How do I change setting to 5 ring pickup on GE model 2-9715. Currently picks up after only 2 rings.

The CS6119 isn't an answering machine. It will continue to ring until someone or something picks up or the caller hangs up.

If you have an answering machine connected, please refer to its documentation or else repost your question and specify the make and model of the answering machine.

Good day Mickey, First I'll provide you with a link to the manual if you need it: http://157.254.235.130/public/25861_current.pdf I know it's a weird lokking link, it's a server from thompson which is the parent company for GE home electronics, not exactly yoo east to find. Anyway on to the problem at hand, To make it answer after more rings there is switch on the back of the base. It hase 3 settings 3/5/TS. If set to 3 it will pick up in rings, set it to 5 and it will pick up in 5 rings. The TS setting stands for TollSaver, do not use this setting, TS will cause it to pick up in 2 rings. Set it to 5, however if you want to get 10rings before it picks up there's a little trick. When the answering machine gets full it will start picking up in 10rings, they do this so you know your answering machine is full. You can still leave a meassge even when it's full, it will automatically delete the oldest message to make room for a new one. However the display on the machin will display an F instead of the number of new messages. Well I hope the helps with that problem, because I hate to be the bearer of bad news but that phone has a maximum capability of 10 speed dials (0-9) and that's the max. There are models on the market with lots of speed dials but there usually corded phones. Well Good Luck & I hope this helps. L8R

The CS6119 isn't an answering machine. It will continue to ring until someone or something picks up or the caller hangs up.

If you have an answering machine connected, please refer to its documentation or else repost your question and specify the make and model of the answering machine.

Since you declined to specify the model of your answering machine, select it from the list at
http://www.home-electronics.net/ge/pc/user-manuals.asp
to get the manual.

SETTING THE RINGS TO ANSWER

The unit announces the rings to answer. To change,
press NEXT or PREVIOUS. To set and go on to the next
item, press SET.
1. Press and release NEXT or PREVIOUS until the unit
announces and displays the correct number of rings
for the answerer to pick up.
2. Once the rings to answer is set, press SET to enter
the incoming message length menu.

this is not the psychic network

I cannot set the number of rings for pickup, my machine picks up after 2 rings, do you know how to set it? I don't have the manual. Thanks

the voicemail ring count has to be setup on your phone line thru your voicemail menu,and has nothing to do with the answering machine. if you don't want the answering machine to pickup, just shut it off. follow the prompt's for your voicemail settings, there you'll be able to set the amount of rings you want.
hope this helps.
wg

press *94, then press the number of rings you want 1-9. The tone will change and thats it.