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ANSWERING SYSTEM OPERATION
This answering system (ITAD) can be accessed using on screen menus at the base or handset, using the buttons on the base, or from a remote touch tone phone. Instructions for those functions available through base buttons appear in ANSWERING SYSTEM OPERATION USING BASE BUTTONS. Instructions for access from another telephone are in
ANSWERING SYSTEM OPERATION AT TOUCH TONE PHONE.
Turn Answering System On/Off
Press O on the base and follow the screen prompts to turn the ITAD on or off for each line.
If you turn the ITAD off for a line, you can access that line remotely but the ITAD will not answer incoming calls with an announcement.
About Announcements
•You can record two different announcements for each line—
one for normal answering and one for when you’ve set the system to play the announcement only.
•Use Answer + Record when you want the system to record callers’ messages. Use Answer Only when you want to give information to callers without accepting messages.
•If you choose not to record an announcement, the system answers with a
•The normal answering
•By setting the answer mode to Answer + Record or Answer Only, you decide which announcement your callers will hear when the system answers a call (the system comes set for normal answering). See “Answer Mode” on page 11 to change your announcement selection for each line.
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