User's Manual

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Answering system settings
Use the answering system menu of a system handset to set up the
announcement message, turn on or off the answering system or message
alert tone, activate call screening, or change the number of rings, message
recording time, or remote access code.
Announcement
Your outgoing announcement plays when calls are answered by the
answering system.
The telephone has a default outgoing announcement, “Hello. Please leave a
message after the tone.” You can use this announcement, or record your own.
To record a new outgoing announcement:
1. When the handset is in idle mode, press MENU/
SELECT to enter the
main menu.
2. Press q
CID or pDIR to scroll to >Answering sys, then press MENU/SELECT.
3. Press
MENU/SELECT again to select >Announcement.
4. Press
MENU/SELECT again to select >Record annc. The system announces,
“Record after the tone. Press 5 when you are done.”
5. Facing the handset, record your announcement and press 5 to end
recording. Your recorded announcement plays.
To listen to the recorded announcement again, wait after playback is
completed, then scroll to >Play annc and press
MENU/SELECT.
To reset your outgoing announcement:
When the handset is in idle mode, press MENU/
SELECT to enter the main menu.
Press q
CID or pDIR to scroll to >Answering sys, then press MENU/SELECT.
Press
MENU/SELECT again to select >Announcement.
Press q
CID or pDIR to scroll to >Reset annc and press MENU/SELECT. The
screen prompts Reset to default annc? Press MENU/SELECT to confirm.
When your announcement is reset, the system answers calls with the
default announcement described
above. You cannot delete the default
announcement.
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