Answering System; Answering System Settings; Announcement - AT&T CL82101 Abridged User Manual

Answering system

Answering system settings

Use the answering system menu of a system handset 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, message
recording time, or remote access code.

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
To record a new outgoing announcement:
1. When the handset is in idle mode, press MENU/
main menu.
2. Press q or p
CID
3. Press /SELECT again to select >Announcement.
MENU
4. Scroll to >Record annc and press
"Record after the tone. Press 5 when you are done."
5. Facing the handset, record your announcement and press 5 to end
recording. Your recorded announcement plays.
To listen to the recorded announcement again, wait after playback
completed, then scroll to >Play annc and press
To delete your outgoing announcement:
1. When the handset is in idle mode, press MENU/
2. Press q or p
CID
3. Press /SELECT again to select >Announcement.
MENU
4. Press /SELECT again to select >Play annc and play the announcement.
MENU
5. While the announcement is playing, press
announcement. The system announces "Announcement deleted".
When your announcement is deleted, the system answers calls with the
default announcement described at the top of this page. You cannot delete
the default announcement.
to scroll to >Answering sys, then press
DIR
to scroll to >Answering sys, then press
DIR
SELECT
/SELECT. The system announces,
MENU
MENU
SELECT
/DELETE to delete the
MUTE
22
to enter the
/SELECT.
MENU
/SELECT.
to enter the main menu.
/SELECT.
MENU
own.