How do you record a message for people to hear when they are on hold

Hold the announcement key down. If the old message is there it will read it out loud to you. If you wish to change it, just hold the announcement key and speak over the old message. Make sure you keep holding the announcement key as you record your new message. When you have finished recording, release the key. If you wish to hear your message push the announcement key again. Do not hold it down this time. If you are not satisfied with the new message, repeat the method by holding down the announcement key again and recording your message. Your old message will disappear once you have recorded your new one.

I have the same phone. To record a message, press Menu - press down arrow keys until you get to Record Outgoing Message - Press and hold down Menu again to Record. You record handsfree. I have a problem with the quality of the recorded message, it is very hard to hear it, there is a lot of background noise.

If you want to revert back to the pre-recorded message, do all of the above as far as recording the message but instead of actually recording a message, lift the handset and it reinstates the pre-recorded message.

To listen to the message you have recorded, Press Menu, click on down arrow keys as far as OGM and press Menu again to play the message.

With the phone in standby mode, press and hold the [greeting] key. You will hear the announcement "Record greeting" and a confirmation tone. "--" flashes on the message counter.
Start record your message. You have thirty seconds, and the message counter counts down.
When finished, press [greeting]. You'll hear a confirmation tone, and then your greeting plays back.

The above is from the "Recording a personal outgoing message" section of the manual (page 36 in my copy). If you need a manual, you can download one here.

1 Press and hold <greeting> until you hear a tone. Start recording your message immediately after you hear the tone end.

2 When you finish recording your message, press <greeting> or <play>. A tone sounds and your message plays back on the phone.

1 Press and hold <greeting> until you hear tone. Start recording your message immediately after you hear the tone end.

2 When you finish recording your message, press <greeting> or <play>. A tone sounds and your message plays back on the phone.

to record something u hold the announce button and wait for the beep then keep on holding it and record your message and when your done let go and youll hear your message.

Hold the greeting button down until you hear a beep, record your message and push the button again, the unit will play back what you just recorded and make it your outgoing message.

To Record Outgoing Message on Radio Shack’s Answering Machine [Model 43-3829]:

Press and Hold the ANNC/DAY/<< button. You’ll hear a beep; continue to hold down the ANNC/DAY/<< button and record your message. When recording of your [outgoing] message is complete, release the ANNC/DAY/<< button. Your message will automatically play back for you.

Please let me know if you have additional questions. Thanks!

Take care,
Gail :-)

Found my manual!
To set the time, press and hold the time/code button for 2 seconds. You will hear "TO SET CODE PRESS TIME AND CODE BUTTON."
Release the time/code button.
Press the 2 way/m button once. You will hear "SET DAY AND TIME, SUNDAY"
Press the << or >> button until you hear the correct day.
Press the time/code button once. You will hear "TWELVE"
Press the << or >> button until you hear the correct hour.
Press the time/code button once. You will hear "OH".
Press the << or >> button until you hear the correct minutes.
Press the time/code button once. You will hear "PM".
Press the << or >> button if you need to change to AM.
Press the time/code button once and you will hear the complete time and day setting.

To record an outgoing message, press and hold the ogm button. Release the ogm button and start to record after you hear "PLEASE RECORD AFTER THE TONE" followed by a beep tone. When finished, press the ogm button.

Make sure you put a battery in the answering machine so you don't lose these settings if the power goes out!

1. Press and hold down the announce button.
2. You will hear record announcement after the tone.
3. Once you hear record announcement after the tone continue holding the relase button and record your message.
4. When you are done recording release the release button.
5. To hear your recorded message press and hold the release button and release after you have heard your message.
6. If you are not pleased with your recorded message, repeat the steps obove.