1. SETUP

Press until desired feature is heard (see list at right).

2. CHANGE

Press until desired selec- tion is heard.

3. SETUP

Press to set selection and move to next menu option.

Or

Answering system operation

Changing feature options

You can change how the answering system operates. Press SETUP repeatedly to hear each feature. Press CHANGE when you hear the feature you want to modify.

Feature options

(Default settings underlined)

System announces:

Feature description:

 

“Announcement. Press

Press REC /MEMO to record your

 

PLAY or press RECORD.

outgoing announcement (see page

 

To continue setup, press

33). Press PLAY/ STOP to stop

 

SETUP.”

 

recording.

 

Options: [record announce-

 

ment]

 

 

 

 

 

“Remote access code. To

Enter a two-digit number (10-99) for

 

change the setting press

remote access from another phone

 

CHANGE.”

(see page 39).

 

Options: [enter 2-digit code]

 

 

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(Play/ Stop)

Press to set selection and exit setup.

NOTES:

1. To temporarily disable the

message alert tone, press any

answering machine key (TIME/

“Message alert. To change the setting press CHANGE.” Options: On / Off

When the answering system is turned on (the ANSWER ON/OFF light is lit) and the message alert function is acti- vated, any new incoming message will increase the flashing number in the message window by one, and a beep tone will sound every ten seconds as a reminder that there are unreviewed messages on the answering system.

SET, SETUP, CHANGE, REC/

MEMO, PLAY/STOP, DELETE,

REPEAT and SKIP) on the base. This turns off the audio message alert tone but the number in the message window will continue to flash as a reminder that there are unreviewed messages on the answering system. The message alert tone will be re-activated with the next incoming message.

2.To switch off the message

alert tone for all incoming mes- sages, read the section on disa- bling the message alert function in the list on the right.

3.Press and hold CHANGE to advance the remote access code number by 10.

“Announcement only,

When on, callers hear an announce-

record no messages. To

ment but cannot leave messages (see

change the setting press

page 34).

CHANGE.”

 

Options: On / Off

 

 

 

“Call screening. To change

When on, you can hear callers leave

the setting press CHANGE.”

messages, or answer the call.

Options: On / Off

 

 

 

“Number of rings. To

Choose number of rings before the

change the setting press

system answers a call. When toll saver

CHANGE.”

is active, the system answers after

Options: 2 / 4 / 6 /Toll saver

two rings if you have new messages,

 

 

and after four rings if you have no new

 

messages.

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AT&T E5917 user manual Changing feature options, Setup