Answering Machine User Manual

Cisco Unity Express 8.6 Voicemail User’s Guide for Advanced Features

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Administering Broadcast Messages

Note The “Administer Broadcast Msgs” item is listed in your Personal Mailbox menu only if you have

broadcast or local-broadcast privileges.

This section contains the following procedures:

• Sending Broadcast Messages to a Local Location or All Locations, page 48

• Sending Broadcast Messages to Select Locations, page 49

• Specifying Start or End Time, page 50

Sending Broadcast Messages to a Local Location or All Locations

Note Not all menu items are available for all users. Items in the Send Broadcast Message menu correspond to

your broadcast privileges. If you receive a “networking messaging is disabled” message, networking

messaging is disabled.

To record and send a broadcast message to a local location or all locations:

Step 1 Perform the steps in the “Logging In To VoiceView Express” section on page 33 to display the Personal

Mailbox menu.

Step 2 From the Personal Mailbox menu, choose Administer Broadcast Msgs and press Select. The Send

Broadcast Messages menu appears. Choose Local Location or All Locations.

Step 3 To record your message, press Select, say your message, then press Stop. The Send Broadcast Message

window appears. To cancel recording, press Stop immediately, then press Cancel.

Step 4 Review start and end time for the broadcast message, then press Cancel to cancel the message or press

OK to display the Send Broadcast Message menu.

Step 5 To send the message immediately, press Send; otherwise, choose any of the following and press Select:

• Listen to Recorded Message—Play message to be sent.

• Record Again—Switch on the microphone and begin recording. Say your message, then press Stop.

• Review Start & Stop Time—Display window, then press Cancel to cancel the message or press OK

to accept the start and end time for the broadcast message.

• Set Start Time—Display the Set Start Time menu. See the “Specifying Start or End Time” section

on page 50 to modify the start time.

• Set End Time—Display the End Time menu. See the “Specifying Start or End Time” section on

page 50 to modify the end time.