User manual VTECH VT 2463

[. . . ] 1 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 to persons, including the following: Read and understand all instructions. 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. [. . . ] When you turn Announce Only On, callers hear your announcement, but cannot leave a message. "Set Day and Time" "Set Audible Message Alert" Off * On "Set Announce Only" Off * On "Set Base Ringer" On * Off Turn the base ringer on or off. "Set Number of Rings" Choose how many times the phone will ring 2 before the system answers a call. 4* With Toll Saver active, the system answers after two 6 rings when you have new messages and after Toll Saver four rings when you have no new messages. NOTE: You can exit Feature Setup at any time by pressing any MAILBOX button. 22 ANSWERING SYSTEM OPERATION AT THE BASE Listen to, Save & Delete Messages The system automatically saves your messages until you delete them, and can store approximately 15 minutes of messages, memos, and announcements (up to a maximum of 99 messages). After playing a message, the system announces the day and time it was received. While the message plays, the Message Window displays the number of the message. After playing the last message in a mailbox, the system announces "End of messages. " If the system has less than five minutes of recording time left, it announces the remaining time. Message Window Adjust Playback Volume System beeps three times at hightest or lowest setting. Press to skip to the next message; hold to speed up playback. Play Messages press to play message in a mailbox. Press again to stop playback. Press to repeat a message; hold to slow down playback. Delete Messages . To delete all messages in a mailbox, press and hold DELETE You will be prompted to choose a mailbox . To delete a message in a mailbox, press DELETE while the message is playing. NOTE . You cannot delete a message until its been reviewed; deleted messages cannot be recovered. 23 ANSWERING SYSTEM OPERATION AT THE BASE Call Screening/Intercept 1 Make sure the answering system is on, and set the message playback volume control above level 1 so you can hear the caller's message. 2 If you decide to take the call, pressTALK / FLASH on the handset. 3 If you pick up an extension phone during the announcement and the announcement does not stop right away, press and release the telephone switchhook. Record a Memo You can record a memo up to four minutes long to store as an incoming message. 2 Press a MAIL BOX button to select a mailbox for the memo. After the beep, speak toward the microphone. The Message Window displays the length of your memo. 3 To stop recording, press the MAIL BOX button again. Message Window Display Window Displays: When: 0 1 - 98, flashing 0 - 99 99, flashing 1 ­ 99 1 ­ 8, steady for F No new messages in any mailbox Total number of messages in all mailboxes Memory is full, or total number of messages is 99 Duration of announcement or memo recording Length of recording is more than 99 seconds Current message number during message playback Indicates volume level selected when VOLUME + or VOLUME - is pressed Current Remote Access Code while setting Announce Only mode on or off Counting 1 to 99 one second 00 ­ 99 A ON or OFF, steady for Displayed when any setting is changed from one second CL normal display Clock needs to be set System is answering a call or is in remote operation System is in programming mode or initializing 24 --- , flashing ANSWERING SYSTEM OPERATION ACCESS FROM A REMOTE LOCATION Connect with the Answering System You can access many features of this system remotely from a touch tone phone. 2 When the system answers, press # , then enter your Remote Access Code (preset to 19). 3 Enter a remote command (see "Remote Access Commands"). 4 Press * 0 to exit remote operation. Voice Menu The system has voice prompts to help you with remote operation. Press * 5 to hear the menu while remotely connected to the answering system. Remote Access Commands Function: Play messages in a mailbox Command: Press # , then the appropriate mailbox number ( 1 , 2 , or 3 ). If there are no new messages, the system plays old messages. Press # 4 while message is playing; each press backs up another message. Press # 6 while message is playing; each press advances another message. [. . . ] 7 Hold. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Select. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Memory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Program / Channel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ]