Answering System Settings; Answer On/Off - AT&T EL52200 User Manual

Answering system settings

Answering system settings
Use the answering system menu of a system handset to turn on or off the
answering system, record your announcement, activate the call screening,
change the number of rings, set the remote access code and activate the
message alert tone.

Answer on/off

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
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
press /SELECT.
mEnU
3. Press or
DIR
then press
mEnU
4. Press or
DIR
press /SELECT to save the setting. There is a confirmation tone.
mEnU
Using the telephone base:
AnSWER on/oFF to turn the answering
• Press
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 51.
• 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 a handset is on a call or the telephone
base is playing messages.
• During an incoming call, press
to the answering system.
AnSWER on/oFF light on the telephone base is
in idle mode to enter the main menu.
SELECT
to scroll to >AnSWERInG SyS, then
CID
to scroll to >AnSWERInG on/oFF,
CID
/SELECT.
to select between on and oFF, then
CID
AnSWER on/oFF if you wish to immediately send the call
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ANSWER ON/OFF
>ON