User manual VTECH VT 2656

[. . . ] 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. Do not use this product near water (for example, near a bath tub, kitchen sink, or swimming pool). Slots and openings in the cabinet and the back or bottom are provided for ventilation. To protect it from overheating, these openings must not be blocked by placing the product on the bed, sofa, rug, or other similar surface. [. . . ] Callers using a touch tone phone can select the mailbox in which their messages will be recorded by pressing 1, 2, or 3 while the system plays the outgoing announcement. Otherwise, messages will be recorded in Mailbox 1. About Announcements · · You can record two different announcements ---- one for normal answering and one for when you've set the system to play the announcement only. Use normal answering when you want the system to record callers' messages. Use Announce only when you want to give information to callers without accepting messages. If you choose not to record an announcement, the system answers with a pre-recorded announcement. 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. Thanks you. " 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 29 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. Remember to leave a few seconds blank at the end of your recorded announcement to allow callers time to select a mailbox. 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. " The system will record your announcement for the currently selected answer mode (normal or Announce Only). To confirm or change the answer mode, follow the directions under Answering System Feature Setup and Feature Summary on pages 28 and 29. 1 2 With the system set for the desired answer mode (normal or Announce Only) press MENU until you hear "Set Outgoing Message. " Press REC/MEMO. After you hear "Now recording" followed by a beep, speak toward the base to record an announcement up to 90 seconds long. 27 91-5358-10-00. p65 27 2/13/2003, 4:47 PM Answering System Operation Answering System Operation 3 Press any MAILBOX/STOP button to stop recording. Press MENU until you hear "Set Outgoing Messages. " Press any MAILBOX/STOP button. The system plays the current announcement. To review your announcement: 1 2 To delete your announcement: Press DELETE during announcement playback. The system will use the pre-recorded announcement until you record a new one. 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. Answering System Operation 1 Make sure the answering system is on. 2 Press and release MENU until you hear the system announce the feature you want to set. Refer to Feature Summary on page 29 for a description of the features and your choices. 5 Press TIME/SET to confirm your selection. 28 91-5358-10-00. p65 28 2/13/2003, 4:47 PM Answering System Operation FEATURE SUMMARY SYSTEM ANNOUNCES: "Set Security Code" 50* Default setting indicated by*: DESCRIPTION/DIRECTIONS: Set the remote access code you will use to access features and functions of the answering system from a touch tone phone. 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. "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 NOTE: Exit Feature Setup at any time by pressing a MAILBOX/STOP button. 29 91-5358-10-00. p65 29 2/13/2003, 4:47 PM Answering System Operation Choose how many times the phone will ring before the system answers a call. [. . . ] The abbreviation, IC, before the registration number signifies that registration was performed based on a Declaration of Conformity indicating that Industry Canada technical specifications were met. Notice: The Ringer Equivalence Number (REN) for this terminal equipment is 0. 1. 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. [. . . ]