Answering System; Answering System Settings; Announcement - AT&T EL52501 User Manual

Answering system

Answering system settings

Use the answering system menu in the handset to turn the answering
system on or off or change the settings for the outgoing announcement, call
screening, number of rings, remote access code and the message alert tone.

Announcement

The announcement is the greeting callers hear when calls are answered by
the answering system.
The telephone has a default announcement, "Hello. Please leave a message after
the tone." You can use this announcement, or record your own announcement.
You can record an announcement up to 90 seconds. The system does not
record any announcement shorter than 2 seconds.
To play the current announcement:
1. Press mENu/
2. Press or
CID
press /sELECT.
mENu
/sELECT to select >ANNOuNCEmENT. The
3. Press
mENu
system announces, "To play, press 2. To record, press 7."
Press 2 to play the current announcement from
4.
the speakerphone.
• Press
DIr
to decrease the message playback volume.
• Press /spEAKEr to switch between speakerphone
and handset.
To record a new announcement:
Follow Steps 1 and 2 in To play the current
1.
announcement above.
2. Press /sELECT to select >ANNOuNCEmENT. The
mENu
system announces, "To play, press 2. To record, press 7."
3. Press 7. The system announces "Record after the tone.
Press 5 when you are done."
4. Face the handset and speak towards the microphone to
record your announcement.
5. Press 5 when you finish the recording. The handset plays back the
recorded announcement.
note: If the answering system memory is full, when you press 7 in Step 3, the answering
system announces, "Memory is full." You must delete some messages before you can record a
new announcement. Refer to message playback on pages 48-49.
in idle mode.
sELECT
to scroll to >ANsWErING sys, then
DIr
/vOLumE to increase or press /vOLumE
CID
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PLAY MESSAGES
>ANSWERING SYS
>ANNOUNCEMENT
DELETE ALL OLD
2-PLAY 3-DELETE
5-STOP 7-RECORD
RECORD ANNC...
5-STOP