AT&T 1872 - Manual (Page 11)

A N S W E R I N G S Y S T E M O P E R A T I O N
SAVE MESSAGES
The system automatically saves messages
until you delete them.
RECORDING A MEMO
A memo is stored as a message, and is
played back like a message. The memo
can be up to 4 minutes long. You can
select a mailbox for the memo.
1 Press
R. The system beeps and
begins recording.
2 Speak toward the microphone; your
memo can be up to 4 minutes long. The
message window displays 1-.
3 Press
S when you are finished
recording.
DELETE MESSAGES
To delete messages for all lines and mail-
boxes, both Line 1 and Line 2 should be
displayed in the message window. If they
are not, press
0.
To delete all messages, hold down
D,
until the system announces “Messages
deleted.”
To delete messages for a selected line or
mailbox, press
s until the line or
mailbox you want is displayed. Then hold
down
D until the system
announces “Messages deleted.”
If there are new messages among those
you are trying to delete, the system
beeps 5 times and does not delete any
messages.
To delete a specific message, press
D
while the message is playing. You can
press
r to replay a message after
listening to it, before pressing
D.
MESSAGE WINDOW
The display you see in the message
window indicates the number of messages
that have been recorded in each mailbox.
MESSAGE ALERT
The message light indicates whether or not
you have messages. If there are new
messages, the light flashes. If there are
messages, but no new ones, the light is on
steady.
To set the system to beep every 15
seconds to notify you of new messages:
1 Press
F until the screen displays
ALERT.
2 Press
1 to turn Alert on. Press 0 to turn
Alert off.
3 Press
S when you are finished. The
message window displays ALERT.
PLAY MESSAGES
To play messages for all lines and mail-
boxes, both Line 1 and Line 2 should be
displayed in the message window. If they
are not, press
0.
To play all messages, press
P.
To play new messages, hold down
P
until the system begins playing.
To select messages from only one line or
only one mailbox, press the number
of the line or mailbox you want, or
press
s until the line or mailbox
you want is displayed.
To play all messages for the selected line
or mailbox, press
P.
To play new messages for the selected line
or mailbox, hold down
P until the
system begins playing.
SECONDARY MAILBOX
ANNOUNCE ONLY
You can set the system to play an
announcement, but not record messages,
for callers who access Mailbox 3 or 4.
1 Press
A.
2 Press
s to choose MBOX 3 or
MBOX 4.
3 Press
F.
4 Press
1 to set to Announce Only (AO).
Press
0 to turn off Announce Only.
NOTE: You cannot select Announce Only
for Mailboxes 3 and 4 unless the mailbox
has an announcement.
ANSWER CALLS
To choose which lines the system will
answer, or to turn the system off, press
O. Pressing O repeatedly cycles
through in the following manner
only Line 1 on
only Line 2 on
both Lines on
entire system off.
RING SELECT/TOLL SAVER
1 Press
F until the screen displays
RINGS, and the line you choose.
2 Press a number key (1 - 7) to select the
number of times the line rings before the
system answers. To select Toll Saver,
press
8 (the machine to answer after 4
rings when you have no messages, after
2 rings when you have messages), or
press
9 (the machine to answer after 6
rings when you have no messages, after
4 rings when you have messages).
3 Repeat Steps 1 and 2 to set the number
of rings for the other line.
4 Press
S when you are finished.