Hello, I have a Phillips telephone CD235;the answering machine is no longer recording messages. It is switched on and I've tried the prescribed troubleshooting solutions outlined in the manual without any success,any other ideas please. R.Hewitt

If your Phone service is recording messages, that disconnects your line. You need to have them turn that feature off, OR set the answering machine to answer is less rings, say two or three. If the FAX machine listens to the line, it can still be set at a higher amount of rings, say four, and should still answer any FAX signal as it's sent to the answering machine.

You have unheard messages on the voicemail system provided by your telephone company. This system records messages when someone calls while you're already on the phone.

Please contact your telephone company for instructions on accessing their voicemail system.

You may be subscribed to a voicemail system provided your telephone company. This system records messages when people call while you're already on the phone. Please contact your telephone company for instructions on accessing their voicemail system.

For this problem contact your mobile service provider...........

Record Your Announcement
Before using this answering system, you
should record the announcement (up to
three minutes long) that callers will hear
when the system answers a call. If you
choose not to record an announcement,
the system answers with a pre-recorded
announcement: “HELLO. PLEASE LEAVE A
MESSAGE AFTER THE TONE.”
1 Press and hold a. When the
system beeps, speak toward the
microphone normally, from about nine
inches away. While you are recording,
the Message Window blinks .
To stop recording, release a.
The system automatically plays back
your announcement.
To review your announcement, press
and release a.
To erase your announcement and
return to the pre-recorded announcement,
press Dwhile your announcement is
playing.
Callers can skip the announcement by
pressing #.

found my old one
to switch ansaphone modes:
press clear/mute to get TAD ON(or TAD OFF) displayed, then
Answer + Record: TAD ON then press 7 then 1
Answer only (no msgs): TAD ON then 7 then 2
SORTED at last!! :-)

http://telephones.att.com/telephones_ui/support/dsp_manual.cfm?manualID=284

Hi try using
0000 this is the default pin number

Here's how we fixed it. The official solution in the manual is to unplug the machine for 20 minutes. That didn't help. Apparently, we needed to do it for longer. After we left both ends of the power cord (from the wall and the machine) unplugged for about 5 hours, the machine magically worked again -- and no more code 8.

Here is a link to your owner's manual: http://telephones.att.com/docMgt/public/art/162/1717_ATT.pdf It says: Recording Your Announcement Before using this answering system, you should record the announcement (up to one minute long) that callers will hear when the system answers a call. If you choose not to record an announcement, the system answers with a prerecorded announcement: ?Hello. Please leave a message after the tone.? 1. Press and hold ANNC/SKIP. The system beeps. Speak toward the microphone normally, from about nine inches away. While you are recording, the Message Window displays ?. 2 To stop recording, release ANNC/SKIP. The system automatically plays back your announcement. To review your announcement, press and release ANNC/SKIP.