Key Tone; Clear Voicemail - VTech DS6151 User Manual

Handset settings
Clear Voicemail Indicator
If you subscribe to voicemail service offered by your telephone service
provider, New Voicemail and appear on both the handset and telephone
base when you have new voicemail messages. Contact your 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 both
the handset and telephone base turn off automatically.
Use the Clear Voicemail Indicator feature when the
telephone incorrectly indicates that there is new voicemail
(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 service provider continues to
send the signal to turn on the indicators.
To manually turn off these indicators:
1. Press the MENU softkey to show the menu when the
handset is not in use.
to select > Settings, then press the
2. Press or
OK softkey.
to select > Clr Voicemail Indicator, then
3. Press or
press the OK softkey.
4. Press or to choose from Line1, Line 2, or Line 1 &
2, then press the SET softkey. The screen shows Turn
Off Indicator?
5. Press the YES softkey
to exit to the previous menu.
• Your telephone service provider might alert you of 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 52.
Directory
Call Log
Ringers
>Settings
BACK
SETTINGS
>Clr Voicemail

Key Tone

Speaker Button
BACK

Clear Voicemail

Indicator:
>Line 1
Line 2
BACK
Turn Off
Indicator?
NO softkey
YES
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Handset settings
Key Tone
You can turn the Key Tone feature on or off.
To change the settings:
1. Press the MENU softkey to show the menu when the
handset is not in use.
2. Press
softkey.
3. Press
softkey.
4. Press
softkey to save or press the BACK softkey to exit to the
OK
previous 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
OK
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 adjust the date and time:
SET
1. Press the MENU softkey to show the menu when the
handset is not in use.
2. Press
softkey.
3. Press
NO
OK softkey.
4. Press the dialing keys (0-9) to enter a two-digit number or
press
Press the OK softkey to advance.
5. Repeat step 3 until the date and time are set.
to select > Settings, then press the OK
or
to select > Key Tone , then press the OK
or
or to choose ON or OFF, then press the SET
to select > Settings, then press the OK
or
to select > Set Date/Time, then press the
or
or until the screen displays the correct value.
If the date and time are not set, the system announces, "Time and day not
set," before each message plays.
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SETTINGS
Clr Voicemail
>Key Tone
Speaker Button
BACK OK
KEY TONE
>On
OFF
BACK SET
SETTINGS
Speaker Button
>Set Date/Time
Home Area Code
BACK OK
SET DATE
03/31/09
NEXT
SET TIME
03:18 AM
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