VTech ia5877 - Manual (Page 30)

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BASIC OPERATION
Answering System Operation At the Base
“ Set base ringer”
On*
Off
Turn the base ringer on or off .
“Set number of rings”
2
4*
6
Choose how many times the phone will ring
before the system answers a call .
Toll Saver With toll saver active, the system answers after
two rings when you have new messages and
after four when you have no new messages .
• Y o u c a n e x i t
f e a t u r e s e t u p
at any time by
pressing a PLAY/
STOP .
• If the system
has less than
30 seconds of
record time left,
the answering
system turns
off . The system
w i l l a n s w e r
after 0 rings
and announce
“ Memory full,
please enter your
security code”
and wait for the
caller to enter the
remote access
code .
Listen to, Save & Delete Messages
The system automatically saves your messages until you delete them, and can store approximately 5
minutes of messages, memos, and announcements (up to a maximum of 99 messages) . A message
or memo can be up to four minutes long .
The message window will flash to alert you to new, unplayed messages. If all messages have been
reviewed, the number displayed in the window will glow steadily . If the system contains both old and
new messages, it will play only the new messages first. After all new messages are played, press the
PLAY/STOP to hear all messages .
Before playing a message, the system announces the day and time it was received . While the message
plays, the message window displays the number of the message . After playing the last message in a
mailbox, the system announces “ End of messages.” If the system has less than five minutes of recording
time left, it announces remaining time .