User Guide

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Answering system and voicemail
Your telephone has separate indicators for two dierent types of voice messages: those
le on its built-in digital answering system and those le on your service provider’s
voicemail (fees may apply). Your telephone’s built-in answering system messages and
voicemail messages are separate. Each alerts you to new messages dierently.
If XX new messages displays on the handset screens and the message window
on the telephone base ashes, there are new messages recorded on the built-in
answering system. If you turn on Msg alert tone, the telephone base beeps every
10 seconds when there are new answering system messages. To listen to your
message(s), press MENU/SELECT twice on the handset (page 19) or press
/PLAY/STOP on the telephone base (page 19).
If and New voicemail display on the handset, your telephone service provider
is indicating that it has new voicemail for you. To listen to your voicemail, dial an
access number provided by your telephone service provider, followed by a security
code or PIN. Refer to Voicemail waiting (visual message waiting) indicator in the
online user’s manual for a full description of the voicemail indicators.
Some service providers bundle or combine multiple services like voicemail and call
waiting, so you may not be aware that you have voicemail. To check what services you
have and how to access them, contact your telephone service provider.
You can use the telephone answering system and voicemail together by setting your
built-in answering system to answer before voicemail answers. Refer to Using the
answering system and voicemail together in the online user’s manual for instructions.
Turn the answering system on or o
You can turn the answering system on or o by pressing the /ANS ON/OFF key on
the telephone base or through the Answer on/o menu in the handset.
note: You can turn the answering system on or o from either the handset or the telephone
base, but you can use only the handset to change the other answering system settings.
Announcement
The announcement is the greeting callers hear when calls are
answered by the answering system. The telephone has a default
announcement. You can use this announcement, or record your
own announcement up to 90 seconds.
On a handset, press MENU/SELECT in idle mode.
Press CID or DIR to scroll to Answering sys, then press
MENU/SELECT.
Press MENU/SELECT to scroll to Announcement. Follow the
screen and voice prompts to record a new announcement.
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