VTech ia5877 - Manual (Page 29)

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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 :
“Set security code”
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 .
“ Set audible message alert”
Off*
On
When message alert is turned on, the base beeps
once every 0 seconds when new messages have
been received .
“ Set announce only”
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 .