AT&T SL87218 user manual Message alert tone, Temporarily turning off the message alert tone

Answering system

NOTE: The message alert tone will beep only if all the conditions below are met:

Answering system is on.

Message alert tone setting is on.

There are new messages.

Answering system setup

Message alert tone

When the message alert tone is set to On, and there is at least one new message, the telephone base will beep every 10 seconds. Unless you change it, the message alert tone is set to off.

To change the setting:

1.Press SETUP four times. The system will announce "Message alert tone," followed by the current setting, and then "To change the setting press SKIP or REPEAT; to continue setup, press SETUP."

2.Press SKIP or REPEAT to alter between on and off.

3.Press SETUP to save your selection and move to the next menu option.

-OR-

Press PLAY/STOP to save your selection and exit the menu.

Temporarily turning off the message alert tone

Pressing any telephone base key (except

HANDSET LOCATOR) will temporarily silence the message alert tone.

If you press DELETE when in idle mode, there will be a voice prompt to direct you to press DELETE again to delete all old messages, and the message alert tone will be temporarily silenced.

The message alert tone will be re-activated with the next incoming message.

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