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Answering system settings
Use the answering system menu of a system handset to turn on or o 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.
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
ANSWER ON/OFF 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:
Press MENU/SELECT in idle mode to enter the main menu.
Press DIR or CID to scroll to >ANSWERING SYS, then
press MENU/SELECT.
Press DIR or CID to scroll to >ANSWERING ON/OFF,
then press MENU/SELECT.
Press DIR or CID to select between ON and OFF, then
press MENU/SELECT to save the setting. There is a conrmation tone.
Using the telephone base:
Press
ANSWER ON/OFF 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 on page 51.
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.
During an incoming call, press
ANSWER ON/OFF if you wish to immediately send the call to
the answering system.
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