595 base
Gigaset C590/C595 / USA-CAN engl / A31008-M2101-R301-1-3S19 / answering_m.fm / 28.07.2009
Version 4, 16.09.2005
Stopping and controlling playback
During message playback:
2 Pause playback. Press 2
again to resume.
Or:
§Options§ Open menu.
you can press §OK§ or key 2.
t or
Go to the start of the current
message.
Press twice to go back to the
previous message.
s or 3
Skip to next message.
Press twice to skip to the next
but one message.
If playback is interrupted for over a
minute, the answering machine returns to
idle state.
Marking a message as "new"
When a recorded message has been
played back, the state automatically
reverts to "old." To change the message
state to "new":
During message playback:
* Press the star key.
Or:
§Options§ Open menu.
Mark as New
Select and press §OK§.
An announcement informs you of the
message's new state.
Playback of the current message is can-
celled. Playback of next message starts, if
applicable.
The f key on the handset flashes after
you go back to Idle (not when you are lis-
tening answering machine messages).
Copying the phone number of a message
to the directory
During playback or pause:
§Options§ ¢ Copy to Directory
¤ Complete the entry (¢ page 31).
Deleting messages
You can either delete all old messages at
one time or individually.
Deleting all old messages
During playback or pause:
§Options§ ¢ Delete Old List
Select and press
§OK§.
§Yes§ Press the display key to con-
firm the prompt.
Deleting individual old messages
During playback or pause:
§Delete§ Press the display key.
Or:
you can press Q
Picking up a call from the answering
machine
You can pick up a call while the answering
machine is recording or is being operated
via remote operation:
c/
§Accept§
Press the talk or display key.
Recording stops and you can speak to the
caller.
If 2 seconds of the call have already been
recorded when you pick it up, the call dis-
plays as a new message. The f key on
the handset flashes.
You can answer the call even if it is not sig-
naled on the handset.
Diverting an external call to the
answering machine
You can divert an incoming external call to
the answering machine even if it is deacti-
vated.
Prerequisite: Sufficient memory space
must be available on the answering
machine.
An external call is signaled on the handset: