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Answering system settings
Use the answering system menu in the handset to turn the answering
system on or off or change the settings for the outgoing announcement, call
screening, number of rings, remote access code and the message alert tone.
Announcement
The announcement is the greeting callers hear when calls are answered by
the answering system.
The telephone has a default announcement, “
Hello. Please leave a message after
the tone
.” You can use this announcement, or record your own announcement.
You can record an announcement up to 90 seconds. The system does not
record any announcement shorter than two seconds.
To play the current announcement:
Press
mENu/
sELECT
in idle mode.
Press
CID
or
DIr
to scroll to
>ANsWErING sys
, then
press
mENu
/sELECT
.
Press
mENu
/sELECT
to select
>ANNOuNCEmENT
. The
system announces,
“To play, press
2
. To record, press
7
.”
Press
2
to play the current announcement from
the speakerphone.
Press
DIr
/vOLumE
to increase or press
CID
/vOLumE
to decrease the message playback volume.
Press
/spEAKEr
to switch between speakerphone
and handset.
To record a new announcement:
Follow Steps 1 and 2 in
To play the current announcement
above.
Press
mENu
/sELECT
to select
>ANNOuNCEmENT
. The system announces,
“To play, press
2
. To record, press
7
.”
Press
7
. The system announces “
Record after the tone. Press
5
when you
are done
.”
Face the handset and speak towards the microphone to
record your announcement.
Press
5
when you finish the recording. The handset plays
back the recorded announcement.
note:
If
the answering system memory is full, when you press
7
in Step 3, the answering
system announces,
“Memory is full.”
You must delete some messages before you can record a
new announcement. Refer to
message playback
on pages 48-49.
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2.
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1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
>ANNOUNCEMENT
DELETE ALL OLD
2-PLAY 3-DELETE
5-STOP 7-RECORD
RECORD ANNC...
5-STOP
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