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Using The Answering System
Setting Up Your Answering System
You can set up your answering system from any handset or from the
base.
To...
Follow these steps
Record your
personal
outgoing
message or
greeting
Open the menu with the phone in standby. Select Ans.
1.
Setup, then Record Greeting.
Press
2.
MENU/SELECT
to start recording. Wait until the
system says "Record greeting" before speaking.
Press
3.
MENU/SELECT
to stop recording. The system plays
back your new greeting.
To keep the greeting, press
4.
END
on the handset or
pLAy/
STOp
on the base. To delete it and try again, press
INTErCOM/CLEAr
on the handset or
DELETE
on the
base
Switch
between the
pre-recorded
greeting &
your own
greeting
Open the menu with the phone in standby. Select Ans.
1.
Setup, then Greeting Options.
The system plays back the current greeting. Press
2.
MENU/SELECT
to switch greetings.
Delete your
greeting
Switch to your personal greeting following the steps above.
1.
While the system is playing back your greeting, press
2.
INTErCOM/CLEAr
on the handset or
DELETE
on the
base.
Ans. Setup menu options
You can change the answering system options from any handset or
from the base. Just open the menu and select
Ans. Setup
.
Menu Option
What it does
Security Code
Enter a 2-digit PIN so you can access your answering
system from any touch-tone phone (see page 41).
Ring Time
Set the number of rings (6, 9 or 12) before the answering
system answers the phone. Choose
Toll Saver (TS)
to
have the system pick up after 2 rings if you have new
messages or after 4 rings if you don't.
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