AT&T E5917 user manual Changing feature options, Setup

1. SETUP

Press until desired feature is heard (see list at right).

2. CHANGE

Press until desired selec- tion is heard.

3. SETUP

Press to set selection and move to next menu option.

Or

Answering system operation

Changing feature options

You can change how the answering system operates. Press SETUP repeatedly to hear each feature. Press CHANGE when you hear the feature you want to modify.

Feature options		(Default settings underlined)
System announces:		Feature description:
	“Announcement. Press	Press REC /MEMO to record your
	PLAY or press RECORD.	outgoing announcement (see page
	To continue setup, press	33). Press PLAY/ STOP to stop
	SETUP.”
		recording.
	Options: [record announce-
	ment]
	“Remote access code. To	Enter a two-digit number (10-99) for
	change the setting press	remote access from another phone
	CHANGE.”	(see page 39).
	Options: [enter 2-digit code]
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(Play/ Stop)

Press to set selection and exit setup.

NOTES:

1. To temporarily disable the

message alert tone, press any

answering machine key (TIME/

“Message alert. To change the setting press CHANGE.” Options: On / Off

When the answering system is turned on (the ANSWER ON/OFF light is lit) and the message alert function is acti- vated, any new incoming message will increase the flashing number in the message window by one, and a beep tone will sound every ten seconds as a reminder that there are unreviewed messages on the answering system.

SET, SETUP, CHANGE, REC/

MEMO, PLAY/STOP, DELETE,

REPEAT and SKIP) on the base. This turns off the audio message alert tone but the number in the message window will continue to flash as a reminder that there are unreviewed messages on the answering system. The message alert tone will be re-activated with the next incoming message.

2.To switch off the message

alert tone for all incoming mes- sages, read the section on disa- bling the message alert function in the list on the right.

3.Press and hold CHANGE to advance the remote access code number by 10.

“Announcement only,	When on, callers hear an announce-
record no messages. To	ment but cannot leave messages (see
change the setting press	page 34).
CHANGE.”
Options: On / Off
“Call screening. To change	When on, you can hear callers leave
the setting press CHANGE.”	messages, or answer the call.
Options: On / Off
“Number of rings. To	Choose number of rings before the
change the setting press	system answers a call. When toll saver
CHANGE.”	is active, the system answers after
Options: 2 / 4 / 6 /Toll saver
	two rings if you have new messages,
	and after four rings if you have no new
	messages.

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