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Record of Revisions Catalogue Number Release Date Supercedes Comments Initial Release August 12, 2003 Revision A December 5, 2005 August 12, 2003 Added material resulting from v27a software release. Emerald ICE Flash Voice Mail User Guide Record of Revisions...
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To Send a Message Marked “Priority” ...................... 7-7 To Send a Message Marked “Confidential” ....................7-8 To Send a Message Marked “Priority” and “Confidential”................7-8 8 PASSWORDS ............................8-1 To Change Your Password ........................8-1 Emerald ICE Flash Voice Mail User Guide Table of Contents...
The Emerald ICE Voice Flash Voice Mail is a powerful, compact voice processing system that uses state‐of‐the‐art Digital Signal Processing hardware and software, interfaced with the Emerald ICE compact communications platform. All voice processing uses digital voice processing chips for the utmost in voice clarity and reliability. This compact, high‐performance, solid‐state voice processing system has been designed to provide today’s business with a feature‐rich system enabling small companies to project the image of a much larger company. Since a large majority of all telephone transactions require only one‐way communications, the voice mail function contributes to streamlining business communications. The purpose of this manual is to provide instructions for programming using the System Administrator’s Mailbox. Programming is performed through either a series of easy‐to‐follow menus accessed from HyperTerminal on a PC or by the System Administrator’s Mailbox. Refer to the Emerald ICE Flash Voice Mail Installation Manual for instructions on the programming performed on a PC. Emerald ICE Flash Voice Mail User Guide...
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The basic system includes the ability to: Send messages in telephone answering and voice mail mode. Send copies of messages. Send messages to multiple destinations. Obtain a summary count of messages waiting for review. Delete, reply, save, or skip a message. Receive message information indicating the date, time, and sender information, if available. Change recorded name, personal greeting, and password. In addition, the system provides: Playback controls when sending or reviewing messages. A temporary greeting. In order to simplify message storage, two queues are used. The new message queue stores all messages which have not been reviewed by the subscriber. The saved message queue is used to store already reviewed messages for future action. As messages are recorded, they need to be stored in such a way that they can be retrieved efficiently. The system stores messages in mailboxes. Users, or subscribers, are assigned mailbox numbers for their private use. Each mailbox is protected by a user‐defined password. Thus, subscribers are the only ones who can retrieve messages left in their mailboxes. More than one person can use the system at the same time. Each port allows one user access to the system. A port is a path to the system. For example, up to eight users could be recording or reviewing messages at the same time with an eight‐port system. Since not all users would be accessing the system at the same time, many users can be supported. User commands are just one digit long. They do not have to be memorized since the system is constantly prompting users about what to do. By using a Touch Tone® phone, you can receive or send messages from any location through your voice mailbox. If you are busy in your office or away on a business trip, customers, vendors, or other employees can leave you detailed messages in your voice mailbox. Since the mailbox is password‐protected, these messages are completely confidential. Emerald ICE Flash Voice Mail User Guide...
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Document Overview This document is is arranged in the following sections: Chapter 1: Introduction‐ this chapter describes the overall capabilities of the system including System Capabilities, Basic Operation, and an overview of this document. Chapter 2: Learning the System – this chapter provides descriptions of the use of the * key, the # key, interrupting prompts and how to use this guide. Chapter 3: Getting Started – this chapter provides instructions on how to access mailboxes and disconnecting from the system. Chapter 4: Basic Operations –this chapter provides instructions on how to review messages and options after reviewing, playback options, skipping messages, replaying messages, saving and deleting messages and replying to messages. Chapter 5: Message Information ‐ this chapter describes how to listen to message information such as time and date of delivery and sending copies to others in the Voicemail system. Chapter 6: Additional Operations ‐ this chapter provides instructions on how to change your mailbox greeting, review your greeting, delete your greeting, record your name, and how to record, review and delete a temporary greeting. Chapter 7: Advanced Features – this chapter provides instructions on using the Priority and Confidential features. Chapger 8: Passwords ‐ this chapter provides instructions on changing passwords. Emerald ICE Flash Voice Mail User Guide...
Table 1. Document Conventions Convention Purpose Normal Used for body text throughout the manual. Normal, italic Used in describing actual voice prompts. Bold, italic type Use for menu items, form names or items. Normal, bold Used to indicate keystrokes, filenames, device names, etc. Press Means to press a specific key. (e.g. press ESC means to press and release the Escape key once.) Enter Means to type the specified information and then press ENTER (e.g. enter TEST.TXT means type TEST.TXT on the keyboard and press ENTER.) NOTE Indicates an informational note associated with a procedure, action or item. Keystroke Keys (i.e. 1, 9 e) Indicates a keystroke from a keyboard. Applicable Documents The following documents should be available. Emerald ICE Flash Voice Mail Installation Manual Emerald ICE Flash Voice Mail User Guide...
The best way to learn how to use the system is to experiment. No actions that you take can damage the system. It is recommended that you learn the operation of the system by sending messages to yourself. Access the personal options and change them. Changes are not permanent except when deleting a message. The system is programmed to respond when any of the twelve telephone keys are pressed. If no key is pressed in response to a prompt. The system repeats the caller’s options. If there is still no response, the system automatically transfers a caller not within the Voice Mail system to an attendant or politely disconnects the call. The system counts the number of errors (incorrect key presses) that a caller makes. If the count exceeds a certain number (usually 3) the caller is politely disconnected. The system does this to allow as many callers on the system as possible. Press * whenever you want to cancel what you are doing. Pressing * allows you to skip personal greetings and introductory prompts. It gets you directly to the recording tone. While listening to a prompt, press * to ʺback upʺ to the previous menu. At the Main Menu, press * to disconnect. Emerald ICE Flash Voice Mail User Guide...
Press # whenever you want to complete a step, or send a message. Press # twice to skip a message. # can also be used to denote the end of a variable length number like a password. This keeps the system from having to wait to determine if you are finished entering digits. Interrupting the Prompts - Dial Ahead Function You can interrupt most prompts if you know what you want to do. You can even enter several commands at once. How to Use this Guide This guide gives you easy‐to‐follow instructions on how to get the most from the features of the system. It is divided into several sections. To start using the system quickly, read through Chapter 3‐Getting Started and Chapter 4‐Basic Operation. After you have practiced using the system for a short while, read the remainder of this guide to learn the other features and capabilities of the system. Emerald ICE Flash Voice Mail User Guide...
Accessing Your Mailbox Call the Voice Mail system by pressing your dedicated Voice Mail key on your phone or dial the Voice Mail system hunt group number: 253. The hunt group number is a number assigned by your administrator in system configuration so that users can dial directly into the Voice Mail system and access the features. If you hear the system greeting, press # and your mailbox number. With some telephone systems this step will not be required. You will automatically be routed to your own mailbox. When prompted, enter your password. The system will then tell you how many new and how many saved messages you have in your mailbox. The mailbox Main Menu is then played. Disconnecting from the System When you have finished using the system, press * until the system says, ʺHanging up now. Goodbye.ʺ If after pressing 1 you attempt to disconnect while there are new messages in your mailbox, the system plays a message, “The mailbox is not empty.ʺ You are then returned to the mailbox Main Menu. Press 1 if you wish to listen to the new message. Press ** to hang up. Emerald ICE Flash Voice Mail User Guide...
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Messages in your mailbox come from two places: from non‐subscribers who leave messages while in the telephone answering mode or from other subscribers. Messages are presented to you in the following order: new messages, skipped messages, and saved messages. After the last new message has been presented to you, the system searches the mailbox to see if there are any remaining new messages to be reviewed. In particular, if new messages arrive during message review, they are presented in the same order as before but are considered ʺskipped”. To review the messages in your mailbox: At the main menu, press 1. The system plays your messages. After each message is reviewed, the system asks what you want to do with the message. The available options are: Replay Repeats the entire message. Save Keeps the message in your mailbox for future reference. Delete Allows you to discard the message and also requires that you confirm the deletion by pressing the # key. Reply Allows you to record a reply to a message sent from another subscriber’s mailbox with a single keystroke Message Plays the time and date that the message was sent, and Information where the message originated from. Send a Copy Allows you to forward a copy of the message to another subscriber. When you send a copy, you have the option to send the copy with or without introductory comments. Emerald ICE Flash Voice Mail User Guide...
If a subscriber forgets to press * to cancel review and just hangs up, all partially reviewed and unheard messages also remain in the new message queue. Playback Controls As you become more experienced, you will want to control the playback of the messages you’ve received. The system playback controls are designed to provide you with exactly that flexibility. For example, with playback controls, you can scan through a long message to find a phone number without reviewing the entire message. After dialing 1 to review a message, you can press: Rewind to the beginning of the message. Rewind 5 seconds. Pause and restart the message. Fast Forward 5 seconds. Skip to the next message. Options while Reviewing In addition to the playback controls, you can press any of the reviewing option keys while the message is playing. For example, you donʹt have to review the entire message before deciding you want message information or to delete the message etc. Save the message in your mailbox for future reference. Delete the message and confirm deletion by pressing #. Reply to the message. Message information. Send a copy. Emerald ICE Flash Voice Mail User Guide...
Skip a Message You may skip to the next message while listening to any message by pressing #. Cancel Play of Messages You may cancel message review by pressing *. Any message not completely reviewed remains in the new message queue. If a subscriber forgets to press * to cancel review and just hangs up, all partially reviewed messages also remain in the new message queue. Replay a Message At the end of a message (when the system prompts with the ʺAfter Reviewingʺ menu) you can replay that message in its entirety. 1 Reviewing → End of Message → 1 → Message Replays Save a Message If the message needs to be acted on later, it may be saved. Saved messages are kept in a separate queue. They will be played after new messages. 1 Reviewing → 2 → Message is saved Emerald ICE Flash Voice Mail User Guide...
Reply to a Message A user can reply to a message sent from another subscriber’s mailbox by dialing one key. Therefore, subscribers should enter their own mailbox to record a message before sending so that recipients may conveniently reply. 1 → 4 Reply → Record Reply # → Message Acceptable # → To send the reply # Send a Call Directly to Voice Mail A user can send a call directly to another mailbox as follows: → → Dial extension or Hang Up DSS Key → Voice Mail Button Emerald ICE Flash Voice Mail User Guide...
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You can send copies of messages that are received in either the voice mail mode or telephone answering mode. → → → → 1 Listen to 1 Send With Record Enter the Destination # Comments Comments# → 2 Send Without Message Enter the Destination # Comments Emerald ICE Flash Voice Mail User Guide...
5. Enter the destination. The destination is the mailbox number of the person who is to receive the message. Messages may be sent to any of these individually or in combination with other destinations. Once you enter the mailbox number, the system plays back the name of the person whose mailbox you have selected. If you have selected the wrong destination, press the * key and enter a new destination number. 6. Press * if there are no more destinations, or continue from step 5. Emerald ICE Flash Voice Mail User Guide...
Changing Your Mailbox Greeting Your mailbox greeting is played to outside callers who enter a system mailbox in the telephone answering mode. This greeting enables you to give callers information about your schedule and to encourage callers to leave detailed messages. To change your mailbox greeting, temporary greeting or recorded name, simply enter personal options from the mailbox menu by pressing 3 and select 1 for Greetings. The system administrator can limit the length of a greeting. If a mailbox greeting has not yet been recorded, the system uses the mailbox number as the greeting: i.e. “Mailbox 201”. Emerald ICE Flash Voice Mail User Guide...
To Change Your Mailbox Greeting 1. Press 3 at the Main Menu for Personal Options. 2. Press 1 for Greetings. 3. Press 2 for Record. 4. Press 2 for Mailbox Greeting. 5. Record your greeting, and then press # . Reviewing Your Greeting You may use Personal Options to review your recorded greeting. To Review Your Mailbox Greeting 1. Press 3 at the Main Menu for Personal Options. 2. Press 1 for Greetings. 3. Press 1 for Review. 4. Press 2 for Mailbox Greeting. Emerald ICE Flash Voice Mail User Guide...
2. Press 1 for Greetings. 3. Press 3 for Delete. 4. Press 2 for Mailbox Greeting. Recording Your Name name You should record your the first time you use your mailbox. The recording of the name will be used: (1) to verify destinations, or (2) as part of a system‐ generated personal greeting. You may change the way your name is recorded at any time. To Record Your Name 1. Press 3 at the Main Menu for Personal Options. 2. Press 1 for Greeting. 3. Press 2 for Record. 4. Press 1 for Name. 5. Record your name, and then press #. Emerald ICE Flash Voice Mail User Guide...
To Record A Temporary Greeting 1. Press 3 At the Main Menu for Personal Options. 2. Press 1 for Greetings, and then press 2 for Record. 3. Press 3 for Temporary Greeting. 4. Record the greeting, and then press #. Review Your Temporary Greeting To Review Your Temporary Greeting 1. Press 3 at the Main Menu for Personal Options. 2. Press 1 for Greetings, and then press 1 for Review. 3. Press 3 for Temporary Greeting. Emerald ICE Flash Voice Mail User Guide...
Delete Your Temporary Greeting To Delete Your Temporary Greeting 1. Press 3 at the Main Menu for Personal Options. 2. Press 1 for Greeting, then press 3 for Delete. 3. Press 3 for Temporary Greeting. Emerald ICE Flash Voice Mail User Guide...
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2. Press 4 at the prompt tag the message as a “Priority” message. You will be prompted to enter a destination mailbox. 3. Follow the prompts for further options or press # to send the message. The message will be placed first in the recipient’s mailbox. If there is a previous “Priority” message in the recipeient’s mailbox, the “Priority” messages will be placed in the order in which they were received. Emerald ICE Flash Voice Mail User Guide...
To Send a Message Marked “Priority” and “Confidential” 1. Follow the instructions for S ending a Message on Page 5‐2. 2. Press 6 at the prompt tag the message as a “Priority” and “Confidential” message. You will be prompted to enter a destination mailbox. 3. Follow the prompts for further options or press # to send the message. The message will now be tagged as “Priority” and “Confidential” and will only be accessible to the recipient. It will cannot be copied or forwarded to any other destinations. It will also be placed Emerald ICE Flash Voice Mail User Guide...
Audible Help The Emerald ICE Flash Voice Mail Audible Help system is a series of prompts and instructions for utilizing the features of the Flash Voice Mail system. Audible help can be accessed at any point by pressing button number 28 on the Deluxe Telephone Set and button number 14 on the Standard Telephone Set. Follow the instructions on the help system to access information on the Flash Voice Mail feature of your choice. The location of the Help buttons is shown below. 28-Button Telephone Keypad 14-Button Telephone Keypad Emerald ICE Flash Voice Mail User Guide...
Automatic Day/Night Change This feature is available if using Emerald ICE KSU Software version K24UT”1”.XXX and higher. If the KSU version is K24UT”0”.XXX, this will not be availble. Check with your System Administrator for further details. The Automatic Day/Night mode change on the Emerald ICE Flash Voice Mail System is ...
Auto Transfer Auto Transfer is a feature that allows a user to recieve outside calls. The outside calls can be assigned to any designated outside line of choice such as a cell phone or home phone. 1. A non‐user calls into the system from a normal phone to a user’s mailbox as if attempting to leave a voice mail or reach a user’s extension. 2. The user’s station will then ring until the voice mail system picks up the call. 3. The non‐user: a. Can leave a message as they normally would. b. Press 2 to tranfer the call. If 2 is pressed the system then picks up a CO line and transfers the call to the user’s designated outside line. 7-11 Emerald ICE Flash Voice Mail User Guide...
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There is one password that is associated with each subscriber mailbox. Each password is four digits long. Zero should not be used as the first digit. A temporary password is given to each subscriber and is used to enter the system for the very first time. It should not be used again. Your password should represent numbers that are easy for you to remember yet not easily guessed by other people. You are strongly discouraged from using birthdays, employee numbers, parts of social security numbers, etc., since these numbers could be readily guessed by others. You are encouraged to change your password frequently. To Change Your Password Use the Personal Options menu: 1. Press 3 from the Main Menu. 2. Press 2 for Passwords. 3. Enter the password you have decided on. Emerald ICE Flash Voice Mail User Guide...
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