AT&T E5911 Cordless Telephone User Manual


 
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Answering system operation
1.
SETUP
3.
SETUP
-OR-
Press until desired
feature is heard (see
list at right).
Press until desired
selection is heard.
Press to set selec-
tion and move to next
menu option.
Press to set selection
and exit menu.
2.
SKIP or
REPEAT
PLAY/STOP
Changing feature options
You can change how the answering system operates.
Press SETUP repeatedly to hear each feature. When you
hear the feature you want to modify press SKIP or
REPEAT to change the setting. Press SETUP to confirm
your selection and move to the next menu option or press
PLAY/STOP to confirm your selection and exit the
menu.
Feature options (Default settings underlined).
System announces: Feature description:
"Number of rings," current
setting, then "To change
the setting press SKIP
or REPEAT; to continue
setup, press SETUP."
Options: 2/4/6/toll saver
“Base ringer,” current
setting, then “To change
the setting press SKIP
or REPEAT; to continue
setup, press SETUP.”
Options: high/low/off
"Remote access code,"
current setting, then "To
change the setting press
SKIP or REPEAT; to con-
tinue setup, press SETUP."
Options: (select two-digit
code) 19
"Message alert tone,"
current setting, then "To
change the setting press
SKIP or REPEAT; to con-
tinue setup, press SETUP."
Options: on/off
Choose number of rings before the
system answers a call. When toll
saver is active, the system answers
after two rings if you have new
messages, and after four rings if
you have no new messages. When
retrieving messages from a long-
distance call, you may disconnect
your call after three rings so that
long distance charges will not be
charged.
Choose base ringer volume to
high or low level, or turn the base
ringer off.
Select a two-digit number (10-99)
for remote access from another
telephone (page 41).
NOTE: Press and hold SKIP
or REPEAT to increase or decrease
the remote access code number by
increments of 10.
When on, the telephone beeps
every 10 seconds when there are
new messages.
NOTE:
The message alert tone will beep only if all the conditions below are met:
Answering system is on.
Message alert tone setting is on.
There are new messages. Pressing any telephone base key (except HANDSET LOCATOR) will tem-
porarily silence the message alert tone. If you press and hold DELETE in idle mode, you will delete
all old messages and the message alert tone will be temporarily silenced. The message alert tone will
be re-activated with the next incoming message.