AT&T CL4939 - Manual (Page 50)

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Answering system operation
Answering mode
To turn on the answering system
To turn the answering machine on and answer calls:
Press ANS ON/OFF repeatedly until the
system announces, “Answering machine is on.“
The
ANS ON/OFF light turns on.
To turn off the answering system
To turn the answering machine off and not answer
calls:
Press ANS ON/OFF repeatedly until the
system announces, “Answering machine is
off.“ The
ANS ON/OFF light is off and the
message window is blank.
If the answering system is off, after 10 rings, the
system announces, “Enter remote access code.”
The telephone hangs up automatically after waiting
for the remote access code for 15 seconds.
To set the number of rings
Use this feature to set how many times the
telephone rings before the answering system picks
up the call. The number of rings is four by default.
To change the setting, follow the steps below:
Press MENU repeatedly until the screen shows
# OF RINGS.
Press
DIR
/ or
CID
/ to select 2, 3, 4*, 5, 6, 7,
tS 2-4, tS 4-6.
If you choose tS 2-4 (or tS 4-6), the answering
system answers after two (or four) rings
when there are new messages. When there
are no new messages, the answering system
answers after four (or six) rings. When you are
retrieving messages from a long distance call,
it disconnects your call after three (or five)
rings to avoid long distance charges. (These
tS
settings are also known as toll saver.)
Press SELECT or MENU to save your selection
and automatically move to the next option.
The telephone automatically returns to standby
after 30 seconds, or you can press
FLASH to
return to idle mode.
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NOTES:
If the record time
left is less than five
minutes when you
turn on the answering
system, the system
announces, “Answering
machine is on; less
than five minutes
record time left.“
If the recording
memory is full, the
answering system
answers the incoming
call after 10 rings and
announces, “Memory
is full. Enter remote
access code.” The
telephone does not
record messages and
hangs up automatically
after waiting for the
remote access code
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