Uniden EXAI8580 manual Using Your Answering system, Setting Up the Answering System

7) Using Your Answering system

7-1. Setting Up the Answering System

Here are some general tips on using your answering system menu:

•To open the answering system menu, press [menu/clock] on the base.

•The voice prompt announces each menu item. Press [menu/clock] to go to the next item. If you are already at the last menu item, the base beeps and returns to standby.

•When you hear the menu item you want, use [vol/select/] and [vol/select/] to scroll through the options for that menu item. To quickly scroll through the options when setting the time or security code, press and hold [vol/select/] or [vol/select/].

•Press [set] to select the current option.

•If you wait longer than five seconds before pressing a key, the system returns to standby. When you’re setting the time, you have two minutes before the system exits the menu.

•Press [] to exit the menu and return to standby.

•If you receive an incoming call or if you press the [TALK/flash], the system automatically exits the menu. The flow chart below shows the answering system menu items and the available options:

Press

Time

Security Press code

Ring Press time

Record Press time

Message Press alert

Press

Language

Press

The system	use	1. Select the day (1 - 7 ); then press SET.
		2. Select the hour (1 - 12 ); then press SET.
announces
		3. Select the minutes (00 - 59 ); then press SET.
"Time"
	to: 4. Select am/pm (A or P ).
	Press	to save the setting.
The system	use	Set a security code (01 - 99 ) so you can access the
announces
		answering system when you're away from home.
"Security
code"	to: The default security code is 80.
	Press	to save the setting.
The system	use	Set the number of rings the system will wait before it
announces		answers. Select 2, 4 , or 6 rings; select toll saver (			)
"Ring time"		to have the system answer in 2 rings if you have any new
	to: message or 4 rings if you don't.
	Press	to save the setting.
The system	use	Set how much time callers have to leave messages.
announces
"Record		Select 1 or 4 minutes; select announce only (A ) to have
time"	to: the system answer but not let callers leave messages.
	Press	to save the setting.
The system	use	Have the system sound a tone when you have new
announces
		messages. Select on (	) or off (	). The tone sounds
"Message
alert"	to: every 15 seconds until you listen to all new messages.
	Press	to save the setting.
The system	use	Change the language of the voice prompts.
announces
		Select English ( E ), French ( F ), or Spanish ( S ).
"Language"
	to: This doesn't affect the handset display.
	Press	to save the setting.

The system beeps and returns to standby.

7-2. Setting Your Outgoing Message (Greeting)

The answering system comes with two prerecorded outgoing messages, or greetings. The default greeting says: "Hello, no one is available to take your call. Please leave a message after the tone."

If you change the answering system to announce only (so it won’t record any messages), the greeting changes to:

"Hello. No one is available to take your call. Please call again."

Recording your own greeting

When you record your own greeting, the answering system does not delete the two prerecorded greetings: it saves your greeting along with them.

1)With the phone in standby, press and hold [greeting]. The base beeps and announces “Record greeting.”

2)Start recording your message. Your greeting must be at least two seconds but no more than thirty seconds. The message counter display counts down from thirty so you know how many seconds you have left.

3)When you are finished recording, press [greeting], [] or [set]. The base sounds a confirmation tone, plays your greeting back for you.

Selecting a greeting

You can switch between the prerecorded greeting and your personal greeting any time:

1)With the phone in standby, press [greeting] to hear the currently-selected greeting.

2)While the greeting is playing, press [greeting] again to switch to the other greeting. After the greeting finishes playing, the base sounds a confirmation tone.

Deleting your personal greeting

Press [greeting]. While the currently-selected greeting is playing, press []. The base deletes the personal greeting and announces “Greeting has been deleted.”

Note: You cannot delete the prerecorded greetings. Pressing [] always deletes the personal greeting.