AT&T E1828B - Manual (Page 43)

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Answering system operation
Outgoing announcements
Outgoing announcements are the messages call-
ers hear when calls are answered by the answer-
ing system.
The telephone is pre-programmed with an announce-
ment. If the telephone is set up to record messages,
it answers calls with “Hello. Please leave a message
after the tone.” You can use this announcement, or
replace it with a recording of your own voice.
NOTE: Press ANNC. to exit the announcement programming.
To play your outgoing announcement
Press ANNC
. until you hear "Announcement. Press
PLAY or press RECORD." Then press PLAY/
STOP
.
You will hear the outgoing announcement.
To record your outgoing announcement
Press ANNC. until you hear "Announcement. Press
PLAY or press RECORD." Then press RECORD and
begin speaking after you hear "Record after the
tone. Press STOP when you are done." Speak fac-
ing the telephone base from about nine inches
away. Press
PLAY
/STOP when you are done.
Your recorded announcement will be played
back. Elapsed time (in seconds) will be shown in
the message window when recording. You can
record an announcement up to 90 seconds long.
Announcements shorter than three seconds long
will not be recorded.
To delete your outgoing announcement
Press ANNC. until you hear “Announcement. Press
PLAY or press RECORD.” Then press PLAY/
STOP
to begin playback. Press DELETE during playback to
delete your announcement.
When your announcement is deleted, calls will be
answered with the pre-programmed announcement
described above.
1. ANNC.
“Announcement.
Press PLAY or
press RECORD.”
2.
(Plays announce-
ment previously
recorded).
3. RECORD
“Record after the
tone. Press STOP
when you are
done.”
4.
5.
(Announcement
is played back).
Speak into microphone.
Microphone
- OR-
E l a p s e d
recording
time (sec-
onds).
Press to stop
recording.
PLAY
/STOP
PLAY/
STOP
6. ANNC.
to exit announce-
ment program-
ming.
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