AT&T CL82401 Telephone User Manual


 
Answering system
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Answering system settings
Call screening
Use this feature to choose whether incoming messages can be heard over
the telephone base speaker when they are being recorded. If you turn call
screening on, you hear the incoming message. While monitoring an incoming
message, you can answer the call by pressing
PHONE/FLASH or /SPEA�ERSPEA�ER
on the handset.
To change the setting:
1. When the handset is in idle mode, press MENU/
SELECT to
enter the main menu.
2. Press qCID or pDIR to scroll to >Answering sys, then
press MENU/SELECT.
3. Press qCID or pDIR to scroll to >Ans sys setup, then
press MENU/SELECT.
4. Press MENU/SELECT to select >Call screening.
5. Press qCID or pDIR to choose >On or >Off.
6. Press MENU/SELECT to save the setting. You hear a
confirmation tone. Press OFF/CANCEL to cancel.
NOTE: For more information on call screening, see page 50.
Number of rings
You can set the answering system to answer an incoming call
after two, three, four, five or six rings. You can also select toll
saver, which is explained below. Unless you change it, the
answering system answers an incoming call after four rings.
To set the number of rings:
1. When the handset is in idle mode, press MENU/SELECT to
enter the main menu.
2. Press qCID or pDIR to scroll to >Answering sys, then press
MENU/SELECT.
3. Press qCID or pDIR to scroll to >Ans sys setup, then press MENU/SELECT.
4. Press qCID or pDIR to scroll to >
#
of rings, then press MENU/SELECT.
You hear a confirmation tone. Press OFF/CANCEL to cancel.
Play messages
>Answering sys
p
q
Answer ON/OFF
>Ans sys setup
p
q
>
Call screening
# of rings
p
q
CALL SCREENING
>On
p
q
Call screening
># of rings
p
q
# OF RINGS
>4
p
q