ooh, I found where I can view the seconds used.  For those who would like it....

list integrated

-r

Avaya's recommondation is to not use the last 10 sec. of the announcement board.

Nice tip - thanks

Any idea why?

I've been told that this is to be able to swap memory allocation in case of bit errors. Pretty much the same as on harddrives, when you have a faulty sector the data is moved (or should be moved..) and the sector is marked as bad.
We never had any problems though on boards that were fully used (at least none that could be directed to this).

Another tip is always erase a new Announcement board, this is because there are 2 test messages on it from the factory

A lot of the responses are very good. The time issue isn't a problem with some, and it is with others.
although some documents say you can delete from a sat terminal, it should never be done.Always you a phone with console permissions and always delete before re-recording. To see all announcements and the times remaining use display integrated. If your board fails due to corruption and test 209 fails, display errs, err type 14 points to the announcement that is bad.

A lot of the responses are very good. The time issue isn't a problem with some, and it is with others.
although some documents say you can delete from a sat terminal, it should never be done.Always you a phone with console permissions and always delete before re-recording. To see all announcements and the times remaining use display integrated. If your board fails due to corruption and test 209 fails, display errs, err type 14 points to the announcement that is bad.