About The Answering System; Answering System Settings; Answering System Operation - VTech CS6629-3 User Manual

Answering system settings

Default settings are indicated by asterisks (*).
Screen display
CALL SCREENING
# OF RINGS
REMOTE CODE
MSG ALERT TONE
RECORDING TIME
Number of rings
You can set the answering system to answer an incoming call after 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6 rings;
or toll saver. If you choose toll saver, the answering system answers a call after 2 rings
when you have new messages, or after 4 rings when you have no new messages.
. Press MENU when the handset is not in use.
Scroll to >ANSWERING SYS then press SELECT.
2.
Scroll to >ANS SYS SETUP then press SELECT.
3.
4. Scroll to ># OF RINGS then press SELECT.
5. Press or

Answering system operation

Turn the answering system on or off
The answering system must be turned on to answer and record messages.
• Press /ANS ON/OFF on the telephone base to turn the built-in answering
system on or off.
Record your own announcement with a handset
You can use the preset announcement to answer calls, or replace it with your own
recorded announcement. It can be up to 90 seconds in length.
Press MENU when the handset is not in use.
.
Scroll to >ANSWERING SYS and then press SELECT twice.
2.
3. The handset announces, "To play, press 2. To record, press 7." Press 7 to record.
The handset announces, "Record after the tone. Press 5 when you are done."
4.
After the tone, speak towards the handset microphone. Press 5 when done.
5. The answering system automatically plays back the newly recorded announcement.
Press 5 to stop the playback at any time; 2 to replay the recorded announcement;
3 to delete the recorded announcement; or 7 to record again if desired.
Message playback at the telephone base
/PLAY/
Press
Options during playback:
Press VOL or VOL to adjust the speaker volume.
•
/SKIP
• Press
/REPEAT
• Press
twice to listen to the previous message.
X/DELETE
• Press
next message.
/
• Press
PLAY
Delete all messages at the telephone base
Press X/DELETE twice when the phone is not in use.
Call screening at the telephone base
If the answering system and call screening are on, the announcement and the
incoming message broadcast at the telephone base when a call is answered by
the answering system.
Options while recording a message:
Press VOL or VOL on the telephone base to adjust the call screening volume.
•
• Press PLAY/STOP to temporarily turn on or off call screening.
/
Press VOL to temporarily turn on call screening when it is set to off.
•
Set whether you hear the callers while they are
leaving messages to you.
Set the number of times the telephone rings before
the answering system answers.
Set a two-digit security code to access the
answering system remotely from any touch-tone
telephone.
Set to alert you when you have new messages.
Set the recording time for each incoming message. 3 MINUTES*
to choose 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 or TOLL SAVER and then press SELECT.
when the phone is not in use.
STOP
to skip to the next message.
to repeat the message currently playing. Press
to delete the playing message. The system advances to the
/STOP
to stop.
Function
8
Options
ON*
OFF
6; 5; 4; 3*; 2;
TOLL SAVER
19*
ON
OFF*
2 MINUTES
1 MINUTE
/REPEAT