Southwestern Bell FA970B owner manual Tone Remote Operation

Battery Low Indicator

The Batt. Low LED will flash to indicate the three AAA batteries (not included) need to be installed or replaced.

Power Failure Protection/Battery Back Up

If an AC power failure occurs, or the power plug comes out of the wall, your unit will shut down until the power is restored.

When the power is restored, any messages recorded before the power failure will be saved IF YOU HAVE INSTALLED THREE AAA BATTERIES. The message indicator LED will flash to indicate the number of new messages received and saved messages.

If your unit is not operating properly when the power is restored, proceed with a unit reset.

To Reset Unit

1.Unplug the telephone line from the wall jack.

2.Unplug the AC adaptor from the power outlet.

3.Replace the AAA batteries with three fresh ones.

4.Plug the AC adaptor back into the power outlet.

5.Plug the telephone line back into the wall jack

6.Record a new outgoing greeting or you can use the pre-recorded announcement.

7.Reset the Voice Day/Time Stamp.

Ring Select

You can select the number of rings in which a call will be answered. Set the Ring Select switch (on the side of unit) to 2 or 4 rings, or Toll Saver (TS).

Toll Saver (TS)

Your unit has a built-in automatic toll saving feature.This feature lets you know if you have received any messages before it answers, thus saving you on long distance costs.

How Toll Saver Works

IF YOU HAVE SET THE RING SELECT SWITCH TO TOLL SAVER (TS), when calling your unit from a remote location to check for messages, listen to the number of rings:

No Messages Received

If your phone rings more than two times, you have no new messages.You can hang up on the third ring before your unit answers, and save the cost of the call.

Note: If no new messages are received, your unit will answer the call after the fourth ring.

Messages Received

If your unit answers after only 2 rings, you have received new messages, which you can then retrieve by following the Remote Message Playback section, below.

TONE REMOTE OPERATION

Remote Security Code

To access answering functions from an outside line, you will need to enter the three digit security code located on the bottom of your unit. Write this number on the Remote Access Card, which you can keep in your wallet.

Remote Turn On

If you forget to turn on your unit:

1.Call your unit from a touch-tone phone.

2.Wait 10 rings until the machine answers.

3.The FA970B will automatically answer by playing your greeting.You may hang up the phone, and subsequent calls will be answered.

Remote Message Playback

1.Call your unit from a touch-tone telephone.

2.After your FA970B answers, it plays the outgoing greeting and beeps once. Dial your three digit security code within 20 seconds after the beep, pressing and holding each digit for 1-2 seconds. Allow a 2 second interval between each digit.

3.Your FA970B will sound one beep to indicate the code was entered correctly. (If there are no beeps, enter your code again.)

4.You can press the following buttons on your keypad:

Option	Press
Playback Mailbox 1 Messages	1#
Playback Mailbox 2 Messages	2#
Record Memo Message	3#
Record New Greeting	8#
Turn On/Off Answer Mode	9#

If you press “1#” or “2#” (to playback messages), you have the follow options:

Option	Press
Erase Current Message	0#
Repeat Current Message	4#
Repeat Previous Message	4 repeatedly, #
Stop Message Playback	5#
Skip to Next Message	6#

To SAVE messages, hang up the telephone.

Note: Your FA970B will sound a series of beeps if there are no messages.

Remote Record New Greeting

If you press “8#” (to record new greeting):

1.When you hear a beep, begin recording your new greeting (up to 30 seconds).

2.When you have finished recording your new greeting, press “5#”. The unit will beep, and the new greeting will playback to you.

3.Hang up the telephone.

Remote Record Memo

If you press “3#” (to record memo message):

1.Within three seconds of pressing “3#”, press “1#” or “2#” to select Mailbox 1 or Mailbox 2. Otherwise, the memo will be recorded in Mailbox 1.

2.When you hear a beep, begin recording your memo (up to 60 seconds).

3.When you have finished recording your memo message, press “5#”.

4.The corresponding Mailbox message count will be increased by one.

To Retrieve Messages when Recording Memory is Full

1.When the message capacity is full, the unit will sound 3 beeps after answering the phone.

2.Within 20 seconds after the 3 beeps, dial your 3 digit security code.

3.Your FA970B will sound one beep to indicate the code was entered correctly.

4.Follow the remote message playback procedure.

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