Answer On/Off - AT&T EL52115 User Manual

Answering system
Answering system settings

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
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:
1. Press
main menu.
2. Press or
press
3. Press or
press
4. Press or
then press
Using the telephone base:
• 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 code on page 58.
• 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.
in idle mode to enter the
to scroll to Answering sys, then
.
to scroll to Answer on/off, then
.
to select between On and Off,
to save the setting.
to turn the answering
light on the telephone base is on. You
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