User manual VTECH VT 2455

[. . . ] Important Safety Instructions When using your telephone equipment, basic safety precautions should always be followed to reduce the risk of fire, electric shock and injury, including the following: 1. Follow all warnings and instructions marked on the product. Unplug this product from the wall outlet before cleaning. Do not use liquid cleaners or aerosol cleaners. [. . . ] See Set Announce Only, located in the Feature Summary chart later in this section, to change your announcement selection. 23 · · · 91-5650-10-00t2455 0326. p65 23 4/24/2004, 10:33 AM Basic Operation Answering System Operation Select a feature setting Review/change clock setting; confirm feature settings . Turn Answering System on or off Basic Operation Record outgoing announcement s , and memos. Enter Answering System feature setup and choose a feature to set. . . . . Delete outgoing announcements, messages and memos Record Your Announcement NOTE: If you have assigned different mailboxes to different people, be sure to tell callers in your announcement to press 1 , 2, or 3 to leave a message in the appropriate mailbox. For example: "Thank you for calling. To leave a message for Bob, press 1 now. To leave a message for Sue, press 2 now. To leave a message for Elmo, press 3 now. Or, wait for the beep, and leave your message. " 1. Press MENU until you hear "Record Outgoing Message. " 2. After you hear "Now recording" followed by a beep, speak toward the Base to record an announcement up to 90 seconds long. Press any MAILBOX button to stop recording. The system plays back your recorded message. To Review Your Announcement at Any Time 1. Press MENU until you hear "Record Outgoing Message. To Delete Your Announcement Press DELETE during announcement playback. The system will use the prerecorded announcement until you record a new one. 24 91-5650-10-00t2455 0326. p65 24 4/24/2004, 10:33 AM Answering System Operation Setting Up Your Answering System You can set up one feature at a time, or you can set up a feature and then move on to set up another feature. Press MENU until the system announces the feature you want to set. Refer to the Feature Summary below for a description of the features and your choices. Press CHANGE until the system announces the desired setting. Press TIME/SET to confirm your selection. Press MENU to move on to the next feature, or press a MAILBOX button to exit Feature Setup. Feature Summary Default settings indicated by * Description/directions: System announces: . System announces: Description/directions: "Set Security Code" 50 * " Set Audible Message Alert " Off * On "Set Announce Only" Off * On "Set Base Ringer" On * Off "Set Number of Rings" 2 4* 6 Toll Saver When Message Alert is turned on, the base beeps once every 10 seconds when new messages have been received. When you turn Announce Only On, callers hear your announcement, but cannot leave a message. Turn the Base ringer on or off. Choose how many times the phone will ring before the system answers a call. With Toll Saver active, the system answers after two rings when you have new messages and after four rings when you have no new messages. NOTES: 1: To advance the remote access code by increments of 10, press and hold CHANGE. 2: You can exit Feature Setup at any time by pressing a MAILBOX button. 25 91-5650-10-00t2455 0326. p65 25 4/24/2004, 10:33 AM Basic Operation Use CHANGE to choose the remote access code you will use to access features and functions of the answering system from a touch tone phone. [. . . ] The REN assigned to each terminal equipment provides an indication of the maximum number of terminals allowed to be connected to a telephone interface. The termination on an interface may consist of any combination of devices subject only to the requirement that the sum of the Ringer Equivalence Numbers of all the devices does not exceed five. Before installing this equipment, users should ensure that it is permissible to be connected to the facilities of the local telecommunications company. The equipment must also be installed using an acceptable method of connection. [. . . ]