BT Diverse 5250 ~ 5th Edition ~ 20th May ’03 ~ 5187
Setting up and personalising your answering machine
ANSWERING MACHINE
You can operate your BT Diverse 5250 answering machine from:
•The base unit
•The handset
•Remotely from any external TouchtoneTM telephone.
The factory setting for the answering machine is ON, so you can use it as soon as you have charged up your BT Diverse 5250. Your callers will be greeted with a
You will need to set the date and time (if you have not already done so) so that you will know when each message was received. You can set the date and time manually (see page 13) or if you have subscribed to your network’s Caller Display service, the date and time will be set automatically as soon as you receive your first call.
Outgoing messages
The outgoing message is the greeting a caller first hears when the answering machine picks up their call. Your BT Diverse 5250 gives you a choice of
2 outgoing messages, one for ‘Answer and Record mode’ and one for ‘Answer Only mode’:
Answer and Record
The
“Hello, your call cannot be taken at the moment, so please leave your message after the tone”.
If you wish, you can record your own outgoing message. See ‘To record your own outgoing message’, on page 41.
When the answering machine takes a call, your BT Diverse 5250 will play your Answer and Record message and then your caller can leave a message.
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