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Answering system
Answering system settings
Answer on/o
Unless you change it, the answering system is on and ready to record
messages. If the answering system is on, the ANS ON icon displays on the
handset screen and the light on the telephone base is on. You
can turn the answering system o, but if you do so, the answering system
does not answer calls and record incoming messages.
Using the handset:
1. Press in idle mode to enter the
main menu.
2. Press or to scroll to Answering sys, then
press .
3. Press or to scroll to Answer on/o, then
press .
4. Press or to select between On and O,
then press to save the setting.
Using the telephone base:
• Press to turn the answering
system on or o. If the answering system is
turned on, it announces, “Calls will be answered.”
If the answering system is turned o, it
announces, “Calls will not be answered.”
NOTES:
• If the answering system is o and there is an incoming call, the system answers aer 10 rings
and announces to the caller, “Please enter your remote access code.” For more information
about remote access, see Remote access code on page 58.
• You can turn the answering system on or o from either the handset or the telephone base,
but you can only use the handset to change the other answering system settings.
• You cannot turn the answering system on or o while a handset is on a call or the telephone
base is playing messages.
Answer on/off
ECO
On
ECO