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Answering system operation
1.
SETUP
3.
SETUP 
-OR-
Press until desired 
feature is heard (see 
list at right).
Press until desired 
selection is heard.
Press to set selec-
tion and move to next 
menu option.
Press to set selection 
and exit menu.
2.
  SKIP  or 
REPEAT
PLAY/STOP
Changing feature options
You can change how the answering system operates. 
Press SETUP repeatedly to hear each feature. When you 
hear the feature you want to modify press  SKIP or  
REPEAT to change the setting. Press SETUP to confirm 
your selection and move to the next menu option or press  
 PLAY/STOP to confirm your selection and exit the 
menu. 
Feature options           (Default settings underlined).
System announces:  Feature description:
 
 
"Number of rings," current 
setting, then "To change 
the setting press SKIP 
or REPEAT; to continue 
setup, press SETUP." 
Options: 2/4/6/toll saver
“Base ringer,” current 
setting, then “To change 
the setting press SKIP 
or REPEAT; to continue 
setup, press SETUP.” 
Options: high/low/off
"Remote access code," 
current setting, then "To 
change the setting press 
SKIP or REPEAT; to con-
tinue setup, press SETUP." 
Options:  (select two-digit 
code) 19
 
"Message alert tone," 
current setting, then "To 
change the setting press 
SKIP or REPEAT; to con-
tinue setup, press SETUP." 
Options: on/off
 
 
Choose number of rings before the 
system  answers  a  call.  When  toll 
saver is active, the system answers 
after  two  rings  if  you  have  new 
messages,  and  after  four  rings  if 
you have no new messages. When 
retrieving  messages  from  a  long-
distance  call,  you  may  disconnect 
your  call  after  three  rings  so  that 
long  distance  charges  will  not  be 
charged.
Choose base ringer volume to 
high or low level, or turn the base 
ringer off.
Select a two-digit number (10-99) 
for remote access from another 
telephone (page 41).
NOTE:  Press  and  hold  SKIP 
or  REPEAT to increase or decrease 
the remote access code  number  by 
increments of 10.
When on, the telephone beeps 
every 10 seconds when there are 
new messages.
NOTE:
The message alert tone will beep only if all the conditions below are met:
 Answering system is on.
 Message alert tone setting is on.
 There are new messages. Pressing any telephone base key (except  HANDSET LOCATOR) will tem-
porarily silence the message alert tone. If you press and hold   DELETE in idle mode, you will delete 
all old messages and the message alert tone will be temporarily silenced. The message alert tone will 
be re-activated with the next incoming message.