Vidicode Professional Telephone Answering Machine Manual

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5.9 Duration of the hook-flash 
The softkey FLASH is used to activate the internal telephone system. It is 
normally used to transfer a call, but has other functions too. Unfortunately not 
all internal telephone systems are the same, so it must be possible to alter the 
duration of the hook-flash. Unless there is a good reason to change the set-up, it 
is best to leave the manufacturer’s set-up unchanged (100 ms).   On rare 
occasions the...

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in all other cases. K-break detection cannot be enabled when another language 
then English is selected, because it only applies to the telephone network of the 
United Kingdom. 
5.13 Sound characteristics and quality 
There are two options here: sound type and recording quality.  
Sound type can be set for speech, or all types of sound (audio). The factory...

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5.18 The start switch for automatic recording  
A start switch is an external signaller for starting and stopping recording of the 
chosen source. The start switch should be connected to the footpedal port. With 
the start switch you can determine whether contact should be made or broken 
to start recording; alternatively you can leave the start switch switched off. 
5.19 Starting and stopping by sound  
Automatic recordings can start and stop on...

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5.23 The VU meter  
As has been discussed before, it is possible to record automatically. Recording 
can be started by an external switch, or be controlled by the volume of sound. In 
the latter case, the recorder will wait for speech to start, and when it does, 
begin to record.  When there is little or no sound for some time the PTAM will 
stop recording. 
It is best to set the signal level which stops and starts recording with the VU 
meter. A...

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>>    =  Silence threshold + 1    
Record    =  Silence threshold – 1    
Do not forget to take the ‘starting period’ and the ‘silence period’ into account. 
The recorder starts when a sound above the level of start threshold has been 
perceived during the start period, and stops when no sound above the silence 
threshold has been heard during the silence period.  

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6 Remote access 
The messages in the PTAM can be listened to remotely. The remote access 
capability is explained in more detail in this chapter.  
6.1 Typing in the password     
In order to get remote access, the PTAM’s answer function should have been 
activated. When it has not, access is impossible. 
If the manufacturer’s settings are active, you should press a 1 during the 
welcome message to get to the access message. As has been discussed...

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1
10 seconds
back
2
next
message
3
10 seconds
forwards
4
60 seconds
back
5
pause
6
60 seconds
forward
7
300 seconds
back
8
stop
9
300 seconds
forward
*0 #
 
Messages listened to remotely, will remain saved as new messages, to ensure you 
do not miss any messages when you come home. When you call again before you 
came home you will hear the same messages.  This can be forestalled by pressing 
‘0’ five times after listening to the messages, which...

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6.6 Switching on the answer machine remotely 
The PTAM can be programmed to answer the telephonehen ‘HOME’ is switched 
on, if the telephone has been ringing for a long time. Afterwards the PTAM will 
automatically switch to ‘AWAY’, and will immediately answer the phone when 
there is another call. This option has been described in 5.5. 
6.7 Changing system messages 
When controlling the answering machine remotely, a number of system messages 
will...

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Remote operation 
The following system messages will help the user when operated remotely: 
 
303  ‘Your message has been saved. Goodbye’  
304  ‘No new messages received’      
310  ‘To listen to new messages, press 1   
To select a different welcome message, press 3 
To change your password, press 5 
To record a new welcome message, press 6      
To disconnect, press 9’ 
311  ‘Enter your password’ 
312  ‘Your password is:  
313  ‘To save, press...