AT&T E5909B Telephone User Manual


 
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Answering System Operation
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Outgoing announcements
Outgoing announcements are the messages callers hear
when calls are answered by the answering system.
The phone is pre-programmed with an announcement.
If the phone is set up to record messages, the phone
answers calls with “Hello. Please leave a message
after the tone.” You can use this announcement, or
replace it with a recording of your own voice.
NOTE: Press ANNC to exit the announcement programming.
To play your outgoing announcement
Press ANNC until you hear "Announcement. Press
PLAY or press RECORD." Then press PLAY/STOP. You
will hear the outgoing announcement.
To record your outgoing announcement
Press ANNC until you hear "Announcement. Press
PLAY or press RECORD." Then press RECORD
and begin speaking after you hear "Record after the
tone. Press STOP when you are done." Speak fac-
ing the telephone base from about nine inches away.
Press PLAY/STOP when you are done. Your recorded
announcement will be played back.
Elapsed time (in seconds) will be shown in the message
window as you record. You can record an announce-
ment up to 90 seconds long. Announcements less than
three seconds long will not be recorded.
To delete your outgoing announcement
Press ANNC until you hear “Announcement. Press
PLAY or press RECORD.” Then press PLAY/STOP to
begin playback. Press DELETE during playback to delete
your announcement.
When your announcement is deleted, calls will be
answered with the pre-programmed announcement
described above.
1.
ANNC
“Announcement.
Press PLAY or press
RECORD.”
2.
(Plays announcement
previously recorded).
3.
RECORD
“Record after the tone.
Press STOP when you
are done.”
4.
5.
(Announcement is
played back).
Speak into microphone.
Microphone
-OR-
Elapsed
recording time
(seconds).
Press to stop
recording.
(Play/Stop)
(Play/Stop)
6.
ANNC
to exit announcement programming.
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