Outgoing announcements – AT&T E5827 User Manual

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Answering system operation

Outgoing announcements

Outgoing announcements are the messages call-

ers hear when calls are answered by the answering
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. Press
ANNC. to exit the announcement menu.

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

toward the telephone base from about nine inches

away. Press

PLAY

/STOP when you are done. Your

recorded announcement will be played back. Press
ANNC. to exit the announcement menu.
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. Press

ANNC. to exit the

announcement menu.
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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