My answering service picks up after 3 rings....how do i extend the answer time to 6 rings or so?? I have the 9417 CW

The number of rings before your answring message picks up the call is controlled by your cellphone service provider. call in to your voice mail and then follow the instructions about going to options and setting. There should be a setting in there for the amount of rings to wait before answering the phone.

Set the answer delay
1. Select Menu, Answer Phone is displayed, press
Select.
2. Press (Calls) until Settings is displayed, press Select.
3.Press (Calls) to highlight either Ans. & record or
Answer only and press Select.
4. Answer delay is displayed, use < or > to display
the number of rings you want (0-9 rings or Time
saver) and select Save. Saved will be displayed.
Set the maximum message length
You can set the maximum length that an answer
machine message can be: 1 minute, 2 minutes or 3
minutes. The default setting is 3 minutes.
1. Select Menu, Answer Phone is displayed, press
Select.
2. Press (Calls) until Settings is displayed, press Select.
3. Press (Calls) to highlight Ans. & record and press
Select.
4. Press (Calls) to display Max. msg length and then
press < or > to select the length you want and
select Save. Saved will be displayed.

Billy from Hayward

It is in the owners handbook page 45 get it while the link last
http://www.shop.bt.com/content/uni2/documentation/8h3h/bt6500_user_guide.pdf

You would set it for 4 rings or more. That way you will have more than 3 rings.

this feature is set by your carrier. Call customer service and ask them to extend rings to 6 - 8.

The 6041 isn't an answering machine. It will ring until you pick up, an answering machine or voicemail system picks up, or the caller hangs up.

Please refer to the documentation for whatever answering machine or voicemail system you have on your phone line. If you require further assistance, please add a comment to this question and specify the answering machine or voicemail system.

Since you declined to give the model of your VTech system, please enter it into the search box at http://www.vtechphones.com/support/general/manuals to download a copy of the manual.

Do you have voicemail or an answering machine? This is usually a sign that another device (fax, answering machine or voicemail service) is set to answer the call after 4 rings. You will need to lengthen to number of rings before the service/device in question picks up. (The method to reset this will depend on the service/device that is picking up.) Another possibility is a call forwarding service that is enabled at 4 rings.

I hope this helps. Please write back with details on the device that could be picking up for details on setting the number of rings. If you have voicemail or call forwarding, check with your telephone service provider to lengthen the number of rings before the service kicks in. (There are too many for me to know all of the providers instructions.)

Cindy Wells

It was all a matter of pressing down the Digital TAD button down hard enough... o-: