Answering system settings
Answering system setup
Use the answering system menu of a system handset to turn on or off the answering system, record your announcement, activate the call screening, change the number of rings, set the remote access code and activate the message alert tone.
Answering 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 
ANSWER 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 when in idle mode to enter the main menu.
2.Press 
DIR or 
CID to scroll to >ANSWERING SYS, then press MENU/SELECT.
3.Press 
DIR or 
CID to scroll to >ANSWER ON/OFF, then press MENU/SELECT.
ANSWER ON/OFF >ON
4.Press 
DIR or 
CID to select between ON and OFF, then
press MENU/SELECT to confirm the setting. A confirmation tone sounds.
Using the telephone base:
• Press 
ANSWER 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 on page 51.
•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 
ANSWER ON/OFF if you wish to immediately send the call to the answering system.
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