att e5945b Manuel D’Utilisation

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Outgoing announcements are the messages callers hear 

when calls are answered by the answering system.
The telephone is pre-programmed with an announce-
ment. If the telephone is set up to record messages, it 

answers calls with “Hello. Please leave a message after 

the tone.”  You can use this announcement, or replace it 

with a recording of your own.

Press ANNC to exit the announcement programming.

To play your outgoing announcement
Press 

, and you will hear "Announcement. Press 

PLAY or press RECORD." Then press 

.  

You will hear the outgoing announcement.

To record your outgoing announcement
Press 

, and you will hear "Announcement. Press 

PLAY or press RECORD." Then press 

 and 

begin speaking after you hear "Record after the 

tone. Press STOP when you are done." Speak fac-

ing the telephone base from about nine inches away. 

Press 

 when you are done. Your recorded 

announcement will be played back.
Elapsed time (in seconds) will be shown in the message 
window as you record. You can record an announce-

ment up to 90 seconds long.  Announcements shorter 
than three seconds long will not be recorded.

To delete your outgoing announcement
Press 

, and you will hear “Announcement. Press 

PLAY or press RECORD.”  Then press 

 to 

begin playback. Press 

 during playback to delete 

your announcement.
When your announcement is deleted, calls will be 
answered with the pre-programmed announcement 

described above.

Speak into microphone.

Microphone

- OR-

Elapsed 

recording time 

(in seconds).

Press to stop 

recording.

to exit announcement programming.

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