VTech i 5881 important safety instructions Answering System Operation

Answering System Operation

Answering System Operation

Audible Indicators

This system gives you voice prompts for feature operations and voice confirmations when you press a button or complete an operation.

Turn Answering System On/Off

When you supply power to the Base Unit, the answering system is automatically turned ON. Press ON/OFF to manually turn the system off or on. A voice prompt will confirm your selection. When the answering system is ON, the light inside the button will glow steadily. The system will operate using the default settings and pre-recorded announcements set at the factory, until you program the unit.

4-Way Multi-Function Selector

UsethisselectorforAnsweringSystemfeaturesetup. Press the selector Up to RECORD (announce- ments and memos).

PresstheselectorDowntoCHANGEthecurrentsetting. Press the selector to the Right to access the feature MENU.

Press the selector to the Left for TIME/SET (adjust the Day/Time and Confirm settings).

Set the Clock

1Make sure the answering system is on.

2Press TIME/SET . The system announces the clock setting, then announces “To

set Date and Time, press TIME/SET .”

3Press TIME/SET .

4Press CHANGE until the system announces

the correct day, then press TIME/SET.

5Press CHANGE until the system announces the correct hour, then press TIME/SET.

6 Press CHANGE until the system announces the correct minutes, then press TIME/SET.

The system announces the current clock setting.

• NOTE: You can press and hold CHANGE to advance the minutes in increments of ten.

About Mailboxes

This answering system has three voice mailboxes. Callers using a touch tone phone can select the mailbox in which their messages will be recorded by pressing 1 , 2 , or 3 . All other messages will be recorded in Mailbox 1.

About Announcements

•You can record up to two different announcements — one for normal answering and one for when you’ve set the system to play the announcement only.

•Use normal answering mode (Annouce Only OFF) when you want the system to record callers’ messages. Use Announce Only mode (set to ON) when you want to give information to callers without accepting messages.

•If you choose not to record an announcement, the system answers with a pre- recorded announcement.

•The normal answering pre-recorded announcement says: “Hello. I’m unable to answer your call right now. Please leave your name, number and a message after the tone.” The Announce Only pre-recorded announcement says: “Hello, I’m unable to answer your call right now. Please call again. Thank you.”

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