6-7. Chain Dialing

If you often have to enter a series of digits or some type of code number during a call, you can save that code number to a phonebook entry. When your call connects, just use the phonebook speed dial to transmit the saved code number. (This is referred to as chain dialing.)

1)Enter the code number (up to twenty digits) into the phonebook (See section 6-1 on Entering a New Number into the Phonebook). Be sure to enter the code number into the phonebook exactly as you would enter it during a call.

2)During a call, when you hear the prompt that tells you to enter the code number, press [/memory] to open the phonebook.

3)Find the phonebook entry number you want to use (See section 6-2 on Finding Phonebook Entries).

4)Press [select/channel]. The phone sends the digits of the code number exactly as you saved them in the phonebook entry.

7) Using Your Answering system

7-1. Setting Up the Answering System

Here are some general tips on using your answering system menu:

To open the answering system menu, press [menu/clock] on the base.

The voice prompt announces each menu item. Press [menu/clock] to go to the next item. If you are already at the last menu item, the base beeps and returns to standby.

When you hear the menu item you want, use [vol/select/] and [vol/select/] to scroll through the options for that menu item. To quickly scroll through the options when setting the time or security code, press and hold [vol/select/] or [vol/select/].

Press [set] to select the current option.

If you wait longer than five seconds before pressing a key, the system returns to standby. When you’re setting the time, you have two minutes before the system exits the menu.

Press [] to exit the menu and return to standby.

If you receive an incoming call or if a handset presses the [TALK/flash], the system automatically exits the menu.

The flow chart below shows the answering system menu items and the available options:

 

Press

The system

Time

 

 

announces

 

 

"Time"

use

to: Press

1.Select the day (1 - 7 ); then press SET.

2.Select the hour (1 - 12 ); then press SET.

3.Select the minutes (00 - 59 ); then press SET.

4.Select am/pm (A or P ).

to save the setting.

Security Press code

Ring Press time

Record Press time

The system

use

Set a security code (01 - 99 ) so you can access the

 

 

 

announces

 

 

 

answering system when you're away from home.

 

"Security

 

 

code"

to: The default security code is 80.

 

 

Press

to save the setting.

 

The system

use

Set the number of rings the system will wait before it

 

announces

 

answers. Select 2, 4 , or 6 rings; select toll saver (

)

"Ring time"

 

to have the system answer in 2 rings if you have any new

 

to: message or 4 rings if you don't.

 

 

Press

to save the setting.

 

The system

use

Set how much time callers have to leave messages.

 

announces

 

 

"Record

 

Select 1 or 4 minutes; select announce only (A ) to have

time"

to: the system answer but not let callers leave messages.

 

 

Press

to save the setting.

 

Message Press

alert

Press

Language

Press

The system

use

announces

 

"Message

 

alert"

to:

 

Press

The system

use

 

announces

 

"Language"

to:

 

 

Press

Have the system sound a tone when you have new

messages. Select on ( ) or off (). The tone sounds every 15 seconds until you listen to all new messages.

to save the setting.

Change the language of the voice prompts. Select English ( E ), French ( F ), or Spanish ( S ). This doesn't affect the handset display.

to save the setting.

The system beeps and returns to standby.

7-2. Setting Your Outgoing Message (Greeting)

The answering system comes with two prerecorded outgoing messages, or greetings. The default greeting says: "Hello, no one is available to take your call. Please leave a message after the tone."

If you change the answering system to announce only (so it won’t record any messages), the greeting changes to:

"Hello. No one is available to take your call. Please call again."

Recording your own greeting

When you record your own greeting, the answering system does not delete the two prerecorded greetings: it saves your greeting along with them.

1)With the phone in standby, press and hold [greeting]. The base beeps and announces “Record greeting.”

2)Start recording your message. Your greeting must be at least two seconds but no more than thirty seconds. The message counter display counts down from thirty so you know how many seconds you have left.

3)When you are finished recording, press [greeting], [] or [set]. The base sounds a confirmation tone, plays your greeting back for you.

Selecting a greeting

You can switch between the prerecorded greeting and your personal greeting any time:

1)With the phone in standby, press [greeting] to hear the currently-selected greeting.

2)While the greeting is playing, press [greeting] again to switch to the other greeting. After the greeting finishes playing, the base sounds a confirmation tone.

Page 10
Image 10
Uniden DXAI8580 Series manual Using Your Answering system, Chain Dialing, Setting Up the Answering System