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In article <354@cpdaux.UUCP> steve@cpdaux.UUCP (Steve Lemke) writes:

> However, there is _one_ thing I'm curious about - if you hit "0" while
> looking at the main menu, it says "Do you want to use both a phone
> answering machine and the phone function on the Homeminder? 1=yes, 2=no".
> Does anyone know what this is for?  Does it put it into a "ringback mode" or
> something?  There's no reference to it in the manual - in fact, the manual
> says if you want to use a phone answering machine on the same line, unplug
> the phone line from the HomeMinder.  This new "feature" I found, doesn't say 
> anything after choosing either yes or no.

It's just a way to delay the Homeminder pickup so the answering
machine gets first crack at the call.  From a previous posting on the
Homeminder:

    The manual warns that the Homeminder must not be used on a line with an
    answering machine, but undocumented command 0 on the main menu brings
    up a screen offering to do just that.  When this feature is activated,
    the Homeminder will connect to the phone line about twenty seconds
    after the last ring.  After announcing its presence with three beeps,
    it waits for touch tones.  If none are forthcoming, it disconnects.

Presumably, it's still a bit confusing when used together ("Beep-beep-beep." 
"What was that - am I still taking to the answering machine?  Oh, darn!") 
that they decided to bury the feature.

Don
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