Number Of Rings; Call Screening; Message Playback - AT&T EL52113 Quick Start Manual

number of rings

You can set the answering system to answer an incoming call after 6, 5, 4, 3, or 2 rings.
You can also select Toll saver. If toll saver is selected, the answering system answers a
call after two rings when you have new messages, and after four rings when there are
no new messages. Unless you change it, the answering system answers an incoming call
after 3 rings.
To set the number of rings:
1. On a handset, press mEnu/
2. Press or
CID
/sELECT.
mEnu
3. Press or
CID
/sELECT.
mEnu
4. Press or
CID
/sELECT.
mEnu
5. Press or
CID
Toll saver.
/sELECT to save.
6. Press
mEnu

Call screening

If Call screening is on, the incoming messages can be played through the speaker on
the telephone base or the handsets. You can press
stop recording and speak to the caller.
Call screening at the handset:
If the answering system is turned on and there is an incoming call answered by the
answering system, the handset screen shows To screen call, press [sELECT]. Press
/sELECT on the handset to screen the call.
mEnu
Call screening at the base:
You can turn call screening on or off using the handset. When call screening is off, you
can temporarily turn on the call screening by pressing
on the telephone base. The call screening will return to off for the next incoming call.

message playback

If there are only new messages or there are both new and old messages, the system
plays only the new messages (in chronological order). If there are no new messages, the
system plays all old messages (in chronological order). When playback begins, the total
number of messages is announced.
You can play messages from either the telephone base or a handset.
On the telephone base, press
corresponding key on the telephone base to repeat, skip, delete, or adjust the volume
of messages.
On a handset, press mEnu/sELECT twice to select Play messages. Use the
corresponding key, as indicated on the screen, to repeat, skip or delete a message.
sELECT
to scroll to answering sys, then press
DIr
to scroll to ans sys setup, then press
DIr
to scroll to # of rings, then press
DIr
to scroll and choose among 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 or
DIr
/PLay/sToP to listen to messages. Use the the
in idle mode.
19
PhonE/
on the handset to
fLash
/PLay/sToP or /voLumE+
# of rings
ECO
3
ECO