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Basic operation
Answering system operation
Before using the answering system, you should follow the steps to set the day and time, so messages
are dated correctly Each time you press and release the CHANGE button on the telephone base, the
day, hour, minute, or year advances by one unit When you hear the correct setting, press TIME/SET
to move to the next setting Pressing and holding the CHANGE button when setting the day and time
will increase the minutes or years by 10
1 Pre ss TIME/SET, the system announc es the current setting
2 Pre ss TIME/SET again
3 T he answering system will ann ounce the current day set ting Press CHANGE o n the base until
you hear the correct day
4 Pre ss TIME/SET, the system announc es the current hour setting
5 Pre ss CHANGE until you hear the corre ct hour
6 Pre ss TIME/SET, the system announc es current minute setting
7 Pre ss CHANGE until you hear the corre ct minute
8 Pre ss TIME/SET, the system announc es the current year setting
9 Pre ss CHANGE until you hear the corre ct year
10 Press TIME/SET to conrm. The system announces the new time a nd day setting followed by a
conrmation beep.
To check day and time
Press TIME/SET at any time and the s ystem will announce the current set ting without changing it
• If you have caller
ID service,
the time will
automatically
be updated
whenever caller
ID information
is delivered
However, since
the date, rather
than the day, is
delivered, you
have to program
the year once, so
the system can
derive the day of
the week