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Answering system settings
Use the answering system menu of a handset to set up the announcement 
message,turnonorotheansweringsystemormessagealerttone,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 aer the tone.” You can use this announcement, or record your own. 
To record a new outgoing announcement:
1.  Press MENU/SELECT in idle mode.
2.  Press  CID or  DIR to scroll to Answering sys, then press MENU/SELECT .
3.  Press MENU/SELECT to select Announcement.
4.  The screen 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.  Aerthetone,speaktowardsthehandsetmicrophone.Press5 to end 
recording. The newly recorded announcement automatically plays.
Tolistentotherecordedannouncementagain,waitaerplaybackhas
completed, then press 2.
To reset your outgoing announcement:
1.  Press MENU/SELECT in idle mode.
2.  Press  CID or  DIR to scroll to Answering sys, then press MENU/SELECT .
3.  Press MENU/SELECT again to select Announcement.
4.  The screen displays Play [2] Del [3] Rec [7] and it announces, “To play, press 
2. To record, press 7.” Press 3 to delete your recorded announcement. The 
handset displays Annc deleted and announces, “Announcement deleted.”
When your announcement is reset, the system answers calls with the 
default announcement, as described above. You cannot delete the default 
announcement.
Answering system