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Telephone settings
Use the answering system menu of a system handset to turn on or off the 
answering system, record your announcement, activate the call screening, 
change the number of rings, set the remote access code and activate the 
message alert tone.
Announcement
The announcement is the greeting callers hear when calls are answered by 
the answering system.
The telephone has a default announcement, “Hello. Please leave a message 
after 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 the current announcement:
Press MENU/SELECT when in idle mode.
Press  DIR or  CID to scroll to >ANSWERING SYS, then 
press MENU/SELECT.
Press MENU/SELECT to choose >ANNOUNCEMENT. The 
system announces, “To play, press 2. To record, press 7.”
Press 2 to play the current announcement from the 
speakerphone.
Press  DIR/VOLUME to increase or press  CID/VOLUME 
to decrease the message playback volume.
Press  SPEAKER to switch between speakerphone 
and handset earpiece.
To record a new announcement:
Follow steps 1 and 2 in To play the current announcement on this page.
Press MENU/SELECT to choose >ANNOUNCEMENT. The 
system announces, “To play, press 2. To record, press 7.”
Press 7. The system announces, “Record after the tone, 
press 5 when you are done.”
Face the handset and speak towards the microphone to 
record your announcement.
Press 5 when you finish the recording. The handset plays back the 
recorded announcement.
NOTE: If the answering system memory is full, when you press 7 in step 3, the answering 
system announces, “Memory is full.” You must delete some messages before you can record a 
new announcement. Refer to Message playback on page 44.
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DELETE ALL OLD
Answering system settings
2-PLAY  3-DELETE
5-STOP  7-RECORD
RECORD ANNC...
5-STOP