VTech i 5881 - Manual (Page 37)

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• By setting Announce Only to on or off, you decide which announcement your
callers will hear when the system answers a call (the system comes set for
normal answering, with Announce Only turned OFF). See “Set Announce
Only” on page 38 to change your announcement selection.
Record Your Announcement
Answering System Operation
ï NOTE: If you have assigned different mailboxes
to different people, be sure to tell callers in
your announcement to press 1 , 2 , or 3 to
leave a message in the appropriate mailbox.
1 Press MENU until you hear “Set Outgoing
Message”.
2 Press RECORD . After you hear “Now
recording” followed by a beep, speak
t o w a r d t h e B a s e t o r e c o r d a n
announcement up to 90 seconds long.
3 Press any MAILBOX button to stop
recording. The system plays back your
recorded message.
To review your announcement at any time:
1 Press MENU until you hear “Set Outgoing
Message”.
2 Press any MAILBOX button.
To delete your announcement:
Press DELETE during announcement
playback.
The system will use the pre-recorded
announcement until you record a new one.
Example of an outgoing announcement using
the Mailbox feature:
“We can’t come to the phone right now. To leave
a message for Bob, press 1 now. To leave a
message for Sue, press 2 now. For Elmo, press
3 now. Otherwise, just wait for the beep.”
If the caller does not select a Mailbox, their
message will be saved in Mailbox 1.
Answering System Feature Setup
You can set up one feature at a time, or you
can set up a feature and then move on to
set up another feature.
1 Make sure the answering system is on.
2 Press and release MENU until you hear
Answering System Operation