Listening To Your Messages; Remote Access Code; Saving Messages - AT&T 1817 User Manual

ANSWERING SYSTEM OPERATION

Remote Access Code

You can use many features of this
answering system remotely from a touch
tone phone. Most features can be
accessed only after you enter a Remote
Access Code, which is preset to 123. You
can review the Remote Access Code by
pressing and releasing S.
You can change the Remote Access Code
to any three digit number from 100 to 999.
Press and hold S. After the Ring
1
Select setting is announced, continue
to press and release S until the
system announces the current Remote
Access Code.
2
Press and release
until the system announces the first
digit you want.
Press and release S to select the
3
announced digit.
4 Repeat Steps 2 and 3 for the second
and third digits of the code.
Press P to exit
5
— OR —
Press S to turn the Announcement
Monitor on or off (follow Steps 2 and
3 under "Announcement Monitor").
Announcement Monitor
You can choose whether to hear the
announcement when your system answers
a call, or have it silent (off) on your end
(your caller will still hear an
announcement).
Press and hold S. After the Ring
1
Select setting is announced, continue
to press and release S until the
system announces "Monitor is on
(or off)" .
2
Press and release
until the system announces your
selection.
Press and release P or S
3
to exit.

Listening to Your Messages

As the system plays back 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. After
playing the last message, the system
announces "End of messages."
Play all messages — Press and release
P. If you have no messages, the
system announces "No messages."
Play new messages only — Hold down
P for about two seconds, until the
system begins playing. If you have no new
messages, the system announces "No new
or messages."
Repeat entire message — Press and
release
Repeat part of message — Hold down
release to resume playing. The more beeps
you hear, the farther back in the message
you will be when you release the button.
Repeat previous message — Press
hear other previous messages.
Skip to next message — Press and
release
Skip part of a message — Hold down
to resume playing. The more beeps you
hear, the farther into the message you will
be when you release the button.
Stop message playback — Press and
release P.

Saving Messages

The system automatically saves your
or messages if you do not delete them. The
system can save about 12 minutes of
messages, including your announcement,
for a total of up to 59 messages. When
memory is full, you must delete some or all
messages before new messages can be
recorded.
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until you hear a beep, then
twice, continue this process to
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until you hear a beep, then release