MegaPhone is a screen-based telephone designed to work with the Macintosh Telephony Architecture and other features of the Macintosh Operating System such as PowerTalk. It comes bundled with the following Apple products: Macintosh Performa 6200CD, Macintosh Performa 6216CD, Macintosh Performa 6218CD, Macintosh Performa 6220CD, Macintosh Performa 6230CD, and Macintosh Performa 5215CD and with the GeoPort Telecom Adapter Kit.

One feature of MegaPhone is that it allows you to use your Macintosh computer as an answering machine. In order to do this your computer must be powered on and the MegaPhone application must be running. Megaphone can be running in the background when the call comes in. In the Macintosh Performa computers the Global Village internal modem automatically handles arbitration between the GlobalFax and MegaPhone software.

To setup the software so the modem will determine what type of call is coming in, open the Telephone Setup control panel and select the Auto-answer incoming calls after 4 rings option. This selection directs the incoming call to the appropriate software, whether the call is voice or fax. Follow these steps to record the outgoing greeting your callers hear:

Step 1

Launch MegaPhone.

Step 2

You can reach the area to record an outgoing message by two routes:

A. Pull down the File menu and choose Preferences. Select Voice Messaging from the Topic pull down menu.

B. From the Windows menu select Voice Messages and click the Setup button in the top right corner of the Voice Messages window. You are now in the Voice Messaging Preference window. Make sure you have placed an X next to Use MegaPhone Voice Messaging otherwise, you cannot record your greeting.

Step 3

Check if there is a greeting already recorded by clicking the Play button in the Outgoing Message area of the window. You hear the original MegaPhone greeting if you have not recorded a previous one. If you do not hear it, check the volume level of your computer in the Sound control panel. If you have a computer with volume control buttons, press the Volume Up button to make sure you hear your system sounds.

Step 4

If you do not hear the greeting or you do not hear any system sounds, make sure that your microphone is not connected to the speaker port, as this will not allow sounds to play or be recorded. Make sure your microphone is plugged into the port with the microphone icon.

Step 5

In the Outgoing Message area, click the Record button. You should hear MegaPhone speak and your computer say "Record your new greeting at the tone," followed by a short tone. If you do not hear MegaPhone tell you to record your greeting, refer to Restoring the Original Greeting section below this table to remove the "Voice Mail Sounds" file. Afterwards, test it again.

Step 6

Record your announcement and then click the Stop button. Click the Play button to hear your recording. You should hear your message.

If you hear nothing, check your sound input in the Sound control panel:

Step 6.1

Under the Apple Menu, choose Control Panels.

Step 6.2

Double-click the Sound Control Panel.

Step 6.3

Choose the Sound In option from the pull down menu in the control panel window.

Step 6.4

Click the Options button.

Step 6.5

Change the Input Source to microphone.

Step 6.6

Click OK.

Step 6.7

Choose the Alert Sounds option from the pull down menu in the control panel window.

Step 6.8

Click Add.

Step 6.9

Tap your microphone and look for the sound waves coming from the speaker icon to confirm it is receiving input.

Step 7

MegaPhone comes with its own prerecorded greeting that states "Hello, thank you for calling. Please leave your message at the tone." This message will be erased as soon as you record your own new greeting.

Restoring the Original Greeting

The file is located at the following path:

Hard Disk --> System Folder --> Preferences --> Cypress --> MegaPhone --> Voice
Mail Sounds. 

Move it to the Trash, empty the Trash, and then relaunch MegaPhone. A new Voice Mail Sounds file is created automatically. Please note that doing this erases any outgoing message you have recorded.

If you are still unable to record a greeting, reinstall MegaPhone from your Macintosh Performa CD or Geoport Telecom Adapter Kit software.

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