Using a Voice Mail Service
If you subscribe to a voice mail service, your phone can notify you when you have a new message waiting; you can also program your access number so you can get your messages at the touch of a button.
Setting Up Your Voice Mail
When you sign up for your voice mail, your service provider should give you an access number and the message notification signal type. If you don't have this information, contact your provider before you start.
) With the phone in standby, open the menu.
2)Select Handset Setup, then select Edit Voice Mail. (You have to program the voice mail access number separately for each handset.)
) Enter your access number exactly as you would dial it. You can enter
a total of 20 digits. If you need the phone to wait for a few seconds between digits (to wait for the service to answer, for example), press Redial/pause to insert a
) From the main menu, select Global Setup, then Voice Mail Tone.
) If your voice mail service uses a Frequency Shift Keying or FSK message signal to let you know you a have new message, set the Voice Mail Tone to Off; if your service uses a Stutter Dial Tone or SDT signal, set the Voice Mail Tone to On.
If you can't find out which signal your provider uses, leave the Voice Mail Tone on. If you don't see the voice message icon (
) when you know there's a new message, turn the Voice Mail Tone off.
Getting Your Messages
When you have new messages, the voice message icon (
) appears in the handset display. Press Mute/messages to dial the access number you programmed into this handset.
Resetting the Voice Message Indicator
If the voice message icon won't go away after you check your messages, you can reset it. Press and hold Find until the light turns off (about five seconds).
Your handsets will beep during this process: just ignore them.
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