Voice Mail Service38Voice Mail serviceVoice Mail is an automatic answeringservice offered by your service provider/telephone company. After you subscribeto this service, your service provider/telephone company’s Voice Mail systemanswers calls for you when you areunavailable to answer the phone orwhen your line is busy. Messages arerecorded by your service provider/telephone company, not your telephone.Please contact your service provider/telephone company for details of thisservice.Important:L To use the Voice Mail service providedby your service provider/telephonecompany rather than the unit’sanswering system, turn off theanswering system (page 32). Fordetails, see page 36.(KX-TG6421/KX-TG6431 series:page 3)L You need to store the Voice Mailaccess number to activate themessage alert feature (page 37) forVoice Mail service.Storing the Voice Mail (VM)access numberIn order to listen to your Voice Mailmessages, you must dial your serviceprovider/telephone company’s VoiceMail access number. Once you havestored your Voice Mail access number,you can dial it automatically (page 39).1 {MENU} i {#}{3}{3}{1}2 Enter your access number (32 digitsmax.). i {SAVE} i {OFF}Note:L When storing your Voice Mail accessnumber and your mailbox password,press {PAUSE} to add pauses (page14) between the access number andthe password as necessary. Contactyour service provider/telephonecompany for the required pause time.Example:To erase the Voice Mail accessnumber1 {MENU} i {#}{3}{3}{1}2 Press and hold {CLEAR} until alldigits are erased. i {SAVE} i{OFF}Voice Mail (VM) tone detectionYour service provider/telephonecompany sends special signals(sometimes called “Voice Mail tones” or“stutter tones”) to the unit to let you knowyou have new Voice Mail messages. Ifyou hear a series of dial tones followedby a continuous dial tone after you press{C}, you have new Voice Mailmessages. Minutes after you hang up acall or after the phone stops ringing, yourunit checks the phone line to see if newVoice Mail messages have beenrecorded.Turn this feature off when:– You do not subscribe to Voice Mailservice.– Your service provider/telephonecompany does not send Voice Mailtones.– Your phone is connected to a PBX.If you are not sure which setting isrequired, contact your service provider/telephone company.1-222-333-4444VM accessnumberPauses PasswordPPPP 8888TG64xxC(e).book Page 38 Monday, December 22, 2008 4:02 PM