AT&T CL83217 User Manual

Answering system settings
Use the answering system menu of a system handset or
the telephone base 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,
remote access code or message recording time. If you turn
o the answering system and you change any setting in the answering system
setup menu, the answering machine automatically turns on again.
1. When the device 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 aer 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 play your current outgoing announcement:
Using a cordless handset or the telephone base:
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.
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Play messages
>Answering sys
> Announcement
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Record annc
>Play annc
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Record annc
>Play annc
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> Announcement
Delete all old
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AT&T CL83217 Specifications

General

Brand	AT&T
Model	CL83217
Category	Cordless Telephone
Language	English