Answering system
Answering system settings
Use the answering system menu of a system handset to set up the announcement message, turn on or off the answering system or message alert tone, activate call screening, or change the number of rings, message recording time, or remote access code. If you turn off the answering system and
you change any setting in the answering system setup menu, the answering machine automatically turns on again.
1.When the handset is in idle mode, press MENU/SELECT to enter the main menu.
2.Press qCID or pDIR to scroll to >Answering sys, then press MENU/SELECT.
Announcement
Your outgoing announcement plays when calls are answered by the answering system.
The telephone has a default outgoing announcement, “Hello. Please leave a message after the tone.” You can use this announcement, or record your own.
You can record an announcement up to 90 seconds. The system does not record any announcement shorter than two seconds.
To play your current outgoing announcement:
1.When the handset is in idle mode, press MENU/SELECT to enter the main menu.
2.Press qCID or pDIR to scroll to >Answering sys, then press MENU/SELECT.
3. | Press MENU/SELECT again to select >Announcement. | >Announcement | |
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4. | Press MENU/SELECT to select >Play annc and play | ||
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To record a new outgoing announcement: |
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1. | When the handset is in idle mode, press MENU/SELECT to | Play annc | |
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2. | Press qCID or pDIR to scroll to >Answering sys, then press | q | |
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3.Press MENU/SELECT again to select >Announcement.
4.Scroll to >Record annc and press MENU/SELECT. The system announces, “Record after the tone. Press 5 when you are done.”
5.Facing the handset, record your announcement and press 5 to end recording. Your recorded announcement plays.
To listen to the recorded announcement again, wait after playback is completed, then scroll to >Play annc and press MENU/SELECT.
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