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Setting Up the
Answering System
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Setting Up the Answering System
You can set up your answering system’s features from the handset. Only one handset at a time can access the
answering system menus.
Note:
If you have multiple bases, select the base with answering system you want to access (see page 14).
Recording a Personal Greeting
Your answering system comes with a pre-recorded outgoing message or greeting
that plays when you receive a call: “Hello, no one is available to take your call. Please
leave a message after the tone.” You can record your own personal outgoing greeting.
Your recorded greeting must be between two seconds and thirty seconds long.
Press [
/mute]. The system announces the number of new and old messages,
then starts to play the messages unless it has no messages.
Press [5] to stop the announcements or message playback. You will hear
intermittent beeps indicating that the system is in the command waiting mode.
Press [8] to start the recording. The system announces, “Record greeting.” Begin
recording after the announcement.
When you nish recording, press [8] again or press [5]. You will hear a conrmation tone, and your recorded
greeting plays back for you.
Selecting a Greeting
Once you have recorded a personal greeting, the phone automatically switches to your personal greeting. You can
also switch back and forth between the pre-recorded greeting and your own greeting at any time.
Press [
/mute]. The system announces the number of new and old messages, then starts to play the
messages unless it has no messages.
Press [5] to stop the announcements or message playback. You will hear intermittent beeps indicating that the
system is in the command waiting mode.
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