I do not want mailbox selection as part of recorded message

Hi Tourmaster,
I have these steps for you on how to do it. Hope it helps.

Mailbox Greeting While the voicemail system will play a generic greeting to caller, prompting them to leave a message, you can record your own greeting.
1. Press the MESSAGES button. Depending on how your system is configured, you may be required to enter your voicemail password and then press the Done soft key. The visual voice menu is displayed.
2.Use the up and down arrow keys to scroll to the option Greeting.
2.Press the Select soft key or OK.
3. Use the soft keys to listen to and record your mailbox greeting.
• Listen
Listen to the current greeting or the new greeting just recorded.
• Record
Record a new greeting. Note that the greeting must be at least 3 seconds long or the voicemail system will discard it.
• More
Switch between the different sets of available soft key functions.
• Submit
Submit the new recording as your mailbox greeting.
• Delete
Delete your current mailbox greeting. The voicemail will use its default greeting.

At the base unit press the MEMO button, then press one of the mailbox buttons(MAILBOX 1, MAILBOX 2, or MAILBOX 3) begin recording into the MIC at a adistance of 8 inches after the long beep. Press the MEMO button to end and save the recording. If a caller leaves a message without choosing a mailbox, the message will be recorded in mailbox 1. Here is a link to download the manual.
http://service.us.panasonic.com/OPERMANPDF/KXTG2770S.PDF

According to the instruction manual, which can be found at: http://telephones.att.com/docMgt/public/art/175/1872_manual.pdf,

TO RECORD AN ANNOUNCEMENT:
1. Press A.
2. Choose the announcement location by
pressing s until the appropriate
mailbox is displayed.
3. Press R. Begin speaking after the beep
4. When you are finished, press S.
You will hear your new announcement.
5. Repeat Steps 1-4 to record another
announcement
— OR —
Press S.

TO REVIEW YOUR ANNOUNCEMENT:
1. Press A.
2. Press s to choose the announcement
you want to review (A, B, C, AO,
MBOX 3, MBOX 4).
3. Press P to hear the selected
announcement.

Or, if you're away from the office,
CHANGING ANNOUNCEMENTS:
You can re-record any of the announcements
currently in use by any
line or mailbox.
1. Contact the answering system.
2. After two beeps press a number key
(1-4) to select a line or mailbox, then
press 4*. The system beeps and begins
recording.
3. Speak into the telephone in a normal tone
of voice.
4. Press # when you are finished. The
system beeps once and plays the new
announcement.
To review your announcement, press a
number key (1-4) to select a line or mailbox.
Press 41 after the two beeps to play
your announcement.
NOTE: If announcement is being used by
both lines, re-recording the announcement
will change the announcement heard on
both lines.

Hope this helps!
tkhusa420

To access the System Administrator Mailbox:
1. Dial into voice mail: From any phone on system dial 150
2. When the system answers, dial [*] + [#] followed by the System Administrator Mailbox number: (# 0 0 )
The system will announce: “Mailbox 15-00”, which is the System Administrator Mailbox number.
3. When requested, enter the System Administrator password. Default = [9]+[#]+[56].

How to program greetings
1. Access the System Administrator Mailbox as described above. The System Administrator Mailbox Menu plays.
2. Press [1] to access system greetings. The system will prompt you for the greeting number
3. Enter the desired greeting number.
For example:
1 = Default Day greeting
2 = Default Night greeting
3 = Default Temporary greeting
4. You will be prompted with the following three choices:
Press [1] to Review.
Press [2] to Record. You will be prompted to record the greeting
When you finish recording, press [#] to save the recording.
You can then
Press [1] to Review.
Press [*] + [*] + [*] to exit the system completely

Changing a mailbox from a subscriber mailbox to an information mailbox would require you to delete one in favor of the other but, if you want to temporarily disable the message taking ability you could login to the mailbox, press the admin key, press the greeting key, press the choose key, select alternate greeting, when you choose your alternate greeting mailbox youll be asked if your mailbox should accept messages press the chng key to toggle from yes to no. dont forget to record a alternate greeting for the mailbox.

hope that helps

first set day and time... menu, mailboxes, set day/time, scroll to day, set, select, ok... then scroll to current time, set, dial pad four digits, 2 for am or 7 for pm, select save. now power on line 1 or 2 or both. phone is preprogrammed with 'hello, please leave a message after the tone.' to record your own use menu, mailboxes, select setup 1 or 2, then review/chng oga, then record new oga, then ok. record when screen changes, choose stop when you're done. shortcut: press and hold record, press and release mailbox line x, release when finished. you only record one line at a time, so you can have different messages on each line. even if it's the same, you must record each line. since you can only record one message the shortcut would be useful for an 'out to lunch, be back about 1-30' sort of message. then re-record a standard message when you get back from lunch. 'course, you really don't need an 'out to lunch' message, since people are accustomed to answering machines at any time of day. all the caller needs to know is that 'i can't get to the phone right now.' and they appreciate it when you keep it short.

Problem solved

To Log Into System Administration:
1. Enter Feature 983
2. The display will show "LOG", enter your login password
a. If your company extensions are 2 digits long enter "120000"
b. If your company extensions are 3 digits long enter "1020000"
c. If your company extensions are 4 digits long enter "10020000"
3. Press the softkey under "OK"
To Create a New Mailbox:
1. Log into system administration
2. Select the softkey under "MBOX"
3. Select the softkey under "ADD"
4. Enter the mailbox number (extension. you want to add
5. Mailbox type: Subscriber and then select "OK"
6. Extension: Usually the same as the mailbox number
7. Service Class: Enter 1
8. Name: Enter the name using the dial pad. Enter last name first, press "# #" to enter a comma, and then enter the first name. When spelling the name, press # to move to the next character
9. Directory: Y (Yes.
10. Message Waiting: Y (Yes.
11. Out dial: Pool, enter 1 and then OK
12. Accept: 1, select OK
To Delete a Mailbox:
1. Log into the system administration
2. Select the softkey under "MBOX"
3. Select the softkey under "DEL"
4. Enter the mailbox number (extension. you want to delete
5. Select the softkey under "Delete"
To Reset a Mailbox Password:
1. Log into system administration
2. Select the softkey under "MBOX"
3. Select the softkey under "Chng"
4. Enter the mailbox number you want to reset the password for
5. The display shows "Reset Password"
6. Select the softkey under "RESET"
7. Press the release key
*The new password will be "0000", the system will ask the user to change this the first time they log into their mailbox using this password.
To Change the Name on a Mailbox:
1. Log into system administration
2. Select the softkey under "MBOX"
3. Select the softkey under "Chng"
4. Enter the mailbox number (extension. you want to change the name on
5. The display shows "Reset Password"
6. Select the softkey under "Next", keep hitting "Next" until the display shows the name
7. Select the softkey under "Chng" to enter a new name
8. Enter the name using the dial pad. Enter last name first, press "# #" to enter a comma and then enter the first name. When spelling the name, press "#" to move to the next character
9. Select the softkey under "Next" to save the change
10. Hit the release button
To Change the "Recorded" Name for the Company Directory:
1. Have the Voicemail User log into their mailbox, after putting in their password, press the button under "Admin" (or press the number 8 key., and then press the number 1 key.
2. You will hear the old recorded name and then the system will "beep", prompting you to record a new name (name only here, not greeting..
3. Press "Ok" in the window when you are done recording and then "Ok" again to accept the recording

If Announce Only is selected, no messages will be recorded.

When Announce Select is set to "A" and the system answers a call, the caller hears the announcement you recorded, followed by a beep. After the beep, the system begins recording your caller’s message up to three minutes long.

Here is a link to a similar model: http://www.swbfreedomphone.com/ib/ibansw/fa970.pdf Here is what it says: TONE REMOTE OPERATION Remote Security Code To access answering functions from an outside line, you will need to enter the three digit security code located on the bottom of your unit. Write this number on the Remote Access Card, which you can keep in your wallet. Remote Turn On If you forget to turn on your unit: 1. Call your unit from a touch-tone phone. 2. Wait 12-14 rings until the machine answers. 3. The FA970 will automatically answer by playing your greeting. You may hang up the phone, and subsequent calls will be answered. Remote Message Playback 1. Call your unit from a touch-tone telephone. 2. After your FA970 answers, it plays the outgoing greeting and beeps once. Dial your three digit security code within 20 seconds after the beep, pressing and holding each digit for 1-2 seconds. Allow a 2 seconds interval between each digit. 3. Your FA970 will sound one beep to indicate the code was entered correctly. (If there are no beeps, enter your code again.) 4. You can press the following buttons on your keypad: Option Press Playback Mailbox 1 Messages (1) Playback Mailbox 2 Messages (2) Record Memo Message (3) Record New Greeting (8) Turn Off Answer Mode (9) If you press ?1? or ?2? (to playback messages), you have the follow options: Option Press Erase Current Message (0) Repeat Current Message (4) Repeat Previous Message (4) repeatedly Stop Message Playback (5) Skip to Next Message (6) To SAVE messages, hang up the telephone. Note: Your FA970 will sound a series of beeps if there are no messages. Remote Record New Greeting If you press 8 (to record new greeting): 1. When you hear a beep, begin recording your new greeting (up to 30 seconds). 2. When you have finished recording your new greeting, press (5). The unit will beep, and the new greeting will playback to you. 3. Hang up the telephone. Remote Record Memo If you press 3 (to record memo message): 1. Within three seconds of pressing ?3?, press ?1? or ?2? to select Mailbox 1 or Mailbox 2. Otherwise, the memo will be recorded in Mailbox 1. 2. When you hear a beep, begin recording your memo (up to 60 seconds). 3. When you have finished recording your memo message, press (5). 4. The corresponding Mailbox message count will be increased by one. To Retrieve Messages when Recording Memory is Full 1. When the message capacity is full, the unit will sound 3 beeps after answering the phone. 2. Within 20 seconds after the 3 beeps, dial your 3 digit security code. 3. Your FA970 will sound one beep to indicate the code was entered correctly.