You can set up the auto attendant to answer outside calls, provide callers with
a company directory, automatically forward calls to a specified extension, and
enable callers to record voice messages when there is no answer. You can use
a default outgoing announcement or record up to five announcements of your
own. For details on how to use the auto attendant feature, see the
Answering
system
section on pages 75-77 of this user’s manual.
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Getting started
Auto attendant setup (for answering system)
Record announcement (auto attendant)
Use this feature to record up to five new announcements so that you can
have different announcements for different lines, or different announcements
for daytime and after hours. You can easily switch among the recorded
announcements. Each announcement can be up to two minutes.
The auto attendant announcement should contain instructions for the caller.
Following are example scripts.
Default announcement:
“Hello, this is the automated attendant. Please
enter your party’s extension, followed by pound. If you are using a rotary
telephone, please stay on the line. For a company directory, dial star twice.”
If you have many extensions, record a separate extension list (page 30) and
reference it in your auto attendant announcement, as shown in
Sample
announcement 1
. If you have only a few extensions, you can list them in
the auto attendant announcement, as shown in
Sample announcement 2
without the separate extension list.
Sample announcement 1:
“Hello, you have reached XYZ Corp. Please
enter your party’s extension, followed by the pound key. To hear a list of
extensions, dial star twice.”
Sample announcement 2:
“Hello, you have reached XYZ Corp. For sales,
press 1, then pound; for service, press 2, then pound; for shipping, press 3,
then pound; or press star, then pound for the receptionist.”
When the telephone is idle, press
ANSWER ON
for the
desired line.
Press or to scroll to
Setup
.
Press
MENU/
ENTER
.
Press or to scroll to
Announcement
. Press
MENU/
ENTER
.
Press or to scroll to one of the announcements,
Anncemnt 1
through
Anncemnt 5
. If no message has
been recorded,
(none)
appears. Press
MENU/
ENTER
.
Press
MENU/
ENTER
to start recording. The timer
starts counting. Lift the corded handset or face the
telephone base to record your announcement.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Mailbox setup
Auto attendant
Annc only
Announcement
>
Record anncemnt 1
ENTER=Start
Anncemnt 1 (none)
Anncemnt 2 (none)
Anncemnt 3 (none)
>