Message playback, Announcements, Options during playback – AT&T 1187 User Manual

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Answering System Operation

Message playback

Press the

PLAY/STOP

button to hear incoming messages

you’ve received. The system announces the number of
messages, then begins playback.
If you have new messages waiting, you will hear only the
new messages (oldest first). If there are no new messages,
the system will play back all messages (oldest first).

Announcements
• When playback begins, you will hear the number of

messages.

• Before each message, you will hear the day and time

it was received.

• After the last message, you will hear “End of

messages.” If the system has less than 5 minutes of
recording time left, you will hear time remaining.

Options during playback
• Press

^V

to adjust speaker volume.

• Press

SKIP/QUICK

to skip to next message (or hold

down to speed up message playback).

• Press

REPEAT/SLOW

to repeat message currently

playing. Press twice to hear previous message. (Hold
down to slow message playback).

• Press

DELETE

to delete message being played back.

• Press

PLAY/STOP

to stop playback.

To delete all messages
To delete all messages, press and hold the

DELETE

button while the phone is idle (not during a call, or
during message playback). This will delete all old
messages. New messages (ones you have not yet played
back) will not be deleted.

1

PLAY/STOP

“You have [xx] new
messages and [xx] old
messages”

Number of messages waiting
(or, during playback, message
number currently playing)

16

Message playback begins. See
options at right.

2

PLAY/STOP

Message playback ends.

NOTE:

If “F” is flashing in

the message window, memory is
full. You will have to delete some
messages before new ones can
be received.

NOTE:

New (unheard)

messages cannot be deleted.

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