Call Screening; Number Of Rings - AT&T CL84250 User Manual

Telephone settings
Answering system settings (handset only)

Call screening

Use this feature to choose whether incoming messages can be heard over
the telephone base speaker when they are being recorded. If you turn call
screening on, you hear the incoming message. While monitoring an incoming
message, you can answer the call by pressing
on the handset.
To change the setting:
1. When the handset is in idle mode, press MENU/
enter the main menu.
2. Press qCID or pDIR to scroll to >Answering sys, then
press /SELECT.
MENU
3. Press qCID or pDIR to scroll to >Ans sys setup.
/SELECT twice to select >Call screening.
4. Press
MENU
5. Press qCID or pDIR to choose On or Off.
/SELECT to confirm your setting and you hear a
6. Press
MENU
confirmation tone. Press
NOTE: For more information on call screening, see page 61.

Number of rings

You can set the answering system to answer an incoming call after two, four,
or six rings. You can also select toll saver, which is explained below. Unless you
change it, the answering system answers an incoming call after four rings.
To set the number of rings:
1. When the handset is in idle mode, press MENU/
menu.
2. Press qCID or pDIR to scroll to >Answering sys, then press
3. Press qCID or pDIR to scroll to >Ans sys setup, then press
4. Press qCID or pDIR to scroll to ># of rings, then press
5. Press qCID or pDIR to scroll and choose among 2, 4, 6 or
Toll saver.
• Toll saver - the answering system answers a call after
two rings if you have new messages, and after four rings
when there are no new messages. This feature allows
you to check for new messages and avoid paying long
distance charges when calling from out of your local
area.
OFF/ to cancel.
CLEAR
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PHONE/ or
FLASH
to
SELECT
to enter the main
SELECT
MENU
/SPEA�ER SPEA�ER
Play messages
Answering sys
>
Ans sys setup
>
-End of list-
Call screening
>
# of rings
CALL SCREENING
>On
/SELECT.
MENU
/SELECT.
MENU
/SELECT.
# of rings
>
Remote code
# OF RINGS
>2