Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!purdue!ames!sun-barr!newstop!texsun!texbell!vector!telecom-gateway From: westmark!dave@rutgers.edu (Dave Levenson) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Answering Machine Interrupter Message-ID: Date: 29 Jul 89 16:20:28 GMT Sender: news@vector.Dallas.TX.US Organization: Westmark, Inc., Warren, NJ, USA Lines: 36 Approved: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us In article , egs@u-word.dallas.tx.us (Eric Schnoebelen) writes: > I didn't think my answering machine was overly special either.. > It too is a Panasonic, the dual line model ( about the only special > thing about it, or so I thought ) and I too leave it on all the time, > with the "toll saver" feature enabled.. If the machine answers, and I > want to talk to the person ( perfect for screening calls ) it will hang > up after I pick up any extension in the house.. > > Other features: remote control from any tone pad, complete with > replacing the message, selection of which line is answered, time and day > of the week stamping, and all of the other "standard" features that come > on answering machines these days.. The only thing I wish it had is a > way to shut up and hand the call off to a modem if it hears a carrier.. > ( that wasn't on the request list when the machine was purchased... ) Many machines work that way. Others do not. Some require that you use an extension plugged into the answering machine to make it disconnect after it has answered. One question Re: the Panasonic 2-line model described above: I bought one recently and discovered that when playing back a message, there is no obvious way to listen to it again. I can pause and resume the playback, but if I missed something and want to back up and replay the message (either remotely or from the control panel of the machine) there didn't seem to be a way. I re-read TFM several times, and then went back to the dealer (Sears) and asked the salesman. He replied that a number of customers had complained about the lack of a back-space and replay feature. He then refunded my money, and I bought another answering machine. -- Dave Levenson Voice: (201) 647 0900 Westmark, Inc. Internet: dave@westmark.uu.net Warren, NJ, USA UUCP: {uunet | rutgers | att}!westmark!dave [The Man in the Mooney] AT&T Mail: !westmark!dave