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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. 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 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 qCID or pDIR to scroll to >Answering sys, then press MENU/SELECT.
Press MENU/SELECT again to select >Announcement.
Press qCID 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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