Answering system operation
Message playback
If you have new messages, the handset displays New messages. The telephone base screen backlight turns on and XX New messages flashes. The backlight will turn off after you listen to the new messages. You can press the OFF softkey to turn the backlight off without listening to the messages.
When playback begins, the screen displays PLAYING MESSAGE and you hear the total number of messages followed by the day and time of the message. The telephone plays only the new messages (oldest first). If there are no new messages, the telephone plays back all messages (oldest first). After the last message, the telephone announces, “End of messages,” and the screen displays End of messages.
To play messages with the telephone base:
1.Press 
to listen to messages. Options during playback:
•Press 
/VOL+ or 
•Press 
to skip to the next message.
•Press CANCEL/
to repeat the message currently playing. Press CANCEL/
twice to listen to the previous message.
•Press FLASH/X to delete the current message. The system advances to the next message.
•Press 
to stop.
To play messages with a handset:
1.Press the MENU softkey when the handset is not in use.
2.Press 
/VOL+/
or 
3.Press 
/VOL+/
or 
Options during playback:
•Press 
/VOL+/
or 
•Press 6 to skip to the next message.
•Press 4 to repeat the message currently playing. Press 4 twice to listen to the previous message.
•Press 3 to delete the current message. The system advances to the next message.
•Press 5 to stop.
•Press the BACK softkey to exit and return to the previous menu.
When the answering system has less than five minutes of recording time left, the remaining time is announced. When the answering system has no recording time left, it announces “Memory is full,” and Rec time full displays.
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