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Answering system settings
Use the answering system menu of a system handset to set up the
announcement message, turn on or off the answering system or message
alert tone, activate call screening, or change the number of rings, message
recording time, or remote access code. If you turn off the answering system
and you change any setting in the answering system setup menu, the
answering machine automatically turns on again.
1. When the handset is in idle mode, press
MENU/
SELECT
to enter the main menu.
2. Press
q
CID
or
p
DIR
to scroll to
>Answering sys
, then
press
MENU
/SELECT
.
Announcement
Your outgoing announcement plays when calls are answered by the
answering system.
The telephone has a default outgoing announcement,
“Hello. Please leave a
message after the tone.”
You can use this announcement, or record your own.
You can record an announcement up to 90 seconds. The system does not
record any announcement shorter than two seconds.
To play your current outgoing announcement:
1. When the handset is in idle mode, press
MENU/
SELECT
to enter the main menu.
2. Press
q
CID
or
p
DIR
to scroll to
>Answering sys
, then
press
MENU
/SELECT
.
3. Press
MENU
/SELECT
again to select
>Announcement
.
4. Scroll to
>Play annc
, then press
MENU
/SELECT
and play
the announcement.
To record a new outgoing announcement:
1. When the handset is in idle mode, press
MENU/
SELECT
to enter the main menu.
2. Press
q
CID
or
p
DIR
to scroll to
>Answering sys
, then press
MENU
/SELECT
.
3. Press
MENU
/SELECT
again to select
>Announcement
.
4. Scroll to
>Record annc
and press
MENU
/SELECT
.
The
system announces,
“Record after the tone. Press 5
when
you are done.”
5. Facing the handset, record your announcement and
press
5
to end recording. Your recorded announcement
plays.
To listen to the recorded announcement again, wait after playback completes,
then scroll to
>Play annc
and press
MENU
/SELECT
.
Answering system
>Answering sys
Directory
>Record annc
Play annc
>Announcement
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