Installation and Maintenance Manual
Working with Voicemail
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Installation and Maintenance Manual v4/0615/10
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Calls will pass to voicemail after the time entered in the Max No Answer Time before Voicemail field.
Please refer to page 235 for further details.
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If the Max Number of Active Calls before Busy entry has been exceeded the caller will be given busy.
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The caller will just hear ringing if this facility is not used
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Music on hold between announcements will only be played to external callers.
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This facility must be configured when using the Estimated Time to Answer and Position in Queue
announcements in Vision. (Please refer to the Vision Call Centre Configuration manual for further
details.)
Recording Announcements
Two announcements can be played to a caller and the default announcements will be used unless re-
recorded as follows:
1
Access the Department’s
voicemail
2
Press *
3
Press 5 to re-record the initial announcement
or
Press 6 to re-record the repeat announcement
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“Speak announcement after the tone then press hash or
silence
” will be played
5
Record the new announcement and press # when finished
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The new announcement will be played back
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The following options will be listed:
1
Repeat the options
2
Re-record the new announcement
3
Delete the new announcement and restore the previous announcement or return to the
default message
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Save the new announcement and return to the previous menu, or hang up
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Do not save new announcement and return to previous menu.
Remote Access to Department voicemail
Users may wish to access Department messages from an extension that is not a member of the
Distribution Group, or from a mobile, when working at home etc. A Voicemail Access Code must be
configured for the Department.
Setting a Department’s V
oicemail Access Code
To allow remote access to a Department’s
voicemail an Access Code must be configured as follows:
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In Manager select Departments
2
From the Departments list select the Department required
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Select the Voicemail page
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In the Voicemail Access Code field enter a 1-8 digit code
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Select Update or Apply when ready.