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Setting Up the
Answering System
Setting Up the Answering System
You can set up your answering system’s features from the base or handset with the exception of changing the
outgoing message or greeting; you can only change the greeting or record a new greeting from the base. Only one
station at a time can access the answering system menus.
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.
On the base, press 1) [menu/select].
Select the ANSW. SETUP menu, and then the RECORD GREETING submenu.2)
RECORD GREETING, START [SELECT] appears. Press 3) [menu/select] to start the recording. Begin recording
after the announcement. The message counter on the base LCD displays “30”, and then begins to count down.
When you nish recording, press 4) [menu/select] again or press [
]. 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.
On the base, press 1) [menu/select].
Select the ANSW. SETUP menu, and then the GREETING OPTIONS submenu. 2)
The system plays the current greeting.
To keep this greeting, do nothing.3)
To switch to the other greeting, press 4) [
] or [ ] on the four-way function key while the system is playing the
current greeting.
Each time you press 5) [
] or [ ], the system switches between the pre-recorded and the personal greeting.
The last greeting you hear is used as the current greeting.
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