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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 o 
the answering system or message alert tone, activate 
call screening, or change the number of rings, or remote 
access code. If you turn o the answering system and you 
change any setting in the answering system setup menu, the 
answering system automatically turns on again.
1.  When the handset is in idle mode, press MENU/SELECT to enter the  
main menu.
2. Press qCID or pDIR to scroll to Answering sys, then press MENU/SELECT.
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 aer the tone.” You can use this announcement, or record your own. 
You can record an announcement up to 90 seconds. The system does not 
record any announcement shorter than two seconds.
To record a new outgoing announcement:
1.  When the handset is in idle mode, press MENU/SELECT to enter the main menu.
2. Press qCID or pDIR to scroll to Answering sys, then press  
MENU/SELECT.
3. Press MENU/SELECT again to select Announcement.
4.  The handset displays Play [2] Del [3] Rec [7] and it 
announces, “To play, press 2. To record, press 7.” Press 7 to 
record. The handset announces, “Record aer the tone. 
Press 5 when you are done.”
5.  Aer the tone, speak towards the handset or telephone base microphone. 
Press 5 to end recording. The newly recorded announcement automatically 
plays.
To listen to the recorded announcement again on the handset, wait aer 
playback has completed, then press 2.
To reset your outgoing announcement:
1.  When the handset is in idle mode, press MENU/SELECT to enter the main menu.
2. Press qCID or pDIR to scroll to Answering sys, then press  
MENU/SELECT.
3.  Press MENU/SELECT again to select Announcement.
Answering system
Play messages
 
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Announcement
 
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