Answering System; Answering System Settings; Announcement - AT&T CL82101 User Manual

Answering system

Answering system settings

Use the answering system menu of a system handset 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, message recording time, or
remote access code. 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 handset is in idle mode, press MENU/
main 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:
1. When the handset is in idle mode, press MENU/
menu.
2. Press q or p
CID
/SELECT.
press
MENU
/SELECT again to select >Announcement.
3. Press
MENU
4. Press /SELECT to select >Play annc and play
MENU
the announcement.
To record a new outgoing announcement:
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. Scroll to >Record annc and press
"Record after the tone. Press 5 when you are done."
5. Facing the handset, record your announcement and press 5 to end
recording. Your recorded announcement plays.
To listen to the recorded announcement again, wait after playback is
completed, then scroll to >Play annc and press
to scroll to >Answering sys, then press
DIR
to scroll to >Answering sys, then
DIR
to scroll to >Answering sys, then press
DIR
SELECT
SELECT
SELECT
/SELECT. The system announces,
MENU
MENU
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Play messages
>Answering sys
to enter the
/SELECT.
MENU
to enter the main
Announcement
>
Delete all old
Play annc
to
>Record annc
/SELECT.
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