AT&T 1856 Speakerphone - Manual (Page 26)

Answering system operation
Announce only mode
In announce only mode, callers can hear an
announcement but cannot leave messages. This
option is useful, for example, to notify callers that
you will be away for an extended period and request
that they call back after a certain date.
To turn announce only on or off
Press and hold
TAS
/SETUP until you hear "Selected
announcement is A. To select a different announce-
ment, press SKIP or REPEAT." Then press SKIP or
REPEAT until you hear the option you want:
• A: Callers hear current outgoing announcement
and can leave messages.
• Announce only: Callers hear current outgoing
announcement and cannot leave messages.
Press
PLAY
/STOP to save your selection and exit,
or press
TAS
/SETUP again to change other features
(pages 24-25).
To record your outgoing announcement
After turning on the announce only feature, see
page 22 to record your announcement.
If you do not record an announcement, incoming
calls will be answered after 10 rings, but callers
will hear "No announcement" and beep twice, then
“The machine will now hang up” after about 15
seconds, and you will not be able to leave a mes-
sage.
AO (announce only) is
displayed and flashing
when announce only is
actived. AO stops flash-
ing after an announce-
ment is recorded.
3.
2. SKIP or
REPEAT
1.
TAS/
SETUP
Press and hold for
one second to enter
feature menu.
"Selected
announcement
is A. To select
a different
announcement,
press SKIP or
REPEAT."
"Announce only"
to save selection
and exit menu.
PLAY
/STOP
MSG#
AO
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