VTech 900I - Manual (Page 15)

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3. Speak into the microphone on
the base. Announcement can be
no more than 2 minutes in length.
More than 5 seconds of silence
will automatically stop
recording.
4. Press ANNC key or STOP to
stop the recording.
5. To review a recorded
announcement, press and hold the
PLAY key for 2 or more
seconds.
ANNOUNCEMENT
RECORDING
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SPEAK
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Example Announcements:
Example for Announcement 1 with zero
mailboxes (acts as standard answering
machine):
Hello. You've reached 555-1234, I
can't come to the phone right now.
Please leave a message after the beep.
Thank you
Example for Announcement 1 (with all
mailboxes on):
Hi! We can't come to the phone right
now. If you have a message for John
press 1, If you have a message for Jane
press 2, if you have a message for Jack
press 3, if you have a message for Jill
press 4. If you have a message for
any one of us press 0 or Just stay
on the line and record after the
beep. Thank you.
Example for Announcement 2:
Hi. You've reached Jack and Jill.
We will be back after 1 pm. Please
call us back then. Thank you.
Leaving a Message ■
The ITAD will answerthecall (according
to the current ring selection), play the
current announcement followed by a
beep tone to signify the start of
recording.
• Messages can be a maximum of 5
minutes in length; anything longer will
be cut-off. The ITAD will automatically
stop recording if there is more than 5
seconds of silence.
•To select a specific destination
mailbox for the message, press the
number corresponding to the desired
mailbox. For the Generic mailbox
press 0 or just wait for the beep.
NOTE: Mailboxes must be enabled
before they can be used (see Mailbox
Programming).
Recording a Memo
To record a memo at the base unit:
1. Press MAILBOX key to select the
mailbox where you want to record
the memo. If current mailbox setting
is All, the memo will be stored in the
Generic Mailbox.
2. Press and hold the MEMO key for 2
seconds until a beep is heard.
The
MEMO. MAILBOX and
corresponding Mailbox Number
icons will illuminate, the REC icon
will flash, and the clock display
will
start incrementing from
0 : 0 0 .
3. Speak into the base microphone
to record the memo.
4. Press the MEMO key again or press
the STOP key to stop the recording.
LEAVING MEMO
INTO MAILBOX
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SPEAK
Listening to Messages
When new messages and/or memos
are in the ITAD, MESG'S (messages
icon) will flash, if the messages or
memos have been sent to a specific
mailbox, the corresponding Mailbox
number Icon will also flash.
To playback messages:
• Press MAILBOX to reach the mailbox
from which messages will be played.
The message counter will indicate the
total number of messages (new and
old) present in the current mailbox
selection. A voice prompt will
indicate
the number of new
messages present in the current
mailbox selection.
• Press PLAY (for less than 2 seconds)
to begin playback of messages and/
or memos in current mailbox selection.
The clock will display the time and day
that the current message was
recorded.
' REPEAT and SKIP keys can be used
to scan forward and backwards
through messages during playback.
' Press STOP at any time during
message playback to exit. * •
LISTENING
MESSAGES
To delete messages:
• Press ERASE button at any time
during message or corresponding time
and day stamp to delete current
message.
• When all messages have been heard,
all messages within that mailbox can
be deleted by pressing the ERASE
key for more than 2 seconds. New
messages that still exist in that mailbox
will be saved, only the old messages
will be deleted.
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