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Answering system
Private mailbox setup
You can set your main console as a private mailbox in the telephone system.
The private mailbox can answer a call when you turn off the auto attendant
feature, the auto attendant is busy or run out of recording memory, or you
set a shorter private mailbox delay than the auto attendant delay.
Private mailbox on/off
You can turn the private mailbox on or off.
When the console is idle, press
ANS SYS
.
Press
or to scroll to
Private Mailbox
then press
MENU/
SELECT
.
Press
or to scroll to
Priv MB ON/OFF
then press
MENU/
SELECT
.
Press
or to choose
ON
or
OFF
.
Press
MENU/
SELECT
. There is a confirmation tone.
Private mailbox delay
Use this feature to choose how long this phone rings before the private
mailbox picks up a call. One cycle lasts about six seconds.
When the console is idle, press
ANS SYS
.
Press
or to scroll to
Private Mailbox
then press
MENU/
SELECT
.
Press
or to scroll to
Auto ATT Delay
then press
MENU/
SELECT
.
Press
or to choose the desired time (
12 seconds
to
40 seconds
).
Press
MENU/
SELECT
. There is a confirmation tone.
Announcement
An announcement plays when calls are answered by the private mailbox. The
system has a default 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 75 seconds.
To record the announcement:
When the console is idle, press
ANS SYS
.
Press
or to scroll to
Private Mailbox
then press
MENU/
SELECT
.
Press
or to scroll to
Announcement
then press
MENU/
SELECT
.
Press
or to scroll to
Record
then press
MENU/
SELECT
.
The screen displays
Record OGM
and the time elapsed. Press
MENU/
SELECT
to select
STOP
to stop recording. The console beeps and
plays the recorded announcement. To exit without making changes,
press
CANCEL
.
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