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Answering system operation
Message playback
To listen to messages
You can use either a handset or the telephone base to play messages. If
there are new messages, the system plays back only the new messages
(oldest first). If there are no new messages, the system plays back all old
messages (oldest first).
When playback begins, the total number of messages is announced. Before
each message, you hear the day and time it was received. After the last
message, you hear “
End of messages.
” If the system has less than three
minutes of recording time left, you hear the remaining time. If the memory of
the answering system is full, you hear “
Memory is full.
”
notes:
If the date and time is not set when a message is recorded, the system announces, “
Time and
date not set
” before the message is played. To set the date and time, see
Set date/time
on
page 13.
Only one handset or the telephone base can access the answering system at a time.
While a handset is on a call, you cannot play messages.
To listen to messages at the telephone base:
Press
/PLAy/
SToP
on the telephone base to listen
to the messages.
The system announces the number of messages, then
begins playback. The message sequence is shown on
the message window.
Press
/
PLAy
/SToP
to stop the playback.
note:
If there are no messages in the answering system, the system announces,
“You have
no message.”
when you attempt to listen to messages.
To listen to messages at the handset:
Press
mEnU/
SELECT
when in idle mode to enter the main
menu.
Press
mEnU
/SELECT
to select
>PLAy mESSAGES
.
The system announces the number of messages, then
begins playback. The message sequence is shown on the
handset’s screen.
Press
5
to stop the playback.
note:
If there are no messages in the answering system, the handset
shows
no mESSAGE
and announces, “
You have no message
.”
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1.
2.
3.
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2.
3.
4.
3-DELETE
5-STOP
4-REPEAT
6-SKIP
10:30
PM
MSG #
16 NEW MESSAGES
03 OLD MESSAGES
>PLAY MESSAGES
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