About Answering System And Voicemail; Answering System Settings; Record Your Own Announcement - VTech CS6199-4 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 handsets and the message
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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,
depending on the length of each message. Each message can be up to
3 minutes in length. The total storage capacity for the announcement,
messages and memos is approximately 4 minutes.
and New voicemail display on the handsets, 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 two, three,
four, five or six rings; or toll saver. If you choose toll saver, the answering system
answers a call after two rings when you have new messages, or after four rings
when you have no new messages.
Press MENU when the phone is not in use.
.
Scroll to Answering sys and then press SELECT.
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Scroll to Ans sys setup and then press SELECT.
3.
Scroll to # of rings and then press SELECT.
4.
to choose 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 or Toll saver and then press SELECT.
. Press or

Record 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 phone is not in use.
.
Scroll to Answering Sys then press SELECT twice.
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The handset announces, "To play, press 2. To record, press 7."
3.
Then press 7 to record.
4. The handset announces, "Record after the tone. Press 5 when you are done."
After the tone, speak towards the handset microphone.
Press 5 when done.
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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 whether the telephone beeps every
0 seconds to alert you of new messages.
Set the recording time for each incoming
message.
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Options
Screening: On*
Screening: Off
3*; 2; Toll saver;
6; 5; 4;
19*
Tone: Off*
Tone: On
3 minutes*
2 minutes
1 minute