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Answering system settings
Use the answering system menu of a system handset or the telephone base to
set up the announcement message, turn the answering system or message alert
tone on or off, activate call screening, or change the number of rings, remote
access code or message recording time.
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:
Using a cordless handset:
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 to select Record annc. The system announces, “Record
after the tone. Press 5 when you are done.”
5. Speak towards the handset to record your announcement. Press
5 to end
recording. Your recorded announcement plays.
To listen to the recorded announcement again, scroll to Play annc and press
MENU/SELECT.
Using the telephone base:
1. When the telephone base is in idle mode, press •/RECORD.
2.
Press qCID or pDIR to scroll to Announcement and press MENU/SELECT. The
system announces, “Record after the tone. Press 5 when you are done.”
3. Speak towards the telephone base to record your announcement. Press
5 to
end recording. Your recorded announcement plays.
To delete your outgoing announcement:
Using a cordless handset:
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 qCID or pDIR to scroll to Play annc, then press MENU/SELECT.
5. While the announcement is playing, press
MUTE/DELETE to delete the
announcement. The system announces “Announcement deleted”.
Answering system