A N S W E R I N G S Y S T E M O P E R AT I O N
Listening to Your Messages
As the system plays back messages in a mailbox, the Message Window displays the number of the message playing. Before playing each message, the system announces the day and time the message was received. After playing the last message, the system announces “End of messages.”
Play all messages — Press and release the appropriate
Zbutton. If you have no messages, the system announces “No messages.”
Play new messages only — Hold down the appropriate
Zbutton for about two seconds, until the system begins playing. If you have no new messages, the system announces “No new messages.”
Repeat entire message — Press and release ?.
Repeat part of message — Hold down ?for a few seconds, then release it to resume playing. The system beeps while the button is held down.
Skip to next message — Press and release /.
Skip part of a message — Hold down /for a few seconds, then release it to resume playing. The system beeps while the button is held down.
Stop message playback — Press and release S.
Previewing Messages
You can use this feature to “preview” the first five seconds of each message in a mailbox.
1Press w. The mailbox lights flash and the message window displays Pr.
2Either press and release (to preview all messages) or hold down (to preview new messages only) B, b, Xor x.
3To listen to an entire message, press wwhile the message is playing. The system is now in regular playback mode, and plays all messages completely.
4You can press Sat any time to exit previewing.
NOTE: Day and time are not announced during message previewing.
Saving Messages
The system saves your messages automatically if you do not delete them. The system can save about 24 minutes of messages, including your announcement, for up to a total of 99 messages. When memory is full, you must delete some or all messages before new messages can be recorded.
Privacy Playback
Instead of hearing your messages through the system's speaker, you can listen to them through the answering system handset.
1Hold down Swhile you lift the handset.
2Press and release Zto play all messages
— OR —
Hold down Zfor about 2 seconds to play new messages only.
3After pressing Z, you can follow the directions above to repeat, skip, or stop message playback.
NOTE: Privacy Playback will not work if you have answered a call, or if you lift the handset and place a call before pressing Z.
Moving a Message to Another Mailbox
You can move a message from one mailbox to another. The message is saved as a new message in the mailbox to which it’s been added, and is deleted from the original mailbox.
1While the message you want to move is playing, press g. The system stops playback, the Message Window displays CP (for copy), and the mailbox lights flash.
2Press the MBOX button where you want to move the message. The system beeps twice and resumes playing messages in the original mailbox.
Deleting Messages
Delete all messages in a mailbox — Press and release D, then press the MBOX button of the mailbox you want to clear. The system announces “Messages deleted.” If you haven’t listened to all of the messages, the system beeps five times, and does not delete messages.
Delete selected messages — Press and release D while the message you want to delete is being played. The system beeps once, and continues with the next message. If you want to check a message before you delete it, you can press ?to replay a message before deleting it.
When the system reaches the end of the last message, the messages not deleted are renumbered, and the Message Window displays the total number of messages remaining in memory.
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