can this be used with an answering machine?
1781690
It did not work with my AT&T; phone system. It failed to ring thru to the answering machine.
1781691
Yes. However, it will need one additional ring until the answering machine picks up, since the Call Blocker 'mutes' the first ring. (The Caller ID is sent by the phone company in between the first and second ring.) If you have the answering machine on another phone outlet on the same line, it will work as usual.
1781692
According to the less than adequate manual it can but based on my experience with it you can't even get it to work with a standard phone line. I ended up sending my unit back for a refund. I worked for the phone company for 31 years and could not get this device to work properly. I was very disappointed with this product.
610838
If you mean does it work like an answering machine, I don't think so.(Disclaimer: I haven't used it in a long while: Google Hangouts / Google Voice and an OBI100 + regular wireless handset made this obsolete.)
1515859
The previous answer is correct. This is not a sophisticated phone system. It's just a quality cordless phone with a "slave phone". You can hook up an answering machine as you would a conventional phone.
1536022
Theoretically yes, but it did not work with my iPhone 4. I could hear what the person on the other line was saying, but they couldn't hear anything I said into the phone.
2114866
Yes it can. We have voice mail through our phone carrier so don't use the machine.
1072314
I think it can. Instead of plugging the telephone line directly in to your phone, you connect first to this and from this to your telephone. So I don't see why it wouldn't work.
1368473
It all the depends on the machine itself. If you can attach any phone to your machine, this one should work fine. The Caller ID function should work fine.
133672
I see no problem, what you would have to do is just plug the phone line into the answering machine then the answering machine to the phone jack.
82719
Sorry, but I don't use the answering system it offers, but a voicemail my phone company provides. I can of course check that from any handset. Not sure about the built in answering system and its accessibility from handsets.
1846584
One of the cordless phone bases is connected to your telephone line . You'd connect the answering machine there
1515861
I used to use mine with an old ATT answering machine and it worked fine. I now have voicemail with MagicJack, so don't use the answering machine anymore.
1522659
I actually have an answering machine, but I don't see any reason why it would not be compatible with voicemail. Good luck!
196584
I fon't know if it works with a digital service. My father preferred an answering machine, so we bought a Clarity answering machine for him.
338957
No. However, you could use a double plug (Paralleling plug) on the Base Unit to parallel your incoming phone line to your answering machine
412389
No this phone does not have an answering machine feature, you would have to purchase a separate answering machine.
187847
I think so...but keep in mind that the answering machine will not work unless your cell phone is close. The phone does not work on it's own cell line...it works by land line and blue tooth from an existing cell phone.
1056254
This is a home telephone. We have one in our home. What we have is an answering machine also.