When you select Voice Mail, you will be prompted to enter a Voice Mail

Access number if you have not yet set one up (see p. 9). If you have already set one up, your phone will dial it.

After you listen to your messages, the message icon turns off. If it doesn’t, you can reset it: With the phone in standby, open the menu and select Global Setup; select VMWI Reset, then select Yes.

Using the Answering System

The answering system works with land-line calls only.

Answering System Options (Ans. Setup)

You can set or change the answering system options from any handset. Just open the menu and select Ans. Setup.

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Security Code

Enter a 2-digit PIN so you can access your answering

system from any touch-tone phone (see p. 21).

 

 

Set the number of rings (2, 4, or 6) before the system

Ring Time

answers. Toll Saver makes the system answer after 2 rings

 

if you have new messages or after 4 rings if you don't.

 

Set the amount of time (1 or 4 minutes) callers have to

Record Time

leave a message. Choose Announce Only if you don't want

 

the system to let callers to leave a message.

Message Alert

Have the system beep every 15 seconds when you have

a new message. The alert stops after you listen to all your

 

new messages or if you press any key on the base.

Ans. Language

Change the language of the system's voice prompts.

Call Screen

Turn on the call screen feature so you can hear callers as

they leave messages on the base speaker (see p. 20).

 

Ans. On/Off

Turn your answering system on or off.

You can also press Answer On/Off on the base.

 

Record Greeting

Record an outgoing message or greeting (see below).

Greeting Options

Switch greetings or delete your greeting (see below).

Personalizing the Greeting

Your personal outgoing message or greeting can be from 2 to 30 seconds long. If you don’t record a greeting, the system uses a pre-recorded greeting: Hello, no one is available to take your call. Please leave a message after the tone.

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