Selecting the message record time

You have three record time options. The options “1 minute” or “4 minutes” set the duration for recording the incoming messages. “Announce only” answers the call with the preset greeting or your personal greeting but prevents the caller from leav- ing a message.

1)

Press menu four times.

 

You hear “Record time” and the current recording time ([ ]

status

1 minute, [ ] 4 minutes, [ ] Announce only), and it is

 

displayed on the main base.

2)

Press repeat/rew or skip/ff until the desired time appears.

3) Press set/ringer to select the new recording time. You hear a confirmation tone, then the announcement “Record time” and new recording time is announced.

Announce only feature

The announce only feature plays a prerecorded outgoing message “Hello, no one is available to take your call. Please call again.”, but it will not allow the caller to leave a message. To set “Announce only”, follow the steps above.

To scroll between the prerecorded message or your own personal greeting, press greeting when the outgoing message is played. If you want to use your own greet- ing, you may want to change your greeting to omit the prompt “to leave a message”. Refer to “Recording a personal outgoing message” (Greeting) on page 47.

When using the Announce only feature, you may want to change your outgoing message, if the message prompts the caller to leave a message. The prerecorded message changes automatically.

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Uniden 388-2 manual Selecting the message record time, Announce only feature

388-2 specifications

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