Answering Mode - AT&T EL52100 User Manual

Telephone settings
Answering system settings
To delete your announcement:
Follow steps 1 through 4 in To play the current
1.
announcement on page 15 to play the announcement.
Press 3 during playback to delete your recorded
2.
announcement. The system announces,
"Announcement deleted."
If your announcement is deleted, calls are answered with the default
announcement, "Hello. Please leave a message after the tone."

Answering mode

Unless you change it, the answering system is on and ready to record
messages. If the answering system is on, the ANS ON icon displays on the
handset screen and the ANSWER ON/OFF light on the telephone base is
on. You can turn the answering system off, but if you do so, the answering
system does not answer calls and record incoming messages.
Using the handset:
Press MENU/
1.
2. Press or
DIR
/SELECT.
press
MENU
3. Press or
DIR
press /SELECT.
MENU
4. Press or
DIR
press /SELECT to confirm the setting. A confirmation tone sounds.
MENU
Using the telephone base:
• Press ANSWER ON/OFF to turn the answering
system on or off. If the answering system is turned
on, it announces, "Calls will be answered." If the
answering system is turned off, it announces,
"Calls will not be answered."
NOTES:
• If the answering system is off and there is an incoming call, the system answers after 10 rings
and announces to the caller, "Please enter your remote access code." For more information
about remote access, see Remote access on page 49.
• You can turn the answering system on or off from either the handset or the telephone base,
but you can only use the handset to change the other answering system settings.
• You cannot turn the answering system on or off while the handset is on a call or the
telephone base is playing messages.
• During an incoming call, press
the answering system.
when in idle mode to enter the main menu.
SELECT
to scroll to >ANSWERING SYS, then
CID
to scroll to >ANSWER ON/OFF, then
CID
to select between ON and OFF, then
CID
ANSWER ON/OFF if you wish to immediately send the call to
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2-PLAY 3-DELETE
5-STOP 7-RECORD
ANSWER ON/OFF
>ON