We have the NEC electra elita and would like to have the calls go directly to our voice mail greeting. How do we change it from ringing 3 times to go directly to voice mail? Thanks.

If you are using an Active Voice product (typical w/ NEC) you need to change the hours of operation on the voice mail system. "Night Mode" only changes the ringing characteristics of the phone system and where calls ring, not the greetings that play on the voice mail. The voice mail plays a particular greeting (Day/Night/Holiday) based on the time of day specified in the schedule. The system administrator for the voice mail would have to make this change.

Set your Call Forward Busy/No Answer to go to voice mail ext. as follows: Lift the handset, dial 4 then 3 followed by the voice mail ext. (the number you dial to retrieve voicemail messages). Hang up.

Hi, what do you want to change? What feature is programmed on the button?

"EACH OF THESE CODES ARE PRECEDED WITH THE ""FEATURE" " KEY"

**CONFIG NORSTAR CONFIGURATION PROGRAMMING (INSTALLER)
**SCPLUS NORSTAR SYSTEM COORDINATOR PLUS PROGRAMMING
(CICS AND ICS 2.0+)
**ADMIN NORSTAR ADMINISTRATIVE PROGRAMMING (SYS Coordinator)
**BASIC NORSTAR BASIC PROGRAMMING (CICS & ICS S.0+)
**SET NORSTAR SET PROFILE
**LINE NORSTAR LINE PROFILE
**USER NORSTAR USER PREFERENCES (CICS & ISC 2.0+)
**TIME NORSTAR TIME AND DATE (CICS & ICS 2.0+)
*0 BUTTON INQUIRY
*1 FEATURE KEY EXTERNAL AUTODIAL
*2 FEATURE KEY INTERNAL AUTODIAL
*3 FEATURE KEY PROGRAMMING
*4 PERSONNEL SPEED DIAL
*501 SELECT ENGLISH
*502 SELECT FRENCH
*503 SELECT SPANISH
*6 RING TYPE
*7 DISPLAY CONTRAST ADJUST
*80 RING VOLUME ADJUST
*81 MOVE LINE KEYS
*82 DIAL MODES
*831 AA ON/OFF (CICS)
*832 CCR ON/OFF (CICS)
*833 AA/CCR RECORDING MAINTENANCE (CICS)
*84 AUTO LOG OPTIONS
*85 CALL LOG PASSWORD
*89 PROGRAMMED RELEASE
*9 RUN/STOP
0 SYSTEM SPEED DIAL
1 SEND MESSAGE
#1 SEND MESSAGE CANCEL
2 RING AGAIN
#2 RING AGAIN CANCEL
3 CONFERENCE / TRANSFER
#3 CONFERENCE SPLIT
4 CALL FORWARD
#4 CALL FORWARD CANCEL
5 LAST NUMBER REDIAL
60 PAGE GENERAL
61X PAGE INTERNAL ZONE (1-6)
62 PAGE EXTERNAL
63X PAGE INTERNAL ZONE (1-6) PLUS EXTERNAL
64 LINE POOLS
65 MESSAGE REPLY
#65 MESSAGE REPLY CANCEL
66 VOICE CALL
67 SAVED NUMBER
68 RESTRICTION /COS OVERRIDE
69 PRIORITY CALL
70 CALL TRANSFER (BLIND)
71 LINK (HOOK FLASH)
72 TIMED RELEASE
74 CALL PARK
75 GROUP CALL PICKUP
76 DIRECTED CALL PICKUP
77 CALL DURATION TIMER
78 PAUSE
79 EXCLUSIVE HOLD
800 TRUNK ANSWER
801 CALL QUEUING
802 GROUP LISTENING
803 SHOW TIME
804 WAIT FOR DIAL TONE
805 TEST SETS (2.0)
806 HIDE DISPLAY
808 LONG TONES
810 MAKE BUSY
811 CALL INFORMATION
812 ENTER CALL LOG
813 LOG IT
815 AUTO BUMPING
817 IRAD TRANSFER (CICS ONLY)
819 OUTGOING NAME AND NUMBER BLOCKING (4.1)
#819 CANCEL OUTGOING NAME AND NUMBER BLOCKING
82 CAMP ON
83 PRIVACY CONTROL
84 LINE REDIRECTON
#84 CANCEL LINE REDIRECTION
85 DO NOT DISTURB
#85 CANCEL DO NOT DISTURB
86 BACK GROUND MUSIC
#86 CANCEL BACKGROUND MUSIC
87 "SERVICE MODES (DR-3,4,5)"
#87 CANCEL SERVICE MODES
870 SHOW SERVICE MODES (CICS)
871 EXTENDED RINGING (ICS)
#871 CANCEL EXTENDED RINGING
872 ALTERNATIVE RESTRICTIONS
#872 CANCEL ALTERNATIVE RESTRICTIONS
873 ALTERNATIVE ROUTING
#873 CANCEL ALTERNATIVE ROUTING
88 VOICE CALL DENY
#88 CANCEL VOICE CALL DENY

FEATURE 900 CODES ARE USED FOR OPTIONAL EQUIPMENT SUCH AS:
"VOICE MAIL, ACD, DIAL BY NAME, DOOR PHONE, ETC."
THE FOLLOWING ARE SOME COMMON USAGES:
9** "RAD PROGRAMMING (RAD 2, FASTRAD)"
9*0 RAD TRANSFER (ALL BUT CICS IRAD'S)
9*1 CHECK FEATURE CODES FOR VOICE MAIL
9*2 SMDR Admin
9*3 LOGGER TIME STAMP
9*3 VMI Codes(this was on an 8x24, came up on this code rather than F9*9)
9*4 NORSTAR DOOR PHONE PROGRAMMING
9*5 FLASH LOW RANGE CHECK FEATURE CODES
9*7 ACD ADMIN MAINTENANCE SESSION
9*9 VOICE MAIL INTERFACE (VMI) CODES
900 SMDR,enter an account number to be logged with the call
901 ACD LOGIN
901 VMI Admin
902 ACD UNAVAILABLE
903 VOICE MAIL HIGH/LOW RANGE SELECTION (DISABLED AFTER USE)
903 ACD CANCEL WRAP
904 ACD HELP
904 FLASH ACD LOW RANGE LOGIN/OUT
905 ACD CATEGORIZE
905 FLASH LOW RANGE DN IDENTIFIER
906 ACD RECORD CALL
906 FLASH LOW RANGE VM TRANSFER
907 FLASH LOW RANGE VM INTERRUPT
908 STAR TEXT (OBSOLETE)
908 FLASH ACD LOW RANGE BUSY MODE
909 ACD ANN. MAINTENANCE
909 FLASH ACD LOW RANGE QUEUE STATUS
910 FLASH LOW RANGE LEAVE MESSAGE
911 FLASH LOW RANGE OPEN MAILBOX
912 FLASH LOW RANGE OPERATOR CONTROL
913 ACD CALLS QUEUED
913 FLASH LOW RANGE SYSTEM ADMIN LOGIN
915 NORSTAR VOICE MAIL 2ND LEVEL ACCESS (PSWD=ACCESS2)
920 ACD ADMIN SESSION
921 ACD ROUTING SESSION DAY/NIGHT
922 ACD ADMIN STATISTICS SESSION
923 ACD GROUP STATISTICS SESSION
960 DIAL BY NAME (CINTECH NSVM OPTION)
961 DIAL BY NAME ADMIN (PSWD=1234)
980 VM SEND MSG TO ANOTHER MAILBOX
981 VM LOG INT MAILBOX
982 VM OPERATOR STATUS(PSWD=OPERATOR(67372867))
983 VM ADMIN PROGRAMMING (PSWD=1020000)
983 VM SOFTWARE LEVEL(LOGIN THEN OPTION 9)
984 VM TIME AND DATE(STARTALK Pswd=1020000)
984 AUTO FOREWARD TO VMAIL(NSVM4.0)
984 FLASH ACD LOGIN/OUT
985 "VOICE MAIL DN INQUIRY(RESET VM ADMIN PSWD 9,73738767793)"
986 VOICE MAIL TRANSFER
987 VOICE MAIL INTERRUPT
988 VOICE ACTIVATED NAME DIALING (NSVM 4.0)
988 FLASH ACD BUSY MODE
989 RECORD CALL (NSVM 4.0)
989 FLASH ACD QUEUE STATUS

The call forwarding was canceled; try this
1. pick up handset or press speaker
2. dial the code for call fwd busy/ no answer (default code is 744)
or press the forward function key
3. dial 1
4. dial the extension (lead number of your voice mail)
5. press speaker or hang up

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The call forwarding was turned off. To turn on, press speaker, enter 793, press 1(for set), press extention number, and enter 300. If you have call forwarding on and are looking for more rings, do the above steps except press 2 (for clear).

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

Call Pickup Direct

Upon hearing ringing or voice
announcement at another
telephone:
1. Lift the handset.
2. Dial the Call Pickup Direct
code 67.
3. Dial the station number of
the telephone to be
answered.
4. Converse.

If you change recordings on a voice mail box that does not change the settings for the mail box location. There will be a section to enter the name of the mail box owner (not a recording) and that is used for the directory.

I am not familiar with NEC voice mail systems but typically you can have different voice mails and different versions of phone system that all program differently. You should have an "administrator" guide for your voice mail so someone can make changes like this. I have no way of helping you find this and it will depend on your voice mail NOT the model number of your phone which can be used with different systems and voice mails that all program differently.

Jennifer209, if you press FEATURE + the button VM is pre-programmed on what does it display? It should show the extension number pilot to VM. If you call it directly, what happens? If you get no answer calling it directly, your VM may be down.

Kaait, is it getting into the VM that's the problem, or doing things inside the mailbox that is the problem?