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USING THE ANSWERING SYSTEM
Answering System Options (Ans. Setup)
You can set or change the answering system options from any handset.
Just open the menu and select
Answering Setup
. Select one of the
following:
Menu Option What it does
Security Code Enter a 2-digit PIN so you can access your
answering system from any touch-tone
phone (see page 24).
Ring Time Set the number of rings (6, 9, or 12) before
the system answers. Toll Saver makes the
system answer after 2 rings if you have new
messages or after 4 rings if you don’t.
Record Time Set the amount of time (1 or 4 minutes)
callers have to leave a message. Choose
Announce Only if you don’t want the system
to let callers to leave a message.
Message Alert Have the system beep every 15 seconds
when you have a new message; the
beeping stops when you listen to all your
new messages. (To mute the alert without
listening to your messages, press any key
on the base.)
Call Screen Turn on the call screen feature so you can
hear callers as they leave messages on the
base speaker (see page 24).
Ans. On/off Turn your answering system on or off.
Record Greeting Record an outgoing message or greeting
(see page 21).
Greeting Options Switch greetings or delete your greeting
(see page 21).