When you select Voice Mail, you will be prompted to enter a Voice Mail
Access number if you have not yet set one up (see p. 9). If you have already set one up, your phone will dial it.
After you listen to your messages, the message icon turns off. If it doesn’t, you can reset it: With the phone in standby, open the menu and select Global Setup; select VMWI Reset, then select Yes.
Using the Answering System
The answering system works with land-line calls only.
Answering System Options (Ans. Setup)
You can set or change the answering system options from any handset. Just open the menu and select Ans. Setup.
Select this option... | To... | |
Security Code | Enter a | |
system from any | ||
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| Set the number of rings (2, 4, or 6) before the system | |
Ring Time | answers. Toll Saver makes the system answer after 2 rings | |
| if you have new messages or after 4 rings if you don't. | |
| Set the amount of time (1 or 4 minutes) callers have to | |
Record Time | leave a message. Choose Announce Only if you don't want | |
| the system to let callers to leave a message. | |
Message Alert | Have the system beep every 15 seconds when you have | |
a new message. The alert stops after you listen to all your | ||
| new messages or if you press any key on the base. | |
Ans. Language | Change the language of the system's voice prompts. | |
Call Screen | Turn on the call screen feature so you can hear callers as | |
they leave messages on the base speaker (see p. 20). | ||
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Ans. On/Off | Turn your answering system on or off. | |
You can also press Answer On/Off on the base. | ||
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Record Greeting | Record an outgoing message or greeting (see below). | |
Greeting Options | Switch greetings or delete your greeting (see below). |
Personalizing the Greeting
Your personal outgoing message or greeting can be from 2 to 30 seconds long. If you don’t record a greeting, the system uses a