Answering system operation
New message indication
The message window on the telephone base flashes and 
shows on the handset when there are new answering system messages.
If the new message alert tone is turned on, the telephone base beeps every 10 seconds when there are new or missed messages.
Call intercept
If you want to talk to the person whose message is being recorded, press 
/FLASH or 
on the handset.
Message playback
On the telephone base, if you have new messages, the telephone plays only
the new messages (oldest first). If there are no new messages, the telephone plays back all messages (oldest first).
On the handset, if you have both new and old messages, you can play either new or old messages.
When playback begins, you hear the total number of messages followed by the day and time of the message. After the last message, the telephone
announces, “End of messages.”
To play messages with the telephone base:
1.Press 
/PLAY/STOP when the phone is not in use. Options during playback:
•Press 
/VOL or VOL/
to adjust the speaker volume.
•Press 
/SKIP to skip to the next message.
•Press 
/REPEAT to repeat the message currently playing. Press 
/REPEAT twice to listen to the previous message.
•Press X/DELETE to delete the current message. The system advances to the next message.
•Press 
/PLAY/STOP to stop.
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