Owner's Manual

21 - English
volume. All other features of the base and all cordless handsets will not
function.
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While the power is out, the base uses a special ringer; you cannot adjust
the volume of this ringer.
USING THE ANSWERING SYSTEM
Answering System Options (
Answering Setup
)
You can change the answering system options from any station. Just open the
menu and select
Answering Setup
.
Menu Option What it does
Security Code
Enter a 2-digit PIN so you can access your answering system
from any touch-tone phone (see page 24).
Ring Time
Set the number of rings (
2
,
4
, or
6
) before the system answers
(see p. 21 about
Toll Saver
).
Record Time
Set the amount of time (
1
or
4
minutes) callers can leave a
message. Choose
Announce Only
if you don't want the system
to let callers leave a message. The maximum record time is
12.5 minutes total.
Message Alert
Have the base beep every 15 seconds when you have a new
message. The alert stops after you listen to all your new
messages or if you press any key on the base.
Ans. Language
Change the language of the system's voice prompts.
Call Screen
Turn on the call screen feature so you can hear callers as they
leave messages on the base speaker (see page 23).
Answer On/Off
Turn your answering system on or off. (To turn your system
on or off from the base, just press
ON/OFF
.)
Record Greeting
Record an outgoing message (see page 22)
Greeting Options
Switch greetings or delete your greeting (see page 22).
Accessing the Answering System
With the phone in standby, you can access your system from the base or
remotely from any handset. Only 1 handset or the base can access the system at
a time.
During remote access;
The system beeps so you know it's waiting for your next command.
You can press the number key shown next to each command instead of
scrolling through the screens.