About Answering System And Voicemail; Answering System Settings; Answering System Operation; Set Number Of Rings - VTech DS6673-2 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.
If XX new messages displays on the handset and the message window on
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the telephone base flashes, there are messages recorded on the built-in
answering system. It can record up to  messages, depending on the length of
each message. Each message can be up to three minutes in length. The total
recording time is approximately  minutes.
and New voicemail display on the handset, your telephone service
• If
provider 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 settings

Default settings are indicated by asterisks (*).
Settings menu
Call screening
# of rings
Remote code
Msg alert tone
Recording time

Set number of rings

You can set the answering system to answer an incoming call after , 3, 4, 5 or 6 rings;
or toll saver. If you choose toll saver, the answering system answers a call after  rings
when you have new messages, or after 4 rings when you have no new messages.
Press MENU when the phone is not in use.
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Scroll to Answering sys >> Press SELECT.
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Scroll to Ans sys setup >> Press SELECT.
3.
4. Scroll to # of rings >> Press SELECT.
Scroll to choose 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 or Toll saver >> Press SELECT.
5.

Record your own announcement

You can use the preset announcement to answer calls, or replace it with your own
recorded announcement. It can be up to 0 seconds in length.
Press MENU when the phone is not in use.
.
Scroll to Answering sys >> Press SELECT three times.
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The handset announces, "Record after the tone. Press 5 when you are done."
3.
After the tone, speak towards the handset microphone. Press 5 when done.

Answering system operation

Turn the answering system on or off

The answering system must be turned on to answer and record messages.
ANS ON on the telephone base to turn the built-in answering system on
• Press
or off.
Message playback at the telephone base
/PLAY
Press when the phone is not in use.
Options during playback:
• Press q/VOL or p/VOL to adjust the speaker volume.
• Press /SKIP to skip to the next message.
Press /REPEAT to repeat the playing message. Press /REPEAT twice to
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listen to the previous message.
Press X/DELETE to delete the playing message. The system advances to the
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next message.
/STOP to stop.
• Press
Delete all messages at the telephone base
Press X/DELETE twice when the phone is not in use.

Call intercept

If you want to talk to the person whose message is being recorded, press
or on the handset, or press
Description
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*;
on the headset.

Options
On*;
Off
4*; 3; 2;
Toll saver; 6; 5
19*
Off*;
On
2 minutes;
1 minute
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