Answering machine bad

Unplug your machine (reset) and replug after 30 seconds.Should do the trick.

There can be many reasons for this, a poor connection to the line, a defective message recorder, bad speaker, etc... Has it been like that since you got the phone?
The Vtech 5.8GHz Cordless Phones have good sound quality.
Try using another phone or answering machine if the problem is still there, you will need to call your phone company and have the lines repaired. If this doesn't work, try contacting Vtech's customer support.
Of course, if you use a voicemail system that is offered from your provider, it can also be a problem with there systems, a easy way to figure out if its the phone, or something else, is to try using another phone and see if the problem stops or continues.

New phone time! mine are too! ( haven't yet replaced it yet!)

Try making a new recording.

i followed the advice posted & it worked fine after that. thanks.

that is the number of messages you have on your machine. If you don't like having messages, then you can delete them by pressing and holding the Play/pause button (blue button below the red answering machine light) until messages start to play. once they do, hit the remove button for each message you want to remove. Kepeech?

if you don't like having a message number higher than zero, then you probably shouldn't have an answering machine! :)

Your handset battery will have no effect on the answering machine audio, providing your regular audio is fine (its fine when you make a phone call right?), I will assume yes. I have seen this problem in these models, and your problem lies in your base station, and the only fix you can attempt is to go into base programming and delete as much as you can out of the memory, greetings, old messages, etc.. Power down, then power back up again. Call in and leave a message. See if it sounds better through the handset or the speaker on the base when you play it back. If its garbled both ways (reviewing through the handset or on the speaker base) , then your problem is in your base memory. If it is just garbled on your handset, then it may be a radio module problem with the base, either way it probably needs to go in for repair. I don't know if Panasonic still repairs that model, but if you google Panasonic cordless telephone repair, you will find someone. Good Luck, CG

Buy another machine

Call your number.  Hit star (*) or 01 while the message is playing. Phone should prompt you to enter your code.

its not that wrong push button man..,you'r fone was grounded... 1st man go check all the buttons.. if it bounce back all then your buttons work... ...but if you found either one does'nt bounce back... thats it... go to your nearest service center.... but if all working fine ... man your phone is grounded and service center only can fix that...