Message Playback Settings; Set Remote Access Code; Screen Calls | Call Screening; Turn On Or Off The Call Screening - VTech IS7256-3 User Manual

Message playback settings

If you have new messages, the telephone
plays only the new messages (oldest
first). If there are no new messages,
the telephone plays back all messages
(oldest first).
When playback begins, you hear the total
number of messages followed by the
date and time of the message. After the
last message, the telephone announces,
"End of messages."
NOTE
• Make sure you Set date and time
correctly.

Set remote access code

You can set your own remote access
code from 00 to 99.
To change the remote access code:
Using a cordless handset or telephone
base:
1. Press MENU/SELECT when the phone
is not in use.
2. Press q CID or p DIR to choose
Answering sys, and then press
MENU/SELECT.
3. Press q CID or p DIR to choose
Ans sys setup, and then press
MENU/SELECT.
4. Press q CID or p DIR to highlight
Remote code, then
MENU/SELECT.
5. Use the dialing keys to enter a two-
digit number.
-OR-
Press q CID or p DIR to scroll to a
desired two-digit number.
6. Press MENU/SELECT to confirm.
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Screen calls | Call screening

Turn on or off the call screening

Use this feature to choose whether
incoming messages can be heard while
they are being recorded.
Using a cordless handset or telephone
base:
1. Press MENU/SELECT
phone is not in use.
2. Press q CID or p DIR to scroll
to Answering sys
MENU/SELECT to select.
3. Press q CID or p DIR to scroll to Ans
sys setup then press MENU/SELECT
to select.
press
4. Press MENU/SELECT to choose Call
screening.
5. Press q CID or p DIR to choose On
or Off.
6. Press MENU/SELECT to save.
• You hear a confirmation tone.

Alert setting

Turn on or off the message alert tone

When the message alert tone is set
to on, and there is at least one new
message, the telephone base beeps
every 10 seconds. The message alert
tone is preset to off.
Using a cordless handset or telephone
when the
base:
1. Press MENU/SELECT
phone is not in use.
then press
2. Press q CID or p DIR to scroll
to Answering
MENU/SELECT to select.
3. Press q CID or p DIR to scroll to Ans
sys setup then press MENU/SELECT
to select.
4. Press q CID or p DIR to scroll to Msg
alert tone then press MENU/SELECT
to select.
5. Press q CID or p DIR to choose On
or Off.
6. Press MENU/SELECT to save.
• You hear a confirmation tone.
NOTES
• The answering system must be
turned on for the message alert tone
to be functional.
• Press any key on the telephone base
(except FIND HS) to temporarily
silence the message alert tone.
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