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Message monitor mode
(live call screening)

(Not available on 12-Key Feature Phone)

Message monitor mode, also known as live call screening, lets you hear a caller leaving a message in your mailbox, just as with your home answering machine. You turn this feature on or off as part of user programming — PROGRAM 3 6. While you hear the caller through your speaker, you have the following options:

Option Result
Lift the handset You intercept the call
Do nothing The system records the message to your mailbox for your later retrieval
Press MUTE/DND Temporarily mutes your speaker (the system continues to record the message to your mailbox)

Note:

During monitor mode, you’ll hear a call ring, then subdued ringing while the caller is hearing your personal greeting, then the caller’s message. You can intercept the call at any time.