User's Manual

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Answering system settings
Use the answering system menu of a system handset to turn on or off the
answering system, record your announcement, activate the call screening,
change the number of rings, set the remote access code and activate the
message alert tone.
Announcement
The announcement is the greeting callers hear when calls are answered by
the answering system.
The telephone has a default announcement, “Hello. Please leave a message
after the tone.” You can use this announcement, or record your own
announcement.
You can record an announcement up to 90 seconds. The system does not
record any announcement shorter than two seconds.
To play the current announcement:
Press MENU/
SELECT in the idle mode.
Press DIR or CID to scroll to >ANSWERING SYS, then
press MENU/SELECT.
Press MENU/SELECT to choose >ANNOUNCEMENT. The
system announces, “To play, press 2. To record, press 7.”
Press 2 to play the current announcement from
the speakerphone.
Press DIR/VOLUME to increase or press
CID/VOLUME to decrease the message playback volume.
Press SPEAKER to switch between speakerphone and handset earpiece.
To record a new announcement:
Follow Steps 1 and 2 in To play the current announcement on this page.
Press MENU/SELECT to choose >ANNOUNCEMENT. The system
announces, “To play, press 2. To record, press 7.”
Press 7. The system announces “Record after the tone. Press 5 when you
are done.”
Face the handset and speak towards the microphone to
record your announcement.
Press 5 when you finish the recording. The handset plays
back the recorded announcement.
NOTE: If the answering system memory is full, when you press 7 in Step 3, the answering
system announces, “Memory is full.” You must delete some messages before you can record a
new announcement. Refer to Message playback on page 47.
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5-STOP 7-RECORD
RECORD ANNC...
5-STOP
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