Answering System; Answering System Settings; Announcement - AT&T CL83143 Complete User's Manual

Answering system

Answering system settings

Use the answering system menu of a system handset or
the telephone base to set up the announcement message,
turn on or off the answering system or message alert tone,
activate call screening, or change the number of rings,
remote access code or message recording time. If you turn
off the answering system and you change any setting in the answering system
setup menu, the answering machine automatically turns on again.
1. When the device is in idle mode, press MENU/
2. Press q or p
CID

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
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:
Using a cordless handset:
1. When the handset is in idle mode, press MENU/
enter the main menu.
2. Press q or p
CID
/SELECT.
MENU
3. Press /SELECT again to select Announcement.
MENU
4. Press q or p
CID
/SELECT.
MENU
Using the telephone base:
1. When the telephone base is in idle mode, press
MENU/
SELECT
2. Press q or p
CID
press /SELECT.
MENU
3. Press /SELECT again to select Announcement.
MENU
4. Press /SELECT to select Play annc.
MENU
to scroll to Answering sys, then press
DIR
to scroll to Answering sys, then press
DIR
to scroll to Play annc, then press
DIR
to enter the main menu.
to scroll to Answering sys, then
DIR
SELECT
SELECT
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Play messages
>Answering sys
to enter the main menu.
/SELECT.
MENU
Announcement
>
Delete all old
to
Record annc
>Play annc
Announcement
>
Delete all old
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q
>Play annc
Record annc
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q
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