VTech Telecommunications Ltd 80-7009-00 User Manual

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Answering system set up
For each telephone line, you can change the settings of the answering 
system in the Ans Sys Setup with either your handset or telephone base.
Answer ON/OFF
You must turn on the answering system for answering and recording 
messages. 
To turn the answering system on or off : 
Using the telephone base:
Press ON/OFF LINE 1/
and/or ON/OFF LINE 2/  to turn on the 
answering system. The LCD screen will display Mailbox 1 is On and/or 
Mailbox 2 is On respectively. The ON/OFF LINE 1/
light and/or 
ON/OFF LINE 2/
light will be on respectively.
Press ON/OFF LINE 1/
and/or ON/OFF LINE 2/  to turn off the 
answering system. The LCD screen will display Mailbox 1 is Off and/
or Mailbox 2 is Off respectively. The ON/OFF LINE 1/
light and/or 
ON/OFF LINE 2/
light will be off respectively.
Using the handset:
Press the MENU softkey to show the menu when the handset is not in use.
Press   or   to select >Answering Sys, then press the 
OK softkey.
To turn on or off the answering system of Line 1, press 
 or   to select >Line 1.
    -OR-
     To turn on of off the answering system of Line 2, press
 or   to select >Line 2.
     Then press the OK softkey.
Press   or   to select >Ans Sys Setup, then press the 
OK softkey.
Press   or   to select >ON or >OFF, then press the SET
softkey.
The screen will display the Ans ON 1 icon or the Ans ON 
2
 icon when the answering system of Line 1 or Line 2 is 
turned on respectively. The Ans ON 1 icon or the Ans ON 
2
 will disappear when the answering system of Line 1 or 
Line 2 is turned off respectively.
The screen will display the Ans On 12 icon when the 
answering systems of both Line 1 and Line 2 are turned 
on. The Ans On 12 icon will disappear when both 
answering systems are turned off.
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Answering 
>Answering Sys
 Directory
 Call Log
 Ringers
BACK
OK
ANSWERING SYS
>Line 1
 Line 2
BACK
OK
LINE 1 SETUP
>Answer ON/OFF
 Announcement
 Call Screening
BACK
OK
ANSWER ON/OFF
>ON
 OFF
BACK
SET
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Answering System Settings
Announcement
The telephone is preset with a greeting that answers calls 
with 
“Hello, please leave a message after the tone.”  You 
may use this preset announcement, or replace it with 
your own. 
Play your announcement 
Using the telephone base: 
Press the MENU softkey when the telephone base is 
not in use.
Press  -/CID or  +/DIR to select >Answering Sys,
then press the OK softkey.
To play your announcement on Line 1, press  -/CID or 
+/DIR to select >Line 1.
    -OR-
     To play your announcement on Line 2press  -/CID
     or  +/DIR to select >Line 2.
    Then press the OK softkey.
Press  -/CID or  +/DIR to select >Announcement,
then press the OK softkey.
The telephone base announces, 
“To play, press 2. To 
record, press 7.”  Press 2 to play or press the BACK
softkey to exit to the previous menu. 
Using the handset:
Press the MENU softkey to show the menu when the 
handset is not in use.
Press   or   to select >Answering Sys, then press the 
OK softkey.
To play your announcement on Line 1, press 
or   to 
select >Line 1.
    -OR-
     To play your announcement on Line 2press   or   to 
     select >Line 2
    Then press the OK softkey.
Press   or   to select >Announcement, then press the 
OK softkey.  
The handset announces, 
“To play, press 2. To record, 
press 7.”  Press 2 to play or press the BACK softkey to 
exit to the previous menu. 
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>Answering Sys
BACK
MENU
ANSWERING SYS
>Line 1
 Line 2
BACK
OK
>Announcement
 Call Screening
 # of Rings
BACK
OK
Announcement
2-Play 3-Delete
7-record
BACK
Announcement
Playback
DEL
STOP
>Answering Sys
 Directory
 Call Log
 Ringers
BACK
OK
ANSWERING SYS
>Line 1
 Line 2
BACK
OK
LINE 1 SETUP
 Answer ON/OFF
>Announcement
 Call Screening
BACK
OK
ANNOUNCEMENT
2-Play
3-Delete
7-Record
BACK
OK