Automatic System Answer Button (#111)
This System Programming procedure identifies a button on the system phone at extension 10 to be used to turn Automatic System Answer on and off. This feature helps the receptionist answer calls during busy periods. When an outside call rings on a line programmed with Automatic System Answer (ASA), the system answers it after a specified number of rings, plays a short greeting to the caller, and then places the call on hold until the receptionist or another extension can retrieve it.
Related Features
■Automatic System Answer affects incoming calls only on lines identified using Automatic System Answer Lines (#204).
■Calls that ring on lines programmed with Automatic System Answer are picked up after 2 rings, as a default. To change this number, use
Automatic System Answer Delay (#110).
■You must use Automatic System Answer Record/Playback to record the greeting callers hear when the system answers an incoming call.
■Direct Extension Dial is an alternative system answering feature that lets outside callers dial an extension or Hunt Group number directly, without the aid of the receptionist.
Considerations
■An Automatic System Answer button must be programmed on a button with lights on the system display phone at extension 10. (This feature will not work if it is programmed on a button without lights.)
■Automatic System Answer can handle up to three outside calls simultaneously.
■This feature is not available on standard phones.
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Select button (and then press a programmable button to assign Automatic System Answer to that button)
Automatic System Answer Button (#111)
