Changing Feature Options; Message Playback (At Base) - AT&T E2555 User Manual

Answering System Operation

Changing feature options

Menu features can be changed to customize how the
answering system operates. Press
hear each feature. Press
feature you want to modify.
1
MENU
Feature options
Press until desired feature
is heard(see list at right)
System announces:
2
CHANGE
"Change Announcement"
Press until desired selection
Options: [record announcement]
is heard
"Change remote access code"
Options: [enter 2-digit code] 19
3
MENU
Press to set selection and "Change message alert"
move to next menu option Options: On / Off
"Change announce only"
Or
Options: On / Off
"Change call screening"
Options: On / Off
(Play/Stop)
Press to set selection and
"Change number of rings"
exit menu
Options: 2 / 4 / 6 /Toll Saver
number by 10.
repeatedly to
MENU
when you hear the
CHANGE
(Default settings underlined)
Feature description:
Record your outgoing announcement
(see page 26).
Enter a 2-digit number (10-99) for remote
access from another phone (see page 33).
When on, the telephone beeps every 10
seconds when you have new messages.
When on, callers hear an announcement
but cannot leave messages (see page 27).
When on, you can hear callers leave
messages, or answer the call.
Choose number of rings before the system
answers a call. When Toll Saver is active,
the system answers after 2 rings if you
have new messages, and after 4 rings if
you have no new messages.
NOTE: Press and hold to advance the remote access code
CHANGE
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Answering System Operation
Number of messages waiting
(or, during playback, message

Message playback (at base)

number currently playing)
Press
14
announces the number of messages, then begins playback.
If you have new messages waiting, you will hear only the
new messages (oldest first). If there are no new messages,
the system will play back all messages (oldest first).
Press PLAY/STOP to begin or
Announcements
end message playback
• When playback begins, you will hear the number of
messages waiting.
1
(Play/Stop)
• Before each message, you will hear the day and time
"You have [xx] new
it was received.
and [xx] old messages"
• After the last message, you will hear "End of messages."
Message playback begins. See
options at right.
If the system has less than 5 minutes of recording
time left, you will hear time remaining.
2
(Play/Stop)
Message playback ends. Options during playback
• Press
• Press
speed up message playback).
• Press
Press twice to hear previous message. (Hold down
to slow message playback).
• Press
NOTE: If "F" is flashing in
the message window, memory is
• Press
full. You will have to delete some
messages before new ones can
be received.
To delete all messages
To delete all messages, press and hold
the phone is idle (not during a call, or during message
NOTE: New (unheard)
playback).
messages cannot be deleted.
to hear messages. The system
PLAY/STOP
button to adjust speaker volume.
VOLUME
to skip to next message (or hold down to
SKIP
to repeat message currently playing.
REPEAT
to delete message being played back.
DELETE
to stop playback.
PLAY/STOP
DELETE
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