Answering System; Answering System Settings; Announcement - AT&T CL83101 User Manual

Answering system

Answering system settings

Use the answering system menu of a system handset or the
telephone base 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, remote access
code or message recording time. 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 device 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:
Using a cordless handset:
1. When the handset is in idle mode, press MENU/
enter the main menu.
2. Press q or p
CID
/SELECT.
MENU
/SELECT again to select >Announcement.
3. Press
MENU
4. Press /SELECT to select >Play annc.
MENU
Using the telephone base:
1. When the telephone base is in idle mode, press
MENU/
SELECT
2. Press q or p
CID
/SELECT.
press
MENU
/SELECT again to select >Announcement.
3. Press
MENU
4. Press /SELECT to select >Play annc.
MENU
to scroll to >Answering sys, then press
DIR
to scroll to >Answering sys, then press
DIR
to enter the main menu.
to scroll to >Answering sys, then
DIR
SELECT
SELECT
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Play messages
>Answering sys
p
q
to enter the
/SELECT.
MENU
Announcement
>
to
Delete all old
p
q
>Play annc
Record annc
p
q
Announcement
>
Delete all old
p
q
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Record annc
p
q
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