AT&T E5938B Cordless Telephone User Manual


 
35
Answering system operation
35
Changing feature options
You can change how the answering system operates.
Press SETUP 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.
SETUP
Press until desired feature
is heard (see list at right).
3.
SETUP
Press to set selection and
move to next menu option.
Press until desired selec-
tion is heard.
2.
CHANGE
“Announcement. Press
PLAY or press RECORD.
To continue setup, press
SETUP.”
Options: [record announce-
ment]
Press REC /MEMO to record your
outgoing announcement (see page
33). Press PLAY/ STOP to stop
recording.
Or
Press to set selection and
exit setup.
(Play/ Stop)
“Remote access code. To
change the setting press
CHANGE.”
Options: [enter 2-digit code]
19
Enter a two-digit number (10-99) for
remote access from another phone
(see page 39).
“Message alert. To change
the setting press CHANGE.”
Options: On / Off
When the answering system is turned
on (the ANSWER ON/OFF light is lit)
and the message alert function is acti-
vated, any new incoming message will
increase the flashing number in the
message window by one, and a beep
tone will sound every ten seconds as
a reminder that there are unreviewed
messages on the answering system.
“Call screening. To change
the setting press CHANGE.”
Options: On / Off
When on, you can hear callers leave
messages, or answer the call.
“Announcement only,
record no messages. To
change the setting press
CHANGE.”
Options: On / Off
When on, callers hear an announce-
ment but cannot leave messages (see
page 34).
“Number of rings. To
change the setting press
CHANGE.”
Options: 2 / 4 / 6 /Toll saver
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.
NOTES:
1. To temporarily disable the
message alert tone, press any
answering machine key (TIME/
SET, SETUP, CHANGE, REC/
MEMO, PLAY/STOP, DELETE,
REPEAT and SKIP) on the base.
This turns off the audio message
alert tone but the number in the
message window will continue
to flash as a reminder that there
are unreviewed messages on the
answering system. The message
alert tone will be re-activated
with the next incoming message.
2. To switch off the message
alert tone for all incoming mes-
sages, read the section on disa-
bling the message alert function
in the list on the right.
3. Press and hold CHANGE to
advance the remote access code
number by 10.