Uniden DECT2180 Series manual Using the Answering System, Setting Up Your Answering System

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Using the Answering System

Setting Up Your Answering System

You can set up your answering system from any handset.

To...

Follow these steps

 

 

 

Your greeting can be between 2 seconds and 30 seconds

 

long. If you don't record an outgoing message, the system

 

uses a pre-recorded greeting: Hello, no one is available to

 

take your call. Please leave a message after the tone.

Record your

1.

Press Messages/mute to access the answering system. Wait

personal

 

until the system finishes its announcements, or press 5

 

(stop) to skip them.

outgoing

 

2.

Press 8.

message or

3.

Wait for the system to say "Record greeting," then begin

greeting

 

speaking.

 

 

 

4.

When you're finished, press 8 to stop recording. The

 

 

system plays back your new greeting.

 

5.

To keep this greeting, press End. To re-record it, go back to

 

 

step 2.

Switch

1.

Press Messages/mute to access the answering system. Wait

between the

 

until the system finishes its announcements, or press 5

pre-recorded

 

(stop) to skip them.

greeting &

2.

Press 6. The system plays back the greeting it is currently

your own

 

using.

greeting

3.

Press 6 again to switch greetings.

Delete your

1.

Switch to your personal greeting following the steps above.

greeting

2.

While the system is playing back your greeting, press 4.

 

 

 

Ans. Setup menu options

You can change the answering system options from any handset. Just open the menu and select Ans. Setup.

Security Code

Enter a 2-digit PIN so you can access your answering

system from any touch-tone phone (see page 21).

 

 

 

 

Set the number of rings (2, 4, or 6) before the answering

Ring Time

system answers the phone. Choose Toll Saver (TS) to

have the system pick up after 2 rings if you have new

 

 

messages or after 4 rings if you don't.

 

 

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