When you have new messages, the voice message icon ( ) appears in the display, and the light at the top of the handset blinks.

The voice message icon should disappear after you listen to all your new messages. If it doesn’t, you can reset it manually: 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. The system will not answer or take messages on incoming call on the paired Bluetooth phones.

Answering System Options (Ans. Setup)

You can change the answering system options from any handset. Just open the menu and select Ans. Setup. Select one of the following:

Setting

What it does...

Security Code

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

system from any touch-tone phone (see page 31).

 

 

 

 

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

Ring Time

answering system answers the phone. Choose Toll

Saver to have the system answer after 2 rings if you

 

 

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

 

Set the amount of time callers have to leave a message,

Record Time

either 1 minute or 4 minutes. Choose Announce Only

if you don’t want the system to let callers to leave a

 

 

message.

 

Have the system beep every 15 seconds when you have

Message Alert

a new message; the beeping stops when you listen

to all your new messages. (To mute the alert without

 

listening to your messages, press any key on the base.)

Ans.

Change the language of the system’s voice prompts.

Language

 

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Uniden DECT3181 manual Using the Answering System, Answering System Options Ans. Setup