Essential Digital Home Phone message alert

[DavidBryer]

With my new phone above I can see from the green light that goes on if I have a message, but with my older phone there was a warning beep. Can I activate a beep on this new phone in addition to the green light on the phone icon?

[Andy005]

Hi @DavidBryer 

If you press Menu, then go to Settings and down to '1571 Message Alert', there is an option to turn on an audio alert. 

However, I turned it on and all that happened was that the green voicemail indicator no longer lit, despite it still being selected. I tried it with the sound on and the indicator light off as well and there was still no audio alert.

I had to then power the handset off and on again to get the green indicator to work again. So despite the fact that there's an audio alert setting, it doesn't work on my handsets, all it seems to do is disable the green indicator.

I'd suggest just leaving it as it is.

[DavidBryer]

Thank you, Andy. I’ll take your suggestion, I think, in the light of your experience!

cheers - David