1 MENU

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

2 CHANGE

Press until desired selection is heard

3 MENU

Press to set selection and move to next menu option

Or

(Play/Stop)

Press to set selection and exit menu

Answering System Operation

Changing feature options

Menu features can be changed to customize how the answering system operates. Press MENU 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:

“Change Announcement”

Record your outgoing announcement

Options: [record announcement]

(see page 26).

 

 

“Change remote access code”

Enter a 2-digit number (10-99) for remote

Options: [enter 2-digit code] 19

access from another phone (see page 33).

 

 

“Change message alert”

When on, the telephone beeps every 10

Options: On / Off

seconds when you have new messages.

 

 

“Change announce only”

When on, callers hear an announcement

Options: On / Off

but cannot leave messages (see page 27).

 

 

“Change call screening”

When on, you can hear callers leave

Options: On / Off

messages, or answer the call.

 

 

“Change number of rings”

Choose number of rings before the system

Options: 2 / 4 / 6 /Toll Saver

answers a call. When Toll Saver is active,

 

the system answers after 2 rings if you

 

have new messages, and after 4 rings if

 

you have no new messages.

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

Number of messages waiting (or, during playback, message number currently playing)

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Press PLAY/STOP to begin or end message playback

1 (Play/Stop)

“You have [xx] new and [xx] old messages”

Message playback begins. See options at right.

2 (Play/Stop)

Message playback ends.

NOTE: If “F” is flashing in the message window, memory is full. You will have to delete some messages before new ones can be received.

NOTE: New (unheard) messages cannot be deleted.

Answering System Operation

Message playback (at base)

Press PLAY/STOP to hear messages. The system announces the number of messages, then begins playback.

If you have new messages waiting, you will hear only the new messages (oldest first). If there are no new messages, the system will play back all messages (oldest first).

Announcements

When playback begins, you will hear the number of messages waiting.

Before each message, you will hear the day and time it was received.

After the last message, you will hear “End of messages.” If the system has less than 5 minutes of recording time left, you will hear time remaining.

Options during playback

Press VOLUME button to adjust speaker volume.

Press SKIP to skip to next message (or hold down to speed up message playback).

Press REPEAT to repeat message currently playing. Press twice to hear previous message. (Hold down to slow message playback).

Press DELETE to delete message being played back.

Press PLAY/STOP to stop playback.

To delete all messages

To delete all messages, press and hold DELETE while the phone is idle (not during a call, or during message playback).

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GN Netcom E2555 user manual Changing feature options, Message playback at base