© 2011 Advanced American Telephones. All Rights Reserved. AT&T and the AT&T logo are trademarks of AT&T Intellectual Property licensed to Advanced American Telephones, San Antonio, TX 78219. Message Guard® is a registered trademark of Advanced American Telephones. Printed in China. Issue 4 AT&T 12/11. www.telephones.att.com Part 2 User’s manual 1740 Digital answering system This manual contains information about this product’s installation and operation.
Installation Parts list • • • • • 1740 answering system Wallet card Part 1 Important product information Part 2 User’s manual Power adapter Use only the power adapter supplied with this product. To obtain a replacement, visit our website at www.telephones.att.com or call 1 (800) 222-3111. In Canada, dial 1 (866) 288-4268. Before you install Choose a location for the answering system near a telephone jack and a standard electrical outlet not controlled by a wall switch. 1 Connect the power adapter.
Feature setup Set the clock You must set the clock so that the system announces the correct day and time of incoming messages. Make sure the year is correct because the day of the week is calculated from the year. When you press CLOCK, the system announces the current time (if set) and “To set the clock, press CLOCK.” To exit at anytime while setting the clock, press PLAY/STOP. 1. Press CLOCK and the message window displays . The system announces the day and “To change the day, press SKIP or REPEAT.
Feature setup 3. To stop recording, press PLAY/STOP. The system automatically plays back the recorded outgoing announcement. To review your announcement, press ANNOUNCE/SKIP. The system announces, “Announcement. Press ANNOUNCE to record or press PLAY to play.” Press PLAY/STOP and the system plays the announcement. To erase your own recorded announcement, press X/DELETE while the announcement is playing. Calls are then answered with the default announcement. Feature setup 1.
Feature setup Feature summary (continued) FEATURE SYSTEM ANNOUNCEMENT Announcement monitor “Announcement monitor is...” OPTIONS • When this feature is on, the answering machine broadcasts your outgoing announcement when answering a call. When the feature is off, your outgoing announcement is not broadcast from the answering machine, but callers will hear the announcement. NOTE: You must set the volume to an audible level to use this feature. Number announce “Number announce is...
Operation Listen to, save & delete messages • The system automatically saves all incoming messages until you delete them. You can store approximately 60 minutes of messages, memos and announcements (up to a maximum of 99 messages). • Before playing each message, the system announces the day and time the message was received. If Store caller number is activated, the system also announces the caller’s telephone number (see Store caller number under Feature setup on page 4).
Operation Record memos A memo can be up to 3 minutes and is stored as an incoming message. 1. Press MEMO/REPEAT. The system announces, “Record after the tone. Press STOP when you are done,“ followed by a long beep. Speak toward the answering system. 2. To stop recording, press PLAY/STOP. The system saves the memo and plays a long beep. 3. To play a memo, press PLAY/STOP. Answer calls When the system answers a call, the caller hears the outgoing announcement followed by a beep.
Operation Listen to incoming messages When the system plays incoming messages, the message window displays the number of the message playing. Before playing each message, the system announces the day and time the message was received. If the clock was not set when the message was recorded, or there was a power failure after it was set, the system will announce, “Time and day not set,” before playing the message. After playing the last message, the system announces, “End of messages.
Operation To delete all previously played messages, press X/DELETE in idle mode. The system announces, “To delete all old messages, press DELETE again.” Press X/DELETE again to delete all previously played messages. The system announces, “Messages deleted.” To delete selected messages, press X/DELETE while the desired message is playing. The system deletes the message and announces, “Deleted,” then plays the next message. If you want to replay a message before deleting it, press MEMO/REPEAT.
Remote operation Access the answering system remotely You can access many features remotely from a touch-tone telephone. 1. Dial the telephone number of your answering system. 2. When the system answers, enter your two-digit remote access code during or after the announcement. The system announces the number of messages, then begins playing back the messages.
Remote operation Feature summary (continued) FUNCTION End remote access call COMMAND Press 9. The system announces “The machine will now hang up,” and disconnects the call. NOTE: If no commands are entered within 15 seconds, the system announces, “The machine will now hang up,” and then disconnects the call. In case of difficulty If you have difficulty operating this answering system, try the suggestions below.
In case of difficulty Power failure recovery • If the system is disconnected from its AC power, it will not operate. The announcement and messages are retained in memory during a power failure, but it will be necessary to reset the clock. • If the system announces, “Time and day not set,” after announcing the time and day, it may be necessary to reset the clock. The system takes longer than usual to respond. • If there are too many messages recorded, the system may take longer than usual to respond.
