Answering System; Answering System Settings; Announcement - AT&T CL82143 Complete User's Manual

Answering system

Answering system settings

Use the answering system menu of a system handset to set
up the announcement message, turn on or off the answering
system or message alert tone, activate call screening, or
change the number of rings, message recording time, or
remote access code. If you turn off the answering system and
you change any setting in the answering system setup menu, the answering
machine automatically turns on again.
1. When the handset is in idle mode, press MENU/
main menu.
2. Press q or p
CID

Announcement

Your outgoing announcement plays when calls are answered by the
answering system.
The telephone has a default outgoing announcement, "Hello. Please leave a
message after the tone." You can use this announcement, or record your
You can record an announcement up to 90 seconds. The system does not
record any announcement shorter than two seconds.
To play your current outgoing announcement:
1. When the handset is in idle mode, press MENU/
main menu.
2. Press q or p
CID
/SELECT.
press
MENU
/SELECT again to select >Announcement.
3. Press
MENU
4. Press q or p
CID
MENU/
SELECT
To record a new outgoing announcement:
1. When the handset is in idle mode, press MENU/
enter the main menu.
2. Press q or p
CID
/SELECT.
MENU
3. Press /SELECT again to select >Announcement.
MENU
to scroll to >Answering sys, then press
DIR
to scroll to >Answering sys, then
DIR
to scroll to >Play annc and press
DIR
play the announcement.
to scroll to >Answering sys, then press
DIR
SELECT
SELECT
SELECT
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Play messages
>Answering sys
p
q
to enter the
/SELECT.
MENU
own.
to enter the
Announcement
>
Delete all old
p
q
>Record annc
to
Play annc
p
q