Call Screening; Number Of Rings - AT&T CL82143 Complete User's Manual

Answering system
Answering system settings

Call screening

Use this feature to choose whether incoming messages can be heard over
the telephone base speaker when they are being recorded. If you turn call
screening on, you hear the incoming message. While monitoring an incoming
message, you can answer the call by pressing PHONE/
on the handset.
To change the setting:
1. When the handset is in idle mode, press MENU/
enter the main menu.
2. Press q or p
CID
/SELECT.
press
MENU
3. Press q or p
CID
press /SELECT.
MENU
4. Press /SELECT to select >Call screening.
MENU
5. Press q or p
CID
6. Press /SELECT to save the setting. You hear a
MENU
confirmation tone. Press
NOTE: For more information on call screening, see page 62.

Number of rings

You can set the answering system to answer an incoming call
after two, three, four, five, or six rings. You can also select toll
saver, which is explained below. By default, the answering
system answers an incoming call after four rings.
To set the number of rings:
1. When the handset is in idle mode, press MENU/
enter the main menu.
2. Press q or p
CID
/SELECT.
MENU
3. Press q or p
CID
4. Press q or p
CID
to scroll to >Answering sys, then
DIR
to scroll to >Ans sys setup, then
DIR
to choose >On or >Off.
DIR
CANCEL to cancel.
OFF/
to scroll to >Answering sys, then press
DIR
to scroll to >Ans sys setup, then press
DIR
to scroll to > # of rings, then press
DIR
SELECT
SELECT
57
or /SPEAKER
FLASH
Play messages
>Answering sys
p
to
q
Answer ON/OFF
>Ans sys setup
p
q
Call screening
>
# of rings
p
q
CALL SCREENING
>On
p
q
Call screening
># of rings
p
q
# OF RINGS
to
>4
p
q
/SELECT.
MENU
/SELECT.
MENU