Southwestern Bell FREEDOM PHONE FA970B - Manual (Page 4)

Choosing Your Location
Before making any connections, locate FA970B near an
AC power outlet and a wall telephone jack (RJ11C).
To Connect the Telephone Line
1. Plug the telephone line cord (connected to the back
of the FA970B) into the modular outlet in your
telephone wall jack.
2. If you are connecting your FA970B to an extension
telephone, plug one end of the extension telephone
line cord to the extension line jack (located on back
of unit). Plug the other end into the telephone.
RECORDING YOUR GREETING
There are approximately 15 minutes of total recording
time shared by your greeting and incoming messages.
Your system comes with a prerecorded outgoing
greeting: “Hello, please leave your message after the
beep.”
To record your own personalized outgoing greeting:
To Record Your Greeting
1. Press and hold the GREETING button.
Note: You have a maximum of 30 seconds to record
your outgoing greeting.
2. After you hear one beep, speak clearly towards the
built in microphone (in the speaker holes).
3. When finished, release the GREETING button.
4. The unit will beep once and play back your recorded
greeting. The message LEDs will be lit solid to indicate
the unit is in Answer On mode.
Note: The FA970B has two personalized mailboxes. You
have an option to have callers leave messages in either
of the two mailboxes.
If you want the caller to leave a message in a particular
mailbox, your greeting should instruct the callers to press
either the “1#” or “2#” button before their message
recording. If the caller doesn’t press a key, presses a
key other than “1#” or “2#”, or waits longer than 3 seconds
before pressing a key, the caller’s message will be
automatically recorded in Mailbox 1.
Sample Message:
“Hello, this is ______________.
I can’t come to the phone right now, but please leave
your name and phone number after you hear the beep.
I’ll return your call as soon as possible. If you wish to
leave a message specifically for Bob, press “1#”, for
Joan, press “2#”. Thank you for calling.”
Note: If the FA970B beeps while recording, you have
exceeded the 30 seconds time limit. Record a shorter
greeting, by repeating the steps above.
To Check the Greeting
1. To check the greeting, press and release the
GREETING button quickly.
2. Your outgoing greeting will be played back to you,
and then your system will reset to answer incoming
calls.
Volume Control
Use the digital VOLUME Control on the side of your unit
to set the volume to the desired sound level.
ANSWERING MACHINE
FEATURES
Voice Time/Day Stamp
The FA970B records the time and day at the end of each
message, if set.
Note: When setting the Time/Day, do not allow more than
20 seconds to elapse between any step:
Setting Voice Time/Day Stamp
Day Set
1. Press and hold the TIME SET/REPEAT button for 2
seconds. The unit will say “Monday”.
2. Press the ANSWER ON/OFF button until you hear
the correct day.
3. To return to the previous day, press the MAIL 1 or
MAIL 2 button.
Hour Set
1. Once you hear the correct day, press the TIME SET/
REPEAT button to set the hour. The unit will say
“Twelve”.
2. Press the ANSWER ON/OFF button until you hear
the correct hour.
To return to the previous hour, press the MAIL 1 or
MAIL 2 button.
Minute Set
1. Once you hear the correct hour, press the TIME SET/
REPEAT button to set the minute. The unit will say “0”
(which sounds like “oh”).
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LED INDICATIONS
LED Indicator Status
BATT. LOW LED blinks.
Mailbox 1 or Mailbox 2 LED blinks.
Mailbox 1 and Mailbox 2 LEDs are lit
solid.
Mailbox 1 and Mailbox 2 LEDs are off.
Reason
Three AAA batteries (not included)
have not been installed or need to be
replaced.
New messages have been received
or there are saved messages.
System is in Answer On Mode. There
are no saved messages
Unit is in the Answer Off mode.
Actions
Install three AAA new batteries.
Press PLAY button to hear your
messages.
No Action required. Unit is ready to
receive calls.
Press Answer ON/OFF button to turn
on machine.
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