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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 qCID or pDIR to scroll to >Answering sys, then press MENU/SELECT.
3. Press MENU/SELECT again to select >Announcement.
4. Scroll to >Record annc and press MENU/SELECT. 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
completed, then scroll to >Play annc and press MENU/SELECT.
To delete 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.
4. Press MENU/SELECT again to select >Play annc and play the announcement.
5. While the announcement is playing, press MUTE/DELETE to delete the
announcement. The system announces “Announcement deleted”.
When your announcement is deleted, the system answers calls with the
default announcement described at the top of this page. You cannot delete
the default announcement.
Answering system