Turn Answering System On Or Off; Message Alert Tone; Call Screening - AT&T CL82219 Quick Start Manual

Answering system

Turn answering system on or off

The answering system must be turned on to answer and record messages.
Using the telephone base:
/ANS ON/OFF to turn the answering system on or off. If the answering
Press
X
system is turned on, it announces, "Calls will be answered." If the answering
system is turned off, it announces, "Calls will not be answered."
Using a cordless handset:
1. -> or
-> Answer ON/OFF -> SELECT.
2. or
to choose On or Off-> SELECT.
3. or
When the answering system is on, the handset shows ANS ON.

Message alert tone

When this feature is on, and there is at least one new message, the telephone base
beeps every 10 seconds.
1. -> or
2. or -> Ans sys setup -> SELECT.
3. or -> Msg alert tone -> SELECT.
4. or to choose On or Off -> SELECT.

Call screening

Use this feature to choose whether incoming messages can be heard over at
telephone base when they are being recorded. If you turn call screening on, you
hear the incoming message at the telephone base. While monitoring an incoming
message, you can answer the call by pressing PHONE/FLASH on the handset.
1. -> or
-> Ans sys setup -> SELECT.
2. or
to select Call screening.
3.
to choose On or Off -> SELECT.
4. or
-> Answering sys -> SELECT.
-> Answering sys -> SELECT.
-> Answering sys -> SELECT.
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