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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 ANS ON 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 MENU/SELECT when the handset is idle.
2.  Press 
 
CID or 
 
DIR to scroll to Answering sys,  
then press MENU/SELECT.
3.  Press 
 
CID or 
 
DIR to scroll to Answer on/o,  
then press MENU/SELECT.
4.  Press 
 
CID or 
 
DIR to select between On and O,  
then press MENU/SELECT to save the setting.
Using the telephone base:
 X Press ANS ON 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:
 X 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 59.
 X 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.
 X 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