Aastra Telecom 9516CW - Manual (Page 17)

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Greetings
When the answering machine is turned on, a greeting is played to your incoming callers
when you are unavailable to take their calls. The 9516CW greets your callers with a fac-
tory-recorded General Greeting that asks your callers to leave a message. If you choose
not to use the factory General Greeting, you can record your own. See The General
Greeting on page 14 for more information.
The Special Greeting is the same as the General Greeting except that it is activated by a
distinctive ring. See The Special Greeting
on page 14 for more information.
When you have the Call Blocking option turned on, your 9516CW intercepts calls from
people who have blocked their telephone numbers and plays the Private Greeting. See
The Private Greeting
on page 15 and Call Blocking on page 51 for more informa-
tion.
Personal greetings are played when you want a specific greeting played to people that you
have entered in your Directory or memory keys. See Directory on page 20, Personal-
ized Greetings for Directory entries
on page 26, and Personalized Greet-
ings for Memory keys on page 38 for more information.
You can also assign Mailbox greetings to selected groups of people that have been entered
into your Directory. See Mailbox Greetings
on page 30 and Directory on page 20
for more information.
To achieve the best sound quality for recorded greetings and Call Announcements, it is
recommended that you record by speaking into the handset instead of the handsfree micro-
phone.
Sometimes callers choose not to listen to your greeting before recording a message. They
can press
£ to skip your greeting and leave a message immediately. Note, however, that
pressing
£ will not allow callers to skip the Automated Attendant greeting.
Note: The Special, Private, and Personalized Greeting features require that you subscribe
to your telephone company for the Calling Line Identification service.