Number of messages waiting (or during playback, message number currently playing).

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Press PLAY/STOP to begin or end message playback.

1. (Play/Stop)

“You have [xx] new messages and [xx] old messages”

Message playback begins. See options at right.

2. (Play/Stop)

Message playback ends.

NOTE: If “F” is flashing in the message window, memory is full. You will have to delete some messages before new ones can be received.

NOTE: New (unheard) messages cannot be deleted.

Answering System Operation

Message playback

Press PLAY/STOP to hear messages.The system announces the number of messages, then begins playback.

If you have new messages waiting, you will hear only the new messages (oldest first). If there are no new messages, the system will play back all messages (oldest first).

Announcements

When playback begins, you will hear the total number of messages.

Before each message, you will hear the day and time it was received.

After the last message, you will hear “End of messag- es.” If the system has less than 5 minutes of record- ing time left, you will hear time remaining.

Options during playback

Press VOLUME button to adjust speaker volume.

Press SKIP to skip to next message.

Press REPEAT to repeat message currently playing. Press twice to hear previous message.

Press DELETE to delete message being played back.

Press PLAY/STOP to stop playback.

To delete all messages

To delete all messages, press and hold DELETE while the phone is idle (not during a call, or during message play- back).

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AT&T E5909B user manual Announcements, Options during playback, To delete all messages, Message playback ends