Southwestern Bell FM2572 How Toll Saver Works, Checking Your Outgoing Greeting, Hour Set

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Answering System Operation (Cont.)

Answering System Operation (Cont.)

Sample message:

Day Set

3. Once you hear the correct setting, press

the TIME SET/REPEAT button to

How Toll Saver Works

"Hello, this is ____________.

I can't come to the phone right now. Please leave your name and phone number after you hear the beep. You have 60 seconds to leave your message. Thank you for calling."

3.When finished, release GREETING button.

Note: If the unit beeps while you are recording your greeting, you have exceeded the 30 second time limit. Record a shorter greeting.

4.Unit will beep once and play back your recorded outgoing greeting and then reset to answer incoming calls.

Checking Your Outgoing

Greeting

1. Press and release the GREETING button.

2. Your outgoing greeting will be played back to you, beep once, then reset to answer incoming calls.

 

ME

 

3. Use the slide

LU

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VO

 

VOLUME Control on the

LOW

HIG

 

 

side of the base to set the speaker to the desired sound level.

1.The unit will say "Time is not set, Monday 12:00 AM. Press ON/OFF button to set day. When you hear correct day, press TIME button."

2.Repeat pressing the ANSWER ON/OFF/ERASE button until you hear the correct day. The unit will say "Monday." "Tuesday." etc.

3.Once you hear the correct day, press the TIME SET/REPEAT button.

Hour Set

1.The unit will say "Press ON/OFF button to set hour. When you hear the correct hour, press TIME SET/REPEAT button."

2.Repeat pressing the ANSWER ON/OFF/ERASE button unit you hear the correct hour. The unit will say "12","1","2", etc. to signify the hours

of the day.

3.Once you hear the correct hour, press the TIME SET/REPEAT button.

Minute Set

1. The unit will say "Press ON/OFF

button to set minute. When you hear

correct minute, press TIME button."

2. Repeat pressing the ANSWER

ON/OFF/ERASE button until you hear

the correct minute. The unit will say

complete the procedure. You will hear the

time and day you have set. If you want to

set a new time/day, press and hold

TIME SET/REPEAT button.

Note:

During the Time Setting procedure, press the PLAY/SKIP/MEMO button to move backwards in that particular sequence (i.e. Sunday, Saturday, Friday).

To Record a Memo

1.Press and hold the PLAY/SKIP/MEMO button. The message counter will turn off.

2.After the beep, record your message (up to 60 seconds) through the microphone in the front of the base.

3.When your message is completed, release the PLAY/SKIP/MEMO button. The digital message counter will indicate a revised message count. When a MEMO is recorded, your unit considers it as a standard message and will include it in the message count.

Note:

When Memory is full during recording, the unit will announce: "Memory is full."

IF YOU HAVE SET THE RING SELECT SWITCH TO TOLL SAVER (TS), when calling your unit from a remote location to check for your messages, listen to the number of rings:

1.No New Message Received

If your phone rings more than two times, you have no new messages. You can hang up on the third ring before your unit answers, and save the cost of the call.

Note:If no new messages are received, your unit will answer the call after the fifth ring.

2.New Messages Received

If your unit answers after only 2 rings, you have received new messages. Refer to page 20 for message retrieval instructions.

Voice Activated

Recording (VOX)

Your FM2572 records messages for up to 60 seconds as long as the caller speaks. To avoid unnecessary pauses due to hangups and to save message capacity, your unit will automatically stop recording after 7 seconds of silence.

Setting the Voice Time/Day

Stamp

The FM2572 records the time and day at the beginning of each message, if the clock has been set.

Note: When setting the Time/Day, do not allow more than 20 seconds to go by in between any step.

1.Press the TIME SET/REPEAT button. The unit will say "To set clock, press and hold TIME SET button."

2.Press and hold the TIME SET/REPEAT button for 2 seconds.

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"0","01","02", etc. to signify the minutes

of the hour.

3.Once you hear the correct minute, press

the TIME SET/REPEAT button.

AM/PM Set

1.The unit will say "Press ON/OFF button to set AM or PM. When you hear correct setting, press TIME button."

2.Press the ANSWER ON/OFF/ERASE button. The unit will say "AM". Press the ANSWER ON/OFF/ERASE button to change to "PM" and press again to change back to "AM".

Ring Select

You can select the number of rings in which a call will be answered. Set the Ring Select switch (on the side of the base) to 2 or 4 calls, or Toll Saver (TS).

2/4/TS

Toll Saver

Your unit has a built-in automatic toll saving feature. This feature lets you know if you have received any new messages before it answers, thus saving you on long distance costs.

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FM2572 specifications

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