User manual VTECH VT 5881

[. . . ] 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. [. . . ] Use normal answering mode (Annouce Only OFF) when you want the system to record callers' messages. Use Announce Only mode (set to ON) when you want to give information to callers without accepting messages. If you choose not to record an announcement, the system answers with a prerecorded announcement. The normal answering pre-recorded announcement says: "Hello. I'm unable to answer your call right now. Please leave your name, number and a message after the tone. " The Announce Only pre-recorded announcement says: "Hello, I'm unable to answer your call right now. Thank you. " 36 Answering System Operation · By setting Announce Only to on or off, you decide which announcement your callers will hear when the system answers a call (the system comes set for normal answering, with Announce Only turned OFF). See "Set Announce Only" on page 38 to change your announcement selection. 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. 1 Press MENU until you hear "Set Outgoing Message". After you hear "Now recording" followed by a beep, speak toward the Base to record an announcement up to 90 seconds long. 3 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 "Set Outgoing Message". To delete your announcement: Press DELETE during announcement playback. The system will use the pre-recorded announcement until you record a new one. Example of an outgoing announcement using the Mailbox feature: "We can't come to the phone right now. To leave a message for Bob, press 1 now. To leave a message for Sue, press 2 now. Otherwise, just wait for the beep. " If the caller does not select a Mailbox, their message will be saved in Mailbox 1. Answering System Feature Setup 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. 2 Press and release MENU until you hear 37 Answering System Operation Answering System Operation the system announce the feature you want to set. Refer to the Feature Summary chart below for a description of the features and your choices. 3 Press CHANGE to hear the current setting. [. . . ] Listen to, Save & Delete Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Play Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Delete Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adjust Playback Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ]