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Audible Indicators

Your 

2151

 telephone system gives you voice prompts for feature operations

and voice confirmations when you press a button or complete an operation.

Setting the clock

1.

Make sure the answering system is on.

2.

Press 

TIME/SET

. The system announces the clock setting, then

announces: “To Set Day and Time, press TIME/SET.

3.

Press 

TIME/SET

.

4.

Press 

CHANGE

 until the system announces the correct day, then press

TIME/SET

.

5.

Press 

CHANGE

 until the system announces the correct hour, then

press 

TIME/SET

.

6.

Press 

CHANGE

 until the system announces the correct minute, then

press 

TIME/SET

. The system announces the current year,

press 

CHANGE 

until the system announces the correct year,

press 

TIME/SET

. The system announces the current clock setting.

NOTES:

1. The time will be set automatically with incoming caller ID data. You can how-
ever choose to set the time manually, caller ID is a subscription service provided
by most telephone companies.
2. To advance the minute or year by increments of 10, press and hold 

CHANGE

.

About Announcements

You can record  two different announcements —  one for normal
answering and one for when you’ve  set the system to play the announcement
only.

Use normal answering when you want the system to record callers’
messages. Use announce only when you want to give information to
callers without accepting messages.

If you choose not to record an announcement, the system answers with
a pre-recorded announcement.

The normal answering pre-recorded announcement says: “Hello. I’m unable
to answer your call right  now.  Please leave your name, number and a
message after the tone.
” The announce only pre-recorded announce-
ment says: “Hello, I’m unable to answer your call right now. Please call
again. Thank you
.”

By setting announce only to on or off, you decide which announcement your
callers will hear when the system answers a call (the system comes set for
normal answering, with announce only turned off). See 

Set announce

only

, located in the 

Feature Summary

 chart later in this section, to

change your announcement selection.

Answering System Operation

Answering System Operation

Record Your  Announcement

1.

Press 

MENU

 until you hear “Record outgoing message.”

2.

Press 

REC/MEMO

. After you hear “Now recording” followed by a beep,

speak toward the base to record an announcement up to 90 seconds
long.

3.

Press 

PLAY/STOP

. The system plays back your recorded message.

To review your announcement at any time:

1.

Press 

MENU

 until you hear “ Record outgoing message.”

2.

Press 

PLAY/STOP

.

To delete your announcement:

Press 

DELETE

 during announcement playback. The system will use the

pre-recorded announcement until you record a new one.

Turn answering
system on or off

Record  outgoing announce-
ments, and memos

           Volume Control 

Review/change clock setting;
confirm feature settings

 

.

Enter answering system
feature setup and choose a
feature to set

.....

Select a feature
setting

Answering System Operation

Setting Up Your Answering System

You can set up one feature at a time, or you can set up the first feature and
then move on to set up the other features in sequence.
1.

Make sure the answering system is on.

2.

Press 

MENU

 until the system announces the feature you want to

set. Refer to the 

Feature Summary

 below  for a description of the

features and  your choices.

3.

Press 

CHANGE

 until the system announces the desired setting.

4.

Press 

TIME/SET

 to confirm your selection.

5.

Press 

MENU 

to move on to the next feature, or press 

PLAY/STOP 

to

exit feature setup.

Feature Summary

Default settings indicated by 

*

 .

System announces: Description/directions:

“Set Security Code”

Set the remote access code you will use to
access features and functions of the answering
system from a touch tone phone. You can select
any two digit code, from 10 to 99.

NOTE: 

To advance the remote access code

by increments of 10, press and hold 

CHANGE

.

“Set Audible Message Alert ”

When message alert is turned on, the
base beeps once every 10 seconds when
new   messages have been received.

“Set  Announce Only”

When you turn announce only on, callers
hear  your announcement, but cannot leave a
message.

“Set  Base Ringer”

Turn the base ringer on or off.

On 

*

*

*

*

*

Off

“Set  Number of  Rings”

Choose how many times the phone will ring

before the system answers a call.

Toll Saver

With toll saver active, the system answers
after two rings when you have new
messages and after four rings when you
have no new messages.

NOTE:

 You can exit feature setup at any time by pressing a 

PLAY/STOP

.

System announces:     Description/directions:

Off *
On

Off *
On

2

6

4 *

19 *

Listen to, Save & Delete Messages

The system automatically saves your messages until you delete them, and
can store approximately 15 minutes of messages, memos, and announce-
ments (up to a maximum of 99 messages). A message or memo can be up to
four minutes long.

The message window will flash to alert you to new, unplayed messages.  If all
messages have been reviewed, the number displayed in the window will glow
steadily.  If the system contains both old and new messages, it will play only
the new messages first.  After all new messages are played, press the 

PLAY/

STOP

 to hear all messages.

NOTE:

 If the system has less than 30 seconds of record time left, the answering

system turns off. The system will answer after 10 rings and announce “Memory
full, please enter your security code
” and wait for the caller to enter the remote
access code.

Before playing a message, the system announces the day and time it was re-
ceived. While the message plays, the message window displays the number of
the message. After playing the last message in a mailbox, the system announces
End of messages.” If the system has less than five minutes of recording time
left, it announces remaining time.

Message Window

Answering System Operation

• To delete a message,

press

DELETE

 while the

message is playing.

•  Press 

and hold

DELETE 

button to

Press to repeat a
message; hold to
slow down
playback

delete all old
messages in that
mailbox.

• You cannot delete a

message until it’s been
reviewed; deleted
messages cannot
be recovered.

Delete Messages

Play Messages

Press to  play
messages in a
mailbox. Press again
to stop playback.

Press to skip to the
next message; hold
to speed up play-
back.

Call Screening/Intercept

1.

Make sure the answering system is on, and set the message playback
volume control above level 1 so you can hear the caller’s message.

2.

If you decide to take the call, press 

/FLASH 

on the handset.

3.

If you pick up an extension phone during the announcement and the
announcement does not stop right away, press and release the tele-
phone switchhook.

Record a Memo

You can record a memo up to four minutes long, which is stored as an
incoming message.
1.

Press and release 

REC/MEMO

.

2.

The system announces "Now recording". After the beep, speak toward
the microphone. The message window displays the length of your memo
up to 99 seconds, if you record a memo longer than 99 seconds, 99 con-
tinues to flash until you finish.

3.

To stop recording, press the 

PLAY/STOP

 again.

Message Window Display

Answering System Operation

 Window Display: when:

1

 

-

 99

Total number of messages, or message number
during message playback.

-

 99 

<-->

  

F

Memory is full, or total number of messages is “99.”

1

 to 

99 

(counting)

Duration of announcement or memo recording

(maximum length of announcement is 90 seconds).

99

 (flashing)

Length of recording is more than 99 seconds.

1

 

-

 

8

 (on steady for

Indicates volume level selected when 

VOL-

one second)

or 

VOL+ 

 is pressed.

10

 

-

 

99

Current remote access code while setting.

A

Announce only mode.

On or Off

Displayed when any setting is changed from on or
off.

CL

<--> (normal display)

Clock needs to be set.

-- 

(steady)

System is answering a call or is in remote operation.

--

  (flashing)

System is in programming mode or initializing.

(steady for one second)

0

No messages.

   

   Function:                    Command:

Answering System - Remote Access

Remote Access

You can access many features of this system remotely from a touch tone
phone.
1.

Dial your telephone number.

2.

When the system answers, enter your remote access code (preset to

19

). The system beeps once and then announces the number of new mes-

sages.

3.

Enter a remote command (see 

Remote Access Commands

).

4.

Press 

* 0

  to exit remote operation.

Voice Menu

The system has voice prompts to help you with remote operation. Press

#

 

1

 to hear the menu while remotely connected to the answering system.

Remote Access Commands

Play messages in

Press 

#2

. The system will play new messages.

a mailbox

If there are no new messages, the system
plays old messages.

Repeat a message

Press 

#4

  while message is playing; press

#4#4 

to back up previous message.

Skip a message

Press 

#6

 while message is playing;

each press advances  up another message.

Stop

Press 

#5

.

Save messages

Hang up.

Delete message

Press 

#9

  while message is playing.

Review announcement

Press 

#7

; system plays announcement,

then beeps.

Record announcement

Press 

*

7

; after beep, record announcement,

press 

#5

  to  stop. System  plays back

announcement.

Summary of Contents for 2151

Page 1: ...ress the lower end of the battery down so it is held in place by the lower claw Now plug the connector into the socket located below the battery Slip the battery wires into the guide located below and to the left of the socket 4 Replace the battery cover by sliding it into place 5 The new battery must be charged before using your telephone Place the handset in the base unit to allow it to charge f...

Page 2: ...Receiving and Storing Calls As new caller ID call waiting ID records are received NEW followed by the number of new caller ID records received will be displayed on the handset Your 2151 will store the most current 60 caller ID and call waiting ID records When caller ID information comes in with the inbound ring it is displayed until the call is answered When call waiting ID information comes in it...

Page 3: ...after four rings when you have no new messages NOTE You can exit feature setup at any time by pressing a PLAY STOP System announces Description directions Off On Off On 2 6 4 19 Listen to Save Delete Messages The system automatically saves your messages until you delete them and can store approximately 15 minutes of messages memos and announce ments up to a maximum of 99 messages A message or memo...

Page 4: ...ension phones on your telephone line to allow all of them to ring Try unplugging some of the other phones You Hear Other CallsWhile Using Your Phone Disconnect your base unit from the telephone jack and plug in a regular telephone If you still hear other calls the problem is probably in your wiring or local service Call your local telephone company You Hear Noise in the Handset and None of the Key...

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