Vtech IS8121-3 User Manual - Page 53

Answering system settings Voice guide to set up answering system Set your built-in answering system This feature is an alternative way for you The answering system can record and to do the basic setup of the answering store up to 99 messages. Each message system. You can follow the voice guide can be up to 3 minutes in length. The total to record your own announcement, set storage capacity for the announcement, the number of rings, and set the message messages and memos is approximately alert tone. 22 minutes. The actual recording To use the voice guide feature: time depends on individual message characteristics. Messages remain available for replay until you delete them. 1. Press MENU/SELECT on the handset in idle mode. 2. Press q CID or p to scroll If the answering system has less than 3 minutes of recording time left, "Less than to Answering sys, then press MENU/SELECT. 3 minutes to record" is announced before 3. Press q CID or p to scroll to Voice the message playback and Rec mem low guide, then press MENU/SELECT. You appears on the handset screen. hear a voice prompt, "This voice guide will assist you with the basic setup of If the memory is full, the answering system your answering system." announces, "Memory is full." The number 4. Set up your answering system by of messages and F flash, alternatively, in inputting designated numbers, as the message window, and Rec mem full instructed in the voice guide. appears on the handset screen. You must delete some messages before recording NOTES new ones. • You can press OFF/CANCEL to quit the voice guide at any time. Your answering system allows you to set • After a power outage, the telephone your announcement, to save and delete prompts you to set the date and messages, activate call screening, to set time, and Smart call blocker. After number of rings before pick up, and to these settings are done or skipped, access remotely. the telephone then prompts if you want to set up the answering system via voice guide. Press MENU/SELECT to start the setup. Message playback settings Set remote access code Ifyouhavenewmessages,thetelephone You can set your own remote access plays only the new messages (oldest code from 00 to 99. first). If there are no new messages, the telephone plays back all messages To change the remote access code: (oldest first). 1. Press MENU/SELECT when the When playback begins, you hear the phone is not in use. total number of messages followed 2. Press q CID or p to choose by the date and time of the message. Answering sys, and then press After the last message, the telephone MENU/SELECT. announces, "End of messages." 3. Press q CID or p to choose Ans sys setup, and then press NOTE MENU/SELECT. • Make sure you Set date and time correctly. 4. Press q CID or p Remote code, to highlight then press MENU/SELECT. 5. Use the dialing keys to enter a twodigit number. -ORPress q CID or p to scroll to a desired two-digit number. 6. Press MENU/SELECT to confirm. 104 105