AT&T 7650 Ring SelectlToll Saver, Message Window, Mailbox Lights, Message Alert, Delete Messages

... ANSWERING SYSTEM OPERATION .. .

A n s w e r i n g S y s t e m a p e r a t i o n f r o m t h e B a s e

Mailboxes

This answering system has two voice mailboxes which provide a convenient way to share an answering system with u t i i c ~i ~ l c i l ~ b uf~ i sjdili i i u u d i u i i ul- business.

Callers can choose in which mailbox they wish to leave a message by press- ing or :Zon a touch tone phone after the system answers. Callers not using a touch tone phone can leave a message in Mailbox 1.

Record an Announcement

1Press (CHANGE;.

2Press :ANNCI. After you hear a beep. record your announcement. Speak in a normal voice, about 9 inches from the base unit, and avoid background noise. Make sure you tell your callers to press to record in Mailbox 1,and to press ,Z to record in Mailbox 2.

3When you are finished, press :ssopi.

Review Your Announcement

Press ;ANNC1. The recorded announce- ment will play until the end or until you press iIsTop.

Ring SelectlToll Saver

This answering system has three Ring Select choices: 2,4, and TS (toll saver).

Automatic Answering Operation

The system is ready to answer calls when it is turned on and the memory is not full.

After playing your announcement and sounding a beep, the system records your caller's message; it stops when the caller hangs up or is silent for more than 7 seconds. Messages can be up to 2 minutes long. The system can store up to 10 minutes of announcements and incoming messages.

NOTE: Callers can press 3 to bypass the announcement afrer it begins.

Message Window

The Message Window displays the total number of messages (up to 9). If the Message Window is blank, the sys- tem is off and will not record messages.

Mailbox Lights

The light for a mailbox blinks when you have new messages waiting in that mailbox. The light is on steady when you have old messages in the mailbox.

Message Alert

You can set the system to beep every 15 seconds to notify you when new messages have been received. Set the MESSAGE ALERT switch on the right side of the unit to ON.

Save Your Messages

After you listen to your messages, the system automatically saves them, and is ready to answer new calls.

Delete Messages

To delete all messages,

1Press m.Both mailbox lights flash rapidly.

2Press the appropriate mailbox button. Only messages that have been listened to will be deleted.

To delete a selected message, press and release lDELETEj while the message is playing. T h e system deletes the message shown in the window, and continues with the next message.

You can replay a deleted message before the system announces "End of messages." Press and release ,= until the window displays the deleted message you want to replay.

Repeat and Review Messages

If you want to hear a message again, tap TOreturn to an earlier message, press and release REPEAT' until the num-

ber of that message is displayed. To repeat part of a message (reviewj, hold down ,REPEAT: for a few seconds, then release it to resume playing. (The system beeps while the button is held down.)

Set to 2 if you want the system to answer calls after the second ring.

Set to 4 if you want the system to answer calls after the fourth ring.

Set to TS (toll saver) if you want the system to answer calls after the second ring when you have new messages, and after the fourth ring when you do not have new messages. On this setting, when you call from another location for messages, you can hang up after three rings knowing you have n o new messages, thus saving on toll charges.

Message Volume Control

Use the message VOLUME control ( 3) to adjust the sound of your in- coming messages. Move the control to find a comfortable listening level. This does not affect the level of the announce- ment heard by callers.

Listening to Your Messages

Press and release 'MAILBOX I' or MAILBOXZ:. The system begins playing all messages in the selected mailbox. Pause message playback by pressing m. Press the appropriate mailbox button or ,FORWARD when you want to resume playback.

lo lzsren to new messages only press an0 hold the mailbox button for 1.5 seconds.

Forward and Skip Messages

Press and release IFORWARD: to skip to the next message. The window displays the numbers of the messages.

To skip only part of a message (cue), hold down I FORWARD.^^^ a few seconds, the release it to resume playing. (The system beeps while the button is held down.)

To pause during a message, press and release #:STOP'. To continue playback. press nnAlLBox or MAILBOX2.