How do I change the number of rings before call goies to voice mail?

The CL2909 does not have an answering system. Thus the number of rings will depend on the caller's patience or your voice mail service. You need to check with your telephone provider to find the procedure to change the number of rings before your voice mail system answers the call. You'll have to get into the voice mail system and then access those options.

AT&T has the manual for the CL2909 on the product page: https://telephones.att.com/pd/290/CL2909-Speakerphone-with-caller-ID-call-waiting . The direct link to the manual is currently https://cdn-media-att.vtp-media.com/products/CL/CL2909/CL2909_CIB_i14.0_20170210.pdf .

I hope this helps. If you add a comment with your telephone provider, I may be able to find a guide to their voice mail system settings.

Cindy Wells

What type of phone is this? Most home phones have a setting in them to adjust the number of rings. Retrieving voice mails requires the voice mail be set up first. To assist you further, please provide more details.

ask your local admin to remove your phone from coverage path

Press dataregistration,press arrow up or down untill RX settings is display press start,press arrows untill incomming ring is displayed press start,set to on,next the amount of rings will apear on screen,change it there to the amount of rings.

You have to change the rings from the voice mail server. If you don't know your way around the server, its best to get a local NEC tech although it is fairly simple to navigate. Depends on your skill. Typical default password for the server is NEC

Depending on your system and configuration, that timer could be in any number of locations, and most of them are only available to a certified dealer.

We have a support package that allows us to make all the changes you need over the Internet for a flat annual fee. If you want your whole system to work properly and all changes to be made for you at a flat budget, call us at 877-236-8376.

For voice mail service subscribers
If you subscribe to a flat-rate service
package that includes Caller ID, call
waiting, voice mail, and unlimited
local/regional/long distance calls, please
note the following:
L To use the voice mail service provided
by your service provider/telephone
company rather than the unit's
answering system, turn off the
answering system (page 30).
L To use this unit's answering system
rather than the voice mail service
provided by your service provider/
telephone company, please contact
your service provider/telephone
company to deactivate your voice mail
service.
If your service provider/telephone
company cannot do this:
- Set this unit's "Ring count"
setting so that this unit's answering
system answers calls before the
voice mail service of your service
provider/telephone company does.
It is necessary to check the number
of rings required to activate the
voice mail service provided by your
service provider/telephone
company before changing this
setting.
- Change the number of rings of the
voice mail service so that the
answering system can answer the
call first. To do so, contact your
service provider/telephone
company.

In Coverage path form for voice mail

COVERAGE CRITERIA
Don't Answer? y y Number of Rings: 2
COVERAGE POINTS
Point1: h2 Rng: 1

you can change Number of rings,Rng options
--------------------------------------------------------------------

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

The KX-T7456 is a proprietary system phone. You have a Panasonic phone system and a voice mail, both separate items with their own part number. Your phone can work on several different systems and use different voice mail so your first step is to determine the part numbers from the system and voice mail. Then you will need a "programming" manual or possibly "administrator's manual" NOT a "user guide" for at least your voice mail and maybe for the system as well.