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Your BT3920 can digitally record up to 20 minutes 
of messages. You can operate your answer machine 
from: the handset, the base or remotely from any 
other Touchtone™ telephone (see page 41).
Using the answer machine from 
the base
Switch the answer machine on or off
Press 
 to toggle between On and Off.  
The setting is announced.
Message playback using the base
Press 
. If you have messages they will be 
played, new (unplayed) messages first followed by 
old (played) messages.
During playback:
Press 
 to stop playback. The base will return 
to idle.
Press 
 to delete the message being played.
Press   to skip forward to the start of the  
next message.
You’ll need to set the date and 
time (if you’ve not already done 
so) so that the answer machine 
can correctly announce when 
each message was received. To 
set the date and time manually, 
see page 44-45.
When the answer machine is 
switched On, the red light on 
the 
 button will light 
up and the   icon will be 
displayed on the handset 
screen. 
When you receive new 
messages you will be notified 
by a message on the handset 
display, the 
 icon on the 
display will flash and the green 
light on the   button on 
the base will flash.
If there are no messages (new 
or old) when you press 
, 
you will hear, “ You have no 
messages”.
Each message is played back 
with the date and time it was 
received announced.
Answer machine