mOPERATION
Recording Your Announcement
Before using this answering system, you should record the announcement (up to 3 minutes long) that callers w i l l hear when the system answers a call. I f you choose not to record an announce- ment, the system answers with a prerecorded announcement: " H e l l o . Please leave a message after the tone."
1 Press and release CHANGE; . The Message Window displays C H .
2 Press and release [AI\INC\. The system beeps. Speak toward the microphone normally, from about 9 inches away. While you are recording, the Message Window displays the elapsed time of your recording.
3 Press isfop} when you are finished. The system automatically plays back your announcement.
To review your announcement, press and
release [mic].
Turning the System On/Off
Use o/v/offi to turn the system on and off. When the system is off, the Message Window is blank.
Volume Control
Use WOLUME' button to adjust the volume of the system's speaker. Press the top arrow to increase volume. Press the bottom arrow to decrease volume.
Answering Calls
When the system answers a call, the caller hears the announcement you recorded, followed by a beep. After the beep, the system begins record- ing your caller's message. A caller can leave a message up to 3 minutes long. I f the message is longer than 3 minutes, or i f the caller is silent for more than 7 seconds, or i f the system runs out of memory, the system beeps once and hangs up.
Frequent callers can skip over your announce- ment by pressing gi .
Ring Select/Toll Saver
Use the R I N G S E L E C T switch on the right side of the system to select how many times
the line w i l l ring before the system answers a call. Set to 2 for two rings, set to 4 for four rings, or set to T S for Toll Saver. When you set the system to T S , the system answers after 4 rings when you have no new messages, and af- ter 2 rings when you have new messages.
Message Window
The Message Window displays the number of messages that have been recorded. I f the Message Window displays F, then the memory is f u l l and y o u ' l l need to delete messages before new ones can be recorded.
PLAYIIght
The P L A Y Light blinks when you have new messages, and remains steady when you have messages i n memory that you've already played. The P L A Y Light is off when there are no messages in memory.
Call Screening/Intercept ^
Set the system to answer calls, and set the volume control so you can hear the caller's message.
I f you decide to take the call, lift the handset of any telephone on the same line. The system stops recording and resets to answer calls.
Listening to Your Messages
As the system plays back messages, the Message Window displays the number of the message playing. Before playing each message, the system announces the day and time the message was received. After playing the last message, the system announces "En d o f messages."
Play all messages — Press and release \PLW\ I f you have no messages, the system announces "No messages."
Play new messages only — Hold down 7 w for about 2 seconds, until the system begins playing . I f you have no new messages, the system announces "No new messages."
Repeat entire message — Press and
release [REPEAT/SCAN].
Repeat part of message — Hold down [REPEAT/SCAN] for a few seconds, then release it to resume playing. The system beeps while the button is held down.
