Answering Machine Functions

• Schedule: For individual days of the week you can specify the times at which the answering machine is switched on and with what operation mode ("Greeting only" or "Record messages").
• Voice to mail: If desired, you can receive new messages automatically by email.
• Remote playback: You can check the answering machine from on the go.

Requirements

• For each answering machine to be set up, there must be at least one telephone number that is not assigned to any other answering machine.

Example

You have two telephones with different telephone numbers: One telephone for personal calls and one telephone for business calls. Then you can configure a separate answering machine for each telephone: Assign your personal telephone number to the first answering machine and your office number to the second one.

Instructions: Configuring the answering machine

1. Select "Telephony / Answering Machines".
2. Click on "Settings" or "Another Answering Machine".
3. Specify the mode, greeting delay and recording length.

   Setting	Function
   "Greeting only" operating mode	Callers hear a greeting.
   "Record messages" Operating Mode	Callers hear a recording and can leave messages.
   Greeting delay	How long the telephone will ring before the answering machine accepts a call.
   Recording length	How long a caller has to leave a message.

4. Enter a name.
5. Click “Next”.
6. To define which calls the answering machine accepts, select one or more telephone numbers. All of the telephone numbers configured under "Own Telephone Numbers" are available, as long as they have not yet been assigned to an answering machine.
7. Click "Continue".
8. Check the settings and then click "Apply".

Instructions: Setting up own messages, e-mail dispatch and other functions

Once you have configured an answering machine, you can set up your own messages and enable e-mail dispatch, remote playback and a schedule:

1. Select "Telephony / Answering Machines".
2. Select an answering machine and click the "Settings" button.
3. Configure the desired functions. For more information, see the Help on the settings.

Operating an Answering Machine

Configured answering machines can be operated at various places:

• in the FRITZ!Box user interface at "Telephony / Answering Machine"
• on all connected telephones using a voice menu
  
• on FRITZ!Fon cordless telephones in the menu on the display