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Capital, Bayou & Plaquemine Regions Voicemail
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When you access your mailbox for the first time, a user tutorial is automatically activated. This tutorial will guide you through you first mailbox session. It will prompt you to change your temporary PIN, record a greeting and record your name.
How to Setup & Access Your Mailbox
- Dial your voicemail access number: 225-391-1900 from your home phone.
- Enter the default PIN: [supplied by an EATEL customer service representative]
The tutorial will guide you through, in order:
- Setting your confidential PIN
- Recording your personal greeting
- Recording your name
How to Create or Change Your PIN
For security and privacy purposes, you will always be prompted for your passcode before accessing your mailbox.
- Access your mailbox.
- Press 4 to work with your settings.
- Press 3 for security options.
- Press 1 to change your PIN.
- Enter a 4- through 20-digit number.
- To confirm, re-enter your PIN.
How to Record or Change Your Greeting
- Access your mailbox.
- Press 3 to work with your greetings.
- Press 1 to record or change your personal greeting.
- Press 3 to select a system-generated greeting.
- Press 5 to record or change your busy greeting.
- Once the recording is complete:
- Press 1 to accept your recording.
- Press 2 to change your recording.
- Press 3 to exit the system without saving your recording.
How to Record or Change Your Name
- Access your mailbox.
- Press 3 to work with your greetings.
- Press 3 to record or change your name.
- Press 2 to review or record your name.
- Once the recording is complete:
- Press 1 to accept your recording.
- Press 2 to change your recording.
- Press 3 to exit the system without saving your recording.
How to Check for Messages
From your home phone:
- Listen to the dial tone for a “stutter” dial tone. This indicates at least one new message.
- Dial *98
- Enter your PIN
- Press 1 to listen to your messages. Follow the remaining voice prompts.
If checking messages from another phone:
- Dial 391-1900.
- Enter your area code and phone number followed by #.
- Enter your PIN followed by #.
How to listen to your messages:
- Access your mailbox.
- Press 1 to get your messages.
- Once you have played a message:
- Press 1 to repeat the message.
- Press 2 to save the message.
- Press 3 to delete the message.
- Press 4 to reply to the message.
- Press 6 to increase the volume of the message. Press this several times to incrementally increase the volume.
- Press 7 to slow the playback of the message. Press this several times to incrementally reduce the speed of the message.
- Press 77 to skip the message back 5 seconds.
- Press 8 to pause the playback of the message for up to 20 seconds. A recurring “ping” sound informs you that the message is paused. Pressing 8 again resumes playback.
- Press 9 to speed the playback of the message. Press this several times to incrementally increase the speed of the message.
- Press 99 to skip the message forward 5 seconds.
- Press # to leave the message marked as new.