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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 27).
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 alert stops after you
listen to all your new messages or if you 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 27).
Ans. On/off Turn your answering system on or off.
Record Greeting Record an outgoing message or greeting (see page
25).
Greeting Options Switch greetings or delete your greeting (see page
25).