AT&T E5943B Cordless Telephone User Manual


 
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Answering system operation
Change feature options
You can change how the answering system oper-
ates. 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
32). 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 two-digit
code] 19
Enter a two-digit number (10-99) for
remote access from another phone
(see page 38).
“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 33).
“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.