VTech ia5877 - Manual (Page 28)

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BASIC OPERATION
Answering System Operation At the Base
• 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, located in the Feature Summary chart later in this section, to change
your announcement selection .
Record Your Announcement
. Press MENU until you hear “Record outgoing message .”
2 . Press REC/MEMO . After you hear “Now recording” followed by a beep, speak toward the base to
record an announcement up to 90 seconds long .
3 . Press PLAY/STOP . The system plays back your recorded message .
To review your announcement at any time:
. Press MENU until you hear “ Record outgoing message .”
2 . Press PLAY/STOP, the system plays the current announcement .
To delete your announcement:
Press DELETE during announcement playback . The system will use the pre-recorded announcement
until you record a new one .
Turn answering
system on or off
Record outgoing
announcements,
and memos
Review/change clock setting;
confirm feature settings
Enter answering system
f e a t u r e s e t u p a n d
choose a feature to set . .
. . .
Select a feature setting
• Announcements
less than three
s e c o n d s i n
length will not be
recorded .