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Answering System Operation
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Outgoing announcements
The outgoing announcement is what callers hear when
calls are answered by the answering system.
The phone is pre-programmed to answer calls with
Hello. Please leave a message after the tone. Yo u
can use this announcement, or replace it with a record-
ing of your own voice.
To record your outgoing announcement
Press and hold SKIP/ANNC. Begin speaking when A
appears in the message window.To stop recording,
release the button.The message just recorded will be
played back.
Speak facing the telephone from about 9 inches away.
You can record an announcement up to 3 minutes long.
Announcements less than 3 seconds long will not be
recorded.
To review your outgoing announcement
Press PROG/MEM, then SKIP/ANNC to hear the
currently used outgoing announcement.
To delete your outgoing announcement
Press PROG/MEM, then SKIP/ANNC to hear the
currently used outgoing announcement. Press REMOVE
during playback to delete your announcement.
When your announcement is deleted, calls will be
answered with the pre-programmed announcement
described above.
Speak into microphone.
Microphone
Press and hold SKIP/ANNC.
Begin speaking when “A”
appears in message window.
Release button to stop recording.
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Day and time announcements
To set day and time
Before playing each message, the answering system
announces the day and time the message was received.
Before using the answering system, you should follow
the steps at left to set the day and time, so messages
are dated correctly.
To begin, press and hold the CLOCK button for 1 second.
The system uses voice prompts to guide you.
Each time you press SKIP, the day, hour, minute or year
advances by one. Each time you press REPEAT, the day,
hour, minute or year is reduced by one.When you hear
the correct setting, press CLOCK to move to the next
setting.
To check day and time
You can press CLOCK at any time to hear the
current day and time without changing it.
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CLOCK
“Sunday”
2
SKIP/REPEAT
“Monday”
Press until correct day is spoken.
4
SKIP/REPEAT
“1 PM”
Press until correct hour is spoken.
3
CLOCK
“12 PM”
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SKIP/REPEAT
“1”
Press until correct minute is spoken.
5
CLOCK
“0”
8
SKIP/REPEAT
“2005”
Press until correct year is spoken.
9
CLOCK
“Monday, 1 pm, 2005”
7
CLOCK
“2004”
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