22Preparing the Answering SystemGreeting MessageYou can record a personal greeting message of up to 2 minutes. If you do notrecord your own message, one of two pre-recorded greetings will be played forcallers (p. 23).• You can use the enhanced recording mode for clearer sound, if necessary (p. 26).To record a greeting message• If “ ” is displayed, 6 beeps sound and “Your greeting was not recorded. Record yourgreeting again.” is announced, start again from step 1.The total recording time of all messages (greeting, incoming and memo) isabout 16 minutes. We recommend you record a brief greeting message inorder to leave more time for recording new messages.Greeting message samplesN “Hello, this is (your name and/or number). Sorry, I cannot take your call.Please leave a message after the beep. Thank you.”N To instruct callers to leave a message in a specific mailbox (Mailbox 1,Mailbox 2, or Mailbox 3) (for mailboxes see page 56):“Hello, this is (your name and/or number). Sorry, we cannot take your call. Ifyou have a message, for John press [#] and [1], for Jane press [#] and [2], forJack press [#] and [3], before the beep. Or just stay on the line and leave amessage after the beep. Thank you.”1 Press [GREETING REC].• “To record greeting, press RECORD again” isheard.2 Within 10 seconds, press [GREETINGREC] again to record your greeting.3 After the long beep, talk clearly, about 20cm (8 inches) away from the MIC(microphone).• The elapsed recording time is displayed.• If you record for over 2 minutes, the unit willstop recording.4 When finished, press [GREETING REC]or [STOP].• To change the greeting, start again from step1.Base Unit[GREETING REC][STOP][GREETING CHECK][ERASE]MIC[B], [d]