Uniden DECT1580 English Owners Manual - Page 43

Setting Up the Answering System Setting Up the Answering System You can set up your answering system's features from the handset. Only one handset at a time can access the answering system menus. Note: If you have multiple bases, select the base with answering system you want to access (see page 15). Recording a Personal Greeting Your answering system comes with a pre-recorded outgoing message or greeting that plays when you receive a call: "Hello, no one is available to take your call. Please leave a message after the tone." You can record your own personal outgoing greeting. Your recorded greeting must be between two seconds and thirty seconds long. 1) Press /mute. The system announces the number of new and old messages, then starts to play the messages unless it has no messages. ) Press 5 to stop the announcements or message playback. You will hear intermittent beeps indicating that the system is in the command waiting mode. 3) Press 8 to start the recording. The system announces, "Record greeting." Begin recording after the announcement. 4) When you finish recording, press 8 again or press 5. You will hear a confirmation tone, and your recorded greeting plays back for you. Selecting a Greeting Once you have recorded a personal greeting, the phone automatically switches to your personal greeting. You can also switch back and forth between the pre-recorded greeting and your own greeting at any time. 1) Press /mute. The system announces the number of new and old messages, then starts to play the messages unless it has no messages. ) Press 5 to stop the announcements or message playback. You will hear intermittent beeps indicating that the system is in the command waiting mode. 3) Press 6. The system plays the current greeting. 43