About Answering System And Voicemail; Answering System Operation - VTech CS6124 User Manual

About answering system and voicemail

Your telephone has separate indicators for two different types of voice messages:
those left on the built-in answering system and those left at your telephone service
provider's voicemail. Each alerts you to new messages differently.
and XX new messages display on the handset and the message
• If
window on the telephone base flashes, there are messages recorded on the
built-in answering system. It can record and store up to 99 messages and each
message can be up to three minutes in length. The total storage capacity for
the announcement, messages and memos is approximately  minutes.
and New voicemail display on the handset, your telephone service provider
• If
is indicating that it has new voicemail for you. Contact your telephone service
provider for more information on how to access your voicemail.

Answering system operation

Turn the answering system on or off
The answering system must be turned on to answer and record messages. When it
is turned on, the
displays on the handset.
/ANS ON/OFF on the telephone base to turn the built-in answering
• Press
system on or off.
Record/play/delete your own announcement
You can use the preset announcement to answer calls, or replace it with your own
recorded announcement. The announcement can be up to 90 seconds in length.
Press MENU when the handset is not in use.
.
2. Scroll to Answering Sys then press SELECT twice.
The handset announces, "To play, press 2. To record, press 7."
3.
Then 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 finished.
5.
Press 2 to play the recorded announcement; or 7 to record again if desired.
6.
Press 3 to delete your own recorded announcement. Press 5 to stop the
playback at any time.
Play messages
To play messages with the telephone base:
/PLAY when the phone is not in use.
Press
Options during playback:
/VOLUME or
• Press
• Press /SKIP to skip to the next message.
Press /REPEAT to repeat the message currently playing. Press /REPEAT
•
twice to listen to the previous message.
• Press X/DELETE to delete the current message. The system advances to the
next message.
/STOP to stop.
• Press
To play messages with a handset:
Press MENU/SELECT twice when the phone is not in use.
Options during playback:
Press VOL - or VOL + to adjust the volume.
•
• Press 6 to skip to the next message.
Press 4 to repeat the message currently playing.
•
Press 4 twice to listen to the previous message.
Press 3 to delete the current message. The system advances to the next message.
•
Press OFF to stop.
•
Delete all messages
To delete all messages at the telephone base:
Press X/DELETE twice when the phone is not in use.
To delete all messages with a handset:
MENU
. Press
Answering sys
2. Scroll to
Delete all old
3. Scroll to
Call intercept
If you want to talk to the person whose message is being recorded, press
the handset.
/ANS ON/OFF light on the telephone base turns on and ANS ON
/VOLUME to adjust the speaker volume.
when the handset is not in use.
then press SELECT.
then press
SELECT
twice.
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