Useful Hints
Tips for Handling Incoming Messages
Change message volume to hear messages better. While listening to a message, you might find it difficult to hear the person’s voice – it might be too loud or soft for comfortable listening. You can pause the message during playback (press 1), then press 6 to increase volume or 9 to lower volume, one or more times until the desired volume is reached. Press 1 again to resume message playback.
Move through voice messages at the speed you want. When you have a long voice message or a caller that speaks too fast, use the Messaging Voice Mail speed controls. Press 1 while listening to the message; then press 4 to increase speed or 7 to reduce speed, one or more times until you reach a comfortable playback speed. Press 1 to resume message playback.
If you recieve a lot of fax and
Messaging Voice Mail to present messages by type1. After you press the 1 key to listen to messages, Messaging Voice Mail plays another menu, letting you choose what message type you want to access. For information about how to present messages by type, see ”Customizing Messaging Voice Mail” in this guide.
Place a phone call from within your mailbox if you need to reach someone quickly.
A new menu option, 9 Other Services2, at the main subscriber menu lets you place an outside call. Use this feature if you are checking messages away from the office and want to immediately return a call to an associate without
1This feature is available only if Unified Messaging is installed. Check with the system administrator for availability. For more information about Unified Messaging, see page 28.
2This feature may not be available. Check with the system administrator for availability.
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