Answering System Operation

FEATURE SUMMARY Default settings indicated by * .

SYSTEM ANNOUNCES:

DESCRIPTION/DIRECTIONS:

 

 

 

Set

Security Code

Set the remote access code you will use to ac-

50*

 

cess features and functions of the answering

 

system from a touch tone phone. The code can be

 

 

changed to any two-digit number from 40 - 99.

 

 

 

Set

Audible Message

When Message Alert is turned ON, the base beeps

Alert

once every 10 seconds when a new message

Off*/On

has been received.

 

 

Set Announce Only

When you turn Announce Only ON, callers hear

Off*/On

your announcement, but cannot leave a message.

 

 

Set Base Ringer

Turn the Base ringer on or off.

Off/On*

 

 

 

Set Number of Rings

Choose how many times the phone will ring before the

2

 

system answers a call. With Toll Saver active, the

4*

 

system answers after two rings when you have new

 

 

messages and after four rings when you have no new

6

messages.

Toll Saver

 

 

 

NOTE: You can press and hold CHANGE to advance the remote access code in increments of ten.

NOTE: Exit Feature Setup at any time by pressing a PLAY/STOP button.

Listen to, Save & Delete Messages

The system automatically saves your messages until you delete them and can store 15 minutes of messages, memos, and announcements (up to a maximum of 99 messages). A message or memo can be up to 4 minutes in length.

Before playing a message, the system announces the day and time it was received. While the message plays, the message window displays the number of the message. After play- ing the last message in a mailbox, the system announces “End of messages.” If the system has less than five minutes of recording time left, it announces the remaining time.

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VTech i 5866 important safety instructions Toll Saver, Listen to, Save & Delete Messages

i 5866 specifications

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