User's Manual

Processing Messages
Message status is indicated by the MSG~S key and by information on the display. The following table applies to the MSG~S
key:
Status Light Meaning
Unlit there are no messages
ON there are messages but no new
messages
Slow Flash there are new messages
Fast Flash the Answering System is currently in use
Flicker the Answering System memory is full
When a caller's message is recorded, additional information is stored along with the message. This information consists of a line
number, a message number, an optional time stamp, and caller ID information. If there are no caller ID information, the recorded
message will say "Unavailable".
In the above example, L1 indicates the line number, #01 represents the message number, 03/87/97 10: 15a indicates the time
stamp, and John Doe 5125551212 represents the caller ID information.
Playing Messages
There are several different methods for playing messages. You can:
Play New All - play all new messages
•• Play New By Line - play all new messages for a specific line
•• Play All play all messages
•• Play All By Line play all messages for a specific line
•• Play Select - play all messages beginning with a specific message
Messages can be played using the MENU or the MSG~S key Both the message information and the message will be played.
To play messages using the MENU key, access the
Answering System menu and select Process Messages.
Then select the message option for playback.
To play new messages using the MSG' S key, press the MSG' S key briefly.
To play all messages, press and hold the MSG' S key for more man one second.
During message playback, you can press the following keys:
•• Back<- Repeats the current message or the previous message, if one exists, from its beginning.
•• >FWD- Skips to the message when this key is pressed during playback of the time stamp. If this key is pressed during
playback of the current message, the next message is played.
•• SELCET - Pauses or resumes the current message.