AT&T 1187 Telephone User Manual


 
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Answering System Operation
Changing feature options
Menu features can be changed to customize how the
answering system operates. Press MENU repeatedly to
hear each feature. Press CHANGE when you hear the
feature you want to modify.
Feature options (Default settings underlined)
System announces: Feature description:
1
MENU
3
MENU
PLAY/STOP
Or
Press until desired feature
is heard(see list at right)
Press until desired selection
is heard
Press to set selection and
move to next menu option
Press to set selection and
exit menu
2
CHANGE
“Change announcement”
Options: [record announcement]
“Change remote access code”
Options: [enter 2-digit code] 19
“Change message alert”
Options: On / Off
“Change announce only”
Options: On / Off
“Change call screening”
Options: On / Off
“Change number of rings”
Options: 2 / 4 / 6 /Toll Saver
Record your outgoing announcement
(see page 29).
Enter a 2-digit number (10-99) for remote
access from another phone (see page 35).
When on, the telephone beeps every 10
seconds when you have new messages.
When on, callers hear an announcement
but cannot leave messages (see page 30).
When on, you can hear incoming mes-
sages, or answer the call (see pages 12-13).
Choose number of rings before the system
answers a call. When Toll Saver is active,
the system answers after 2 rings if you
have new messages, or after 4 rings if you
have no new messages.
NOTE:
Press
CHANGE
to advance the remote access code number by
one digit at a time. Press and hold to advance by 10 digits at a time.
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