Clear Voicemail; Key Tone; Set Date/Time - VTech DS6311-2 User Manual

Telephone settings

Clear voicemail

If you subscribe to voicemail service offered by your
telephone service provider, New voicemail and
appear on the handset, and the VOICEMAIL light on the
messages. Contact your local telephone service provider
for more information and assistance about using your
voicemail service.
After you have listened to all new voicemail messages, the indicators on the
handset and telephone base turn off automatically.
Use the clear voicemail feature when the telephone indicates that there is
new voicemail but there is none (for example, when you have accessed your
voicemail while away from home). Clearing the voicemail waiting indicator
only turns off the indicators; it does not delete your voicemail messages.
As long as you have new voicemail messages, your telephone provider
continues to send the signal that turns on the indicators.
To manually turn off these indicators:
1. Press MENU/ on the handset when it is not
SELECT
in use.
2. Press or to highlight Settings, then press
/SELECT.
MENU
3. Press or to highlight Clr voicemail, then press
/SELECT. The handset displays Turn off
MENU
4. Press /SELECT
MENU
• Your telephone service provider may alert you to new
messages with a stutter (broken) dial tone. Contact
your service provider for details.
• Voicemail is different from answering system messages recorded in your
answering system. For more information about the difference, see page 56.
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HANDSET X
New voicemail
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SETTINGS
LCD language
Clr voicemail

Key tone

Set date/time

Turn off
.
indicator?
Press SELECT
to confirm
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Telephone settings
Key tone
You can turn the key tone feature on or off.
To change the setting:
1. Press MENU/ on the handset when it is not
SELECT
in use.
2. Press or to highlight Settings, then press
/SELECT.
MENU
3. Press or to highlight Key tone, then press
/SELECT.
MENU
4. Press or to choose On or Off, then press
/SELECT
MENU
Set date/time
The answering system announces the day and time of the message prior
to playing it. Before using the answering system, set the date and time as
follows. If you subscribe to caller ID service, the day, month and time are set
automatically with each incoming call. However, the year must be correct so
that the day of the week can be calculated from the caller ID information.
To change the setting:
1. Press MENU/ on the handset when it is not
SELECT
in use.
2. Press or to highlight Settings, then press
/SELECT.
MENU
3. Press or to highlight Set date/time, then press
/SELECT.
MENU
4. Use the dialing keys (0-9) to enter the month, date and
year. To enter a single digit number, you must add a
zero before that number. For example, if the month is
February, you must enter 02. Press the
to continue to set the time.
5. Use the dialing keys (0-9) to enter the hour and minute.
To enter a single digit number, you must add a zero
before that number. For example, if the time is 6:08, you
must enter 0608. Press the
MENU
6. Press or to AM or PM, then press
• You can use or to select the desired value for the month, date, year,
hour and minute. Every time a desired value is selected, press
/SELECT to advance until the date and time are set.
MENU
• If the date and time are not set, the system announces, "Time and day not
set," before each message plays.
SETTINGS
LCD language
Clr voicemail
Key tone
Set date/time
KEY TONE
On
Off
SETTINGS
LCD language
Clr voicemail
Key tone
Set date/time
SET DATE
01/01/09
MM/DD/YY
/SELECT
MENU
SET TIME
06:08 PM
/SELECT.
/SELECT.
MENU
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