Can you turn off answering machine in this phone if you prefer to use answering service provided by your phone company like I do?
1368267
I would let the number of rings for the machine to pick up be at 5 or 6. The answering service number of rings should be 3 or 4, this way the answering machine would not have the chance to pick up and you should be getting all of your voice mails through your outside contracted phone answering service. Have a nice day.
502910
Yes. We do that all the time. You can also restrict other handsets from being able to pick up on a call for privacy if you want.
1759770
Yes, when you set it up you have that option. What I don't know is how to set it up so I can stop the incoming message by picking up the phone--think that's a problem with my phone setup, not the machine. I have splitters, used to work with old machine, but now I think have to rearrange the splitter situation.
1299871
No, I have it hooked into my phone that has a built in answering machine. Hope this helps. This particular machine meets all out needs.
1560673
Yes; On front of base unit, push "answer on" red button to turn off. When red light is off, answering machine is off.
986884
I bought only the "extra" handset portion of the phone to use in a spare bedroom, which, of course, does not have the answering machine function. Sorry I couldn't help you.
1054721
I have never had to use the answering machine as I have MagicJack, which has its own voicemail. The caller ID does talk though, which is nice.
1979850
I am not sure what announcement monitor is...??? But you do have to listen to message when the answering machine answers. I am not sure if you can turn that off. But you want to listen to people when they call you you can screen the calls...
1154462
The voice function can be turned off. Here is a link to the owners manual for this phone http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/58830387/HC-AMPLIVOICE50_manual.pdf , look on page 12 for your answer. I hope this helps. Have a nice day!
1665087
I don't understand the question. Are you asking if the phone ringer can be muted so it does not ring, but you could still answer the phone?
412390
I'm sorry, I don't know if that's an option. I chose this phone cuz I already have a comcast answering service. Just fyi, I would not buy this phone again. It's fair, no better.
773960
You can turn off the voice mail. You can also set how many seconds to wait before the voice mail picks up.
1970075
NO. There is a different model that does that. The one that has the headset on the same base as the answering machine.
434413
No, it's built into the base. But I believe you can turn the answering part off.
2214093
Yes the ringer can be turned off. Press volume when phone is not in use and phone will not ring.
1571203
Yes . You can turn off or on each line. You can also have a different message on each. I might add the voice quality is very good on this phone. It's by far my favorite phone system in 25 years.
1085089
Sorry - don't know what to tell you, I have never had any difficulty with my answering machine. I think I'd return the system, as it sounds like it is defective.