Troubleshooting

The messages on the

If HEADSET is selected in the AUTOMATIC

system are very difficult

 

MODE menu and a headset is connected on the

to hear (1080 only).

 

telephone, you need to use the headset to hear

 

 

messages (page 39).

 

Press [ VOLUME] on the telephone base to

 

 

increase the volume.

 

 

 

The answering system

Make sure you are using the correct remote access

does not respond

 

code (see the REMOTE CODE section on page 59

to remote access

 

of this manual).

commands.

Make sure you are calling from a touch-tone

 

 

telephone (away from home or office). When

 

 

dialing a number, you should hear tones. If you

 

 

hear clicks, then it is not a touch-tone telephone

 

 

and cannot activate the answering system.

 

• The answering system may not detect the remote

 

 

access code when your announcement is playing.

 

 

Wait until the announcement is over before

 

 

entering the code.

 

• There may be interference on the telephone line

 

 

you are using. Press the dial pad keys firmly when

 

 

dialing.

 

 

 

The auto attendant does

Make sure that there is an auto attendant

not answer after the

 

telephone. (See the AUTO ATT SETUP section on

correct number of rings

 

page 46 of this manual.)

(1080 only).

Make sure the answering system answer delay

 

 

time (see the ANSWER DELAY section on page 58

 

 

of this manual) of all 1080 telephones in the same

system are longer than the auto attendant answer delay time (see the AUTO ATT DELAY section on page 49 of this manual).

• If you subscribe to the Centrex service provided by your local telephone company, make sure the CSL DELAY RING time (see the CSL DELAY RING section on page 75 of this manual) is longer than the AUTO ATT DELAY (see the AUTO ATT DELAY section on page 49 of this manual) and ANSWER DELAY time (see the ANSWER DELAY section on page 58 of this manual) on all system telephones.

• Only the calls from the public lines (shared lines of all system phones) can be answered by the auto attendant system (see the Auto attendant operation section on the 1080 user’s manual).

• If all auto-attendant extensions are being used, the system cannot answer incoming calls.

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