Using the Answering System

##The answering system works with land-line calls only.

Answering System Options (Answering Setup)

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

Select this option...

To...

Security Code

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

system from any touch-tone phone (see page 22).

 

 

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 page 22).

 

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 Option

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.

To...

Follow these steps:

 

1.

Open the menu with the phone in standby. Select Answering

 

 

Setup, then Record Greeting.

record a

2.

Press MENU/SELECT to start recording. Wait until the system says

 

"Record greeting" before speaking.

personal

 

3.

Press Menu/Select to stop recording. The system plays back your

greeting

 

new greeting.

 

 

 

4.

To keep the greeting, press End. To delete it and try again, press

 

 

Intercom/Clear.

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