Using Your Answering System; Playing Your Messages - Uniden DSS 5855 series Owner's Manual

Using your Answering System

The message counter displays the number of messages stored in memory. If the display
flashes, then there are new messages waiting for you. The answering system is designed to
play your new messages first. After you play all your new messages, you can then play your
old messages.

Playing your messages

1) When the phone is in the standby mode, press
The system announces the number of new and old messages while the message counter
displays only the number of new messages. The time and day that each message was
received is announced after the message is played. The message counter will then display
the number of current stored messages.
2) When all new messages have been played, you hear a beep and the system announces
"End of message". The system returns to standby. After you have reviewed your new
messages, you can play your old messages by again pressing
to a new message, it then becomes an old message. The old messages will be played in
the order in which they were received.
Repeating a message
1) Press to review your messages. The number of stored messages is announced.
2) To repeat the current message, press
To quickly scroll backwards through a message, press and hold
To repeat the previous message, press
remote operation) after a message begins playing. If you have several messages, press
repeatedly until you return to the message you want to replay. If the current message
is the first new message, the system plays back from the beginning of the current
message (it does not go back into the old message group).
3) Press at any time to stop reviewing messages and return to standby. The message
counter shows the number of messages stored in memory.
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. Once you have listened
after a few seconds of beginning the message.
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within a few seconds (about 4 seconds during
• To stop playing your
messages, press
again at any time.
• When the answering
system is full, " "
appears on the base.
You should delete some
messages so that the
system can record new
messages. (Refer to
"Deleting a message"
on page 44.)
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