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Turning the message alert tone Off by pressing any key

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When using the Announce only feature, you may want to change your outgoing message, if the message prompts the caller to leave a message. The prerecorded message changes automatically. Announce only feature The Announce only feature plays a pre-recorded outgoing message or your own personal outgoing message, but it will not allow the caller to leave a message. To set "Announce only", follow the steps on page 55. To choose between the pre-recorded message or your own personal greeting, press greeting, when the outgoing message is played. Press greeting to select the greeting of your choice. A confirmation tone sounds. If you want to use your own greeting, you may want to change your greeting to omit the prompt to leave a message. Refer to "Recording a personal outgoing message (Greeting)" on page 51. The following message is pre-recorded: "Hello, no one is available to take your call. Please call again." Setting the message alert Message Alert feature lets you know when you have a new incoming message by sounding a short alert tone. If you set the Message Alert On, and when a new message is received, the alert tone will sound every 15 seconds. Set the Message Alert to On or Off by using the CLOCK/MENU key. 1) Press CLOCK/MENU five times. The current setting (On or Off) appears on the base and it is announced. 2) Press /SELECT or /SELECT to choose " " or " ". 3) Press SET. A confirmation tone sounds, the system announces the current setting you have selected. When the first new message is received, the alert tone will begin to sound. Turning the message alert tone Off by pressing any key To quickly turn Message Alert Off, press any key on the base unit and the tone will automatically deactivate. Turning the message alert tone Off when you are away from your phone When all new messages are played back using the remote playback feature (see pages 6163) the Message Alert will automatically deactivate. The tone will not deactivate until all new messages are played back. [ 56 ] T H E I N T E G R A T E D A N S W E R I N G D E V I C E

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THE INTEGRATED ANSWERING DEVICE
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Announce only feature
The Announce only feature plays a pre-recorded outgoing message or your own personal
outgoing message, but it will not allow the caller to leave a message. To set
“
Announce
only
”
, follow the steps on page 55. To choose between the pre-recorded message or your
own personal greeting, press
greeting
, when the outgoing message is played. Press
greeting
to select the greeting of your choice.
A confirmation tone sounds. If you want to use your own greeting, you may want to
change your greeting to omit the prompt to leave a message. Refer to
“
Recording a
personal outgoing message (Greeting)
”
on page 51.
The following message is pre-recorded:
“
Hello, no one is available to take your call. Please call again.
”
Setting the message alert
Message Alert feature lets you know when you have a new incoming message by sounding
a short alert tone.
If you set the Message Alert On, and when a new message is received, the alert tone will
sound every 15 seconds. Set the Message Alert to On or Off by using the
CLOCK/MENU
key.
1) Press
CLOCK/MENU
five times. The current setting (On or Off) appears on the base and
it is announced.
2) Press
/SELECT
or
/SELECT
to choose
“
”
or
“
”
.
3) Press
SET
.
A confirmation tone sounds, the system announces the current setting you have selected.
When the first new message is received, the alert tone will begin to sound.
Turning the message alert tone Off by pressing any key
To quickly turn Message Alert Off, press any key on the base unit and the tone will
automatically deactivate.
Turning the message alert tone Off when you are away from your phone
When all new messages are played back using the remote playback feature (see pages 61-
63) the Message Alert will automatically deactivate. The tone will not deactivate until all
new messages are played back.
When using the
Announce only
feature, you may want
to change your
outgoing message, if
the message prompts
the caller to leave a
message. The pre-
recorded message
changes automatically.