VTech DS6751_-2-3 Abridged manual - Manual (Page 12)

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About answering system and voicemail
Your telephone has separate indicators for two different types of voice messages:
those left on its built-in answering system and those left at your telephone service
provider’s voicemail. Each alerts you to new messages differently.
If /PLAY/STOP on the telephone base flashes, and XX new messages
displays on the handsets and telephone base, there are new messages in the
built-in answering system. It can record up to 99 messages, depending on the
length of each message. Each message can be up to three minutes in length.
The total recording time is approximately 4 minutes.
If and
New voicemail display on the handsets and the telephone base, your
telephone service provider is indicating that it has new voicemail for you.
Contact your telephone service provider for more information on how to access
your voicemail.
Answering system settings
Default settings are indicated by asterisks (*).
Settings menu Description Options
Call screening Set whether you hear the callers while they are
leaving messages to you.
Screening: On*;
Screening: Off
# of rings Set the number of times the telephone rings
before the answering system answers.
6; 5; 4; 3*; 2;
Toll saver
Remote code Set a two-digit security code to access the
answering system remotely from any touch-tone
telephone.
19*
Msg alert tone Set whether the telephone base beeps to alert
you of new messages.
Tone: Off*;
Tone: On
Recording time Set the recording time for each incoming
message.
3 minutes*;
2 minutes;
1 minute
Answering system operation
Turn the answering system on or off
The answering system must be turned on to answer and record messages.
Press /ANS ON/OFF on the telephone base to turn the built-in answering
system on or off.
Message playback at the telephone base
Press /PLAY when the telephone base is not in use.
Options during playback:
Press /VOL or /VOL to adjust the listening volume.
Press /SKIP to skip to the next message.
Press /REPEAT to repeat the playing message. Press /REPEAT twice to
listen to the previous message.
Press
X/DELETE to delete the playing message. The system advances to the
next message.
Press
/STOP to stop.
Call intercept
If you want to talk to the person whose message is being recorded:
On a handset, press /HOME or .
-OR-
On the telephone base, press /HOME.
Remote access
You can access the answering system remotely from any touch-tone telephone.
The preset remote access code is 19.
Dial your telephone number from any touch-tone telephone.
When the answering system answers, enter the two-digit remote access code.
Press
5 to hear a list of remote commands.
Enter the desired remote command code.
Hang up or press
8 to end the call.
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