Telephone System Useful InformationAnswering SystemPreparation53For assistance, please call: 1-800-211-PANA(7262)Listening to MessagesUsing the Base UnitYou can see the total number of recordedmessages on the base unit display. If theANSWER ON indicator flashes, newmessages have been recorded. The mailboxicons ( , and ) which havenew messages also flash on the base unitdisplay.• If only old messages exist in a mailbox, the mailbox icon will be displayed but willnot flash.• If the Message Alert is turned on (p. 25), the Ringer/Message Alert indicator onthe handset will flash slowly when new messages have been recorded and thehandset is not in use.To play back messagesPress the MAILBOX button ([MAILBOX 1], [MAILBOX 2], or[MAILBOX 3]).• The unit announces “Mailbox (No.)” and the number of new messages in themailbox, then plays back the new messages.• If the mailbox also contains old messages, only new messages will be playedback.• When the mailbox has no new messages, the unit announces “Mailbox (No.)”and “No new messages. All message playback”, then plays back all messages in themailbox.• During playback, the display shows the message number of the mailbox and themailbox icon.• At the end of the last message of the mailbox, “End of final message” is heard. Theunit will announce the remaining recording time if it is less than 3 minutes.• When the mailbox has no messages, the unit announces “Mailbox (No.)” and “Nomessages”.Voice Day/Time Stamp: During playback, the unit will announce the day andtime when each message was recorded (p. 17).Base UnitBOXBOX 3BOXBOX 1 BOXBOX 2Ex. Mailbox 1 has new messages;Mailbox 2 has old messages;Mailbox 3 has no messages.BOX 1 BOX 2 BOX 3