Answering system

Answering system settings

To delete your announcement:

1.Follow Steps 1-4 in To play the current announcement on page 39 to play the announcement.

2.Press 3 during playback to delete your recorded announcement. The system announces, “Announcement deleted.”

2-PLAY 3-DELETE

5-STOP 7-RECORD

If your announcement is deleted, calls are answered with the default announcement, “Hello. Please leave a message after the tone.”

Answer on/off

Unless you change it, the answering system is on and ready to record messages. If the answering system is on, the ans on icon displays on the handset screen and the /ANS. ON/OFF light on the telephone base is on. You can turn the answering system off, but if you do so, the answering system does not answer calls and record incoming messages.

Using the handset:

1.Press menu/select in idle mode to enter the main menu.

2.Press CID or DIR to scroll to >Answering sys, then press menu/select.

3. Press

CID or DIR to scroll to >Answer on/off, then

ANSWER ON/OFF

press

menu/select.

>ON

 

4. Press CID or DIR to select between >on and >off, then press menu/select to save the setting. A confirmation tone sounds.

Using the telephone base:

• Press /Ans. ON/OFF to turn the answering system on or off. If the answering system is turned on, it announces, “Calls will be answered.” If the answering system is turned off, it announces, “Calls will not be answered.”

notes:

If the answering system is off and there is an incoming call, the system answers after 10 rings and announces to the caller, “Please enter your remote access code.” For more information about remote access, see Remote access code on page 42.

You can turn the answering system on or off from either the handset or the telephone base, but you can only use the handset to change the other answering system settings.

You cannot turn the answering system on or off while a handset is on a call or the telephone base is playing messages.

During an incoming call, press /Ans. ON/OFF to turn the answering system on or off.

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