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BASIC OPERATION
Answering System Operation At the Base
Setting Up Your Answering System
You can set up one feature at a time, or you can set up the first feature and then move on to set up
the other features in sequence .
. Make sure the answering system is on .
2 . Press
MENU until the system announces the feature you want to set . Refer to the Feature Summary
below for a description of the features and your choices .
3 . Press
CHANGE until the system announces the desired setting .
4 . Press
TIME/SET to confirm your selection.
5 . Press
MENU to move on to the next feature, or press PLAY/STOP to exit feature setup .
Feature Summary
Default settings indicated by * .
System Announce
s:
Description/Directions
:
“Remote access code. To change the setting press
CHANGE.”
9*
Set the remote access code you will use to
access features and functions of the answering
system from a touch tone phone . You can
select any two digit code, from 0 to 99 .
“
Message alert. To change the setting press
CHANGE.”
Off*
On
When message alert is turned on, the base
beeps once every 0 seconds when new
messages have been received .
“
Announcement only, record no messages. To
change the setting press
CHANGE.”
On
Off*
When you turn announce only on, callers
hear your announcement, but cannot leave
a message .
• To advance the
remote access
code number by
increments of ten,
press
and hold the
CHANGE key .