How can I check my answering machine?

How can I check my home answering machine messages, when I am away from home?

• This is the phone I have: http://www.uniden.com/products/productdetail.cfm?product=EXAI7248 And I have a code...but how do I use it?

• Answer:

  Remote Operation You can operate your answering system from a remote location (when you are away from home, or from another room using a handset). Use this function to check for recorded messages, to play or delete message. When using any touch-tone telephone, you can even record a new greeting message. Remote Access away from Home You can operate your answering system from a remote location using any touch-tone telephone. 1) Call your telephone number. 2) During the greeting message, press 0 and enter your PIN code 3) The answering system announces the current time and the number of messages stored in memory. Then you hear "To play incoming messages, press zero two. For help, press one zero." 4) You may continue to listen to the voice prompts, or you may select a command from the following chart: *For Memo Record and Greeting Message Record function, the first time you enter the corresponding command, it starts the Recording function. If you want to stop the recording, enter the command again. 5) After all of the voice prompts have been played, you hear intermittent beeps indicating that the system is in the command waiting mode. You may enter another command at this time from the chart. 6) When you are finished, hang up to exit the system. The answering system automatically returns to standby. 0 then 1 Repeat a Message 0 then 6 Answering System On 0 then 2 Play Incoming Messages 0 then 7 Memo Record/Stop* 0 then 3 Skip a Message 0 then 8 Greeting Message Record/Stop* 0 then 4 Delete a Message 0 then 9 Answering System Off 0 then 5 Stop Operation 1 then 0 Voice Prompts Turn on the Answering System Remotely If you have forgotten to turn on your answering system, you can turn it on remotely from any touch-tone telephone. 1) Call your telephone number. 2) Wait ten rings until the system answers. You hear intermittent beeps. 3) Press 0 and then enter your PIN code. The answering system announces the number of messages stored in memory. You hear "To play incoming messages, press zero two. For help, press one zero." 4) Press 0 then 6 to turn the answering system on. You hear the outgoing message and a confirmation tone. 5) Hang up the phone; subsequent calls will be answered by the system.