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• If you have muted the first ring, you will
hear one ring less before the answering
system answers the incoming calls.
Turn the call screening on or
off
You can hear incoming messages at
the telephone base while they are being
recorded.
1. Press MENU when the handset is not
in use.
2. Press or to scroll to Answering
sys then press SELECT.
3. Press or to scroll to Ans sys
setup then press SELECT.
4. Press SELECT choose Call
screening.
5. Press or to choose On or Off.
6. Press SELECT to save and you hear
a confirmation tone.
Message alert tone
When the message alert tone is set to
on, and there is at least one new
message, the telephone base beeps
every 10 seconds. The message alert
tone is preset to off.
1. Press MENU when the handset is not
in use.
2. Press or to scroll to Answering
sys then press SELECT.
3. Press or to scroll to Ans sys
setup then press SELECT.
4. Press or to scroll to Msg alert
tone then press SELECT.
5. Press or to choose On or Off.
6. Press SELECT to save and you hear
a confirmation tone.
NOTE
• The answering system must be turned on
for the message alert tone to be functional.
• Press any key on the telephone base
(except FIND HANDSET) to temporarily
silence the message alert tone.
Voice guide
This feature is an alternative way
for you to do the basic setup of the
answering system. You can follow
the voice guide to record your own
announcement, set the number of
rings and the message alert tone.
1. Press MENU when the handset is not
in use.
2. Press or to scroll to Answering
sys, and then press SELECT.
3. Press or to scroll to Voice guide,
and then press SELECT. You hear
the voice prompt “Hello! This voice
guide will assist you with the basic
setup of your answering system.”
4. Setup your answering system by
inputting designated numbers as
instructed in the voice guide.
NOTE
• You can press CANCEL to quit the voice
guide at anytime.
• If the system does not receive any input,
it will announce “Sorry, I still have not
received any input. If you want to restart
the voice guide, please enter the menu
and select Voice guide under Answering
system. Good bye.”
Using your built-in
answering system
New message indication
When there are new answering system
messages, the message window on the
telephone base flashes and XX new
messages displays on the handset.
Message
window
display
Description
0
No messages.
1-9 9
Total number of old
messages and memos
recorded.
The message number
currently playing.
0-99
(flashing)
Total number of new
messages recorded, or
the current message
number during new
message playback.
The clock needs to be set.
1-9 9 & F
(alternating)
The answering system
memory is full with total
number of messages
recorded.
1-8
The telephone base
speaker volume level while
adjusting.
0-6
The telephone base ringer
level while adjusting.
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The answering system
is answering a call, or
recording a memo
or announcement.
The telephone is being
accessed remotely.
The answering system is
being programmed.
The telephone is on a
home line call.
If the message alert tone is turned on, the
telephone base beeps every 10 seconds
when there are messages that have not
been reviewed.
Message playback
If you have new messages, the
telephone plays only the new messages
(oldest first). If there are no new
messages, the telephone plays back all
messages (oldest first).
When playback begins, you hear the
total number of messages followed
by the date and time of the message.
After the last message, the telephone
announces, “End of messages.”
• Make sure you set the date and time
correctly. Refer to Set date and time
under the Configure your telephone
section for more details.
To play messages at the
telephone base:
• Press /PLAY when the telephone
base is not in use.
Options during playback:
• Press
–
/VOL/
+
to adjust the speaker
volume.
• Press /SKIP to skip to the next
message.
• Press /REPEAT to repeat the
message. Press twice to hear the
previous message.
• Press X/DELETE to delete the
playing message. The system
advances to the next message.
• Press /STOP to stop the playback.