O P E R A T I O N
Recording Your Announcement
Before using this answering system, you should record the announcement (up to 3 minutes long) that callers will hear when the system answers a call. If you choose not to record an announce- ment, the system answers with a prerecorded announcement: “Hello. Please leave a message after the tone.”
1Press and release g. The Message Window displays CH.
2Press and release A. The system beeps. Speak toward the microphone normally, from about 9 inches away. While you are recording, the Message Window displays the elapsed time of your recording.
3Press Swhen you are finished. The system automatically plays back your announcement.
To review your announcement, press and
release A.
the line will ring before the system answers a call. Set to 2 for two rings, set to 4 for four rings, or set to TS for Toll Saver. When you set the system to TS, the system answers after 4 rings when you have no new messages, and af- ter 2 rings when you have new messages.
Message Window
The Message Window displays the number of messages that have been recorded. If the Message Window displays F, then the memory is full and you’ll need to delete messages before new ones can be recorded.
PLAY Light
The PLAY Light blinks when you have new messages, and remains steady when you have messages in memory that you’ve already played. The PLAY Light is off when there are no messages in memory.
Turning the System On/Off
Use Oto turn the system on and off. When the system is off, the Message Window is blank.
Volume Control
Use Vbutton to adjust the volume of the system’s speaker. Press the top arrow to increase volume. Press the bottom arrow to decrease volume.
Answering Calls
When the system answers a call, the caller hears the announcement you recorded, followed by a beep. After the beep, the system begins record- ing your caller’s message. A caller can leave a message up to 3 minutes long. If the message is longer than 3 minutes, or if the caller is silent for more than 7 seconds, or if the system runs out of memory, the system beeps once and hangs up.
Frequent callers can skip over your announce- ment by pressing #.
Ring Select/Toll Saver
Use the RING SELECT switch on the right side of the system to select how many times
Call Screening/Intercept
Set the system to answer calls, and set the volume control so you can hear the caller’s message.
If you decide to take the call, lift the handset of any telephone on the same line. The system stops recording and resets to answer calls.
Listening to Your Messages
As the system plays back messages, the Message Window displays the number of the message playing. Before playing each message, the system announces the day and time the message was received. After playing the last message, the system announces “End of messages.”
Play all messages — Press and release P. If you have no messages, the system announces “No messages.”
Play new messages only — Hold down
Pfor about 2 seconds, until the system begins playing. If you have no new messages, the system announces “No new messages.”
Repeat entire message — Press and release ?.
Repeat part of message — Hold down
?for a few seconds, then release it to resume playing. The system beeps while the button is held down.
