I have a GE 29878GE1 answering machine. I had a message left for me but only the first few seconds are audible then it is cut off. Is there any way of find out what the rest of the message was.

http://www.home-electronics.net/ge/pc/IB/29875GE1_IB.pdf

Second column of the second page of the manual at
http://www.home-electronics.net/USER-GUIDES/28112_DOM_EN_CL_IB.pdf

No, sorry, you can't. The recording is digital and once it's gone it's gone.

I have a different model but the default code for mine is 123.
To change the code from the machine, I have to press the STOP/SET button and hold it and wait for prompts.

Call your phone number where you have the answering machine connected.

After you here the beep that follows your greeting or during your greeting before the beep enter your security code. It is factory set at 123.

It will recognize your code and begin playing the remote function.

Follow the instructions from there to hear your messages.

Call your phone number. After the greeting is finished and you hear the beep to leave a message push 123 on a touch tone phone and you will be given a list of things you can choose to do including listening to messages. 123 is the default security code unless the security code has been changed. Since you dont know how to retrieve messages Im assuming the default security code has never been changed.

If 123 is not the default security code and you dont know what the code is, you can change your code in the setup menu. You get to this by pushing the stop/set button on the answering machine and holding it for a couple of seconds. Since GE doesnt offer a downloadable manual for the 29878GE1 you should probably take a look at the manual for the 29875GE1 which is basically the same model with the addition of a digital message counter. Hope this helps.

Here is the product manual for your device:

http://www.amazon.com/GE-29878GE1-Digital-Messaging-System/dp/

G.E. has discontinued this product and no longer supports it.

If I am away from my machine and want to call my answering machine and hear the messages what do I do. Lost my manual.

Some manuals for GE products can be found at the Thomson Consumer Distributing website. While you may not be able to find the exact model, I found a similar model for my answering machine and the instructions applied to my model except for a few features which my machine did not have.

http://www.home-electronics.net/ge/pc/viewCategories.asp?idCategory=11