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Telephone settings Answering system settings (handset only) Use the answering system menu of any system handset to set or change the outgoing announcement, call screening, number of rings, remote access and message alert tone settings. 1. When the handset is in idle mode, press MENU/SELECT to Play messages enter the main menu. >Answering sys 2. Press qCID or pDIR to scroll to >Answering sys, then press MENU/SELECT. Announcement Your outgoing announcement plays when calls are answered by the answering system. The telephone has a default outgoing announcement, "Hello. Please leave a message after the tone." You can use this announcement, or record your own announcement. You can record an announcement up to 90 seconds. The system does not record any announcement shorter than two seconds. To play your current outgoing announcement: 1. When the handset is in idle mode, press MENU/SELECT to enter the main menu. 2. Press qCID or pDIR to scroll to >Answering sys, then press MENU/SELECT. Play messages >Answering sys 3. Press MENU/SELECT again to select >Announcement. The system announces, "To play, press 2. To record, press 7." 4. Press 2 to play the current announcement. >Announcement Delete all old To record a new outgoing announcement: 1. When the handset is in idle mode, press MENU/SELECT to enter the main menu. 2. Press qCID or pDIR to scroll to >Answering sys, then press MENU/SELECT. 2-Play 3-Delete 5-Stop 7-Record 3. Press MENU/SELECT again to select >Announcement. The system announces, "To play, press 2. To record, press 7." 4. Press 7 to record an announcement. The system announces, "Record after the tone. Press 5 when you are done." Record annc... 5. Facing the handset, record your announcement and press 5 5-Stop to end recording. Your recorded announcement plays. To listen to the recorded announcement again, press 2 after playback is completed. 19

Section	Page
Getting started	7
Quick reference guide - handset	7
Quick reference guide - telephone base	9
Installation	10
Telephone base installation	11
Charger installation	12
Battery installation and charging	13
Installation options	15
Tabletop to wall mount installation	15
Wall mount to tabletop installation	17
Telephone settings	19
Handset settings	19
Menu settings	19
Ringer volume	19
Ringer tone	19
LCD Language	20
Voicemail (visual message waiting) indicator	20
Clear voicemail indication	20
Key tone	21
Set date/time	21
Use caller ID to automatically set date and time	22
Home area code	23
Dial mode	23
Website	24
Answering system settings (handset only)	25
Announcement	25
Answer on/off	26
Call screening	27
Number of rings	27
Remote access code	28
Message alert tone	29
Telephone base settings	30
Menu settings	30
Ringer volume	30
Ringer tone	31
LCD Language	31
Voicemail (visual message waiting) indicator	31
Clear voicemail indication	32
Key tone	32
Set date/time	33
Use caller ID to automatically set date and time	34
Home area code	34
Dial mode	35
Website	35
Making, answering, and ending calls	36
Making a call	36
On hook dialing (predialing)	36
Answering a call	36
Temporary ringer silencing	37
Ending a call	37
Auto off	37
ClearspeakTM dial-in-base speakerphone	37
Cordless handset speakerphone	37
Redial	38
Last number redial	38
Exiting the menu	39
Handset operation	40
Equalizer	40
Volume control	41
Call waiting	41
Mute	41
Options while on calls	41
Chain dialing	42
Temporary tone dialing	43
Multiple handset use	44
Multiple handset use	44
Handset locator	44
Join a call in progress	44
Intercom	45
Answer an incoming call during an intercom call	46
Call transfer using intercom	47
Directory	49
About the directory	49
Shared directory	49
Capacity	49
Create directory entries	50
To create a new directory entry	50
To add a predialed telephone number to the directory	53
Review directory	54
To review directory entries	54
Search directory	55
To search by name	55
To dial, delete or edit entries	56
Display dial	56
To delete an entry	56
To edit an entry	56
Caller ID	58
About caller ID	58
Information about caller ID with call waiting	58
Caller ID history	59
How the caller ID history (call log) works	59
Missed (new) calls indicator	59
Caller ID operation	60
Memory match	60
To review the caller ID history	60
View dialing options	61
Dial a call log entry	62
Delete entries	62
Save a call log entry to the directory	62
Reasons for missing caller ID information	64
Answering system	65
About the answering system	65
Answering system and voicemail	65
Answering system new message indication	65
Turn the answering system on or off at the telephone base	66
Message capacity	66
Voice prompts	66
Call screening at the telephone base	67
Call intercept	67
Base ringer	67
Temporarily turning off the message alert tone	67
Message playback	68
Options during playback	68
To delete all old messages	69
Recording and playing memos	70
To record a memo	70
To play back a memo	70
Base message counter displays	71
Remote access	72
Appendix	74
Expansion handset	74
Adding and registering handsets	75
To register a handset to your telephone base	75
Deregistering a handset	76
To deregister all handsets	76
Alert tones and lights	77
Handset screen icons	77
Handset alert tones	77
Telephone base icons	77
Telephone base tones	78
Lights	78
Handset and telephone base display screen messages	79
Troubleshooting	82
Maintenance	90
Important safety information	91
Safety information	91
Especially about cordless telephones	92
Precautions for users of implanted cardiac pacemakers	92
Pacemaker patients	92
Especially about telephone answering systems	92
FCC Part 68 and ACTA	93
FCC Part 15	94
Limited warranty	95
Technical specifications	97
DECT 6.0 digital technology	97
Telephone operating range	97
Redefining long range coverage and clarity	97
Index	98
Index	98

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Answering system settings (handset only)

Use the answering system menu of any system handset to set or change

the outgoing announcement, call screening, number of rings, remote access

and message alert tone settings.

1. When the handset is in idle mode, press

MENU/

SELECT

enter the main menu.

2. Press

CID

DIR

to scroll to

>Answering sys

, then

press

/SELECT

Announcement

Your outgoing announcement plays when calls are answered by the

answering system.

The telephone has a default outgoing announcement,

“Hello. Please leave a

message after the tone.”

You can use this announcement, or record your own

announcement.

You can record an announcement up to 90 seconds. The system does not

record any announcement shorter than two seconds.

To play your current outgoing announcement:

1. When the handset is in idle mode, press

MENU/

SELECT

enter the main menu.

2. Press

CID

DIR

to scroll to

>Answering sys

, then

press

/SELECT

3. Press

/SELECT

again to select

>Announcement

. The

system announces,

“To play, press

. To record, press

.”

4. Press

to play the current announcement.

To record a new outgoing announcement:

1. When the handset is in idle mode, press

MENU/

SELECT

enter the main menu.

2. Press

CID

DIR

to scroll to

>Answering sys

, then

press

/SELECT

3. Press

/SELECT

again to select

>Announcement

. The

system announces,

“To play, press

. To record, press

.”

4. Press

to record an announcement. The system announces,

“Record after the tone. Press

when you are done.”

5. Facing the handset, record your announcement and press

to end recording. Your recorded announcement plays.

To listen to the recorded announcement again, press

after

playback is completed.

Announcement

Delete all old

2-Play 3-Delete

5-Stop 7-Record

Record annc...

5-Stop

Play messages

>Answering sys

Play messages

Answering sys

Telephone settings