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AT&T ATT1738 User Manual

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12/04
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China.
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Advanced
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American
Advanced
2004
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Parts List
• 1738 Answering System
• Power Cord
• User Manual Part 1
• User Manual Part 2
• Wallet cards
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Before You Install
Choose a location for the answering system
near a modular telephone jack and a
standard electrical outlet not controlled
by a wall switch.
USER'S MANUAL
Part 2
2
1738 Digital
Answering System
Fold open this manual for information about
this product's installation and operation.
Please also read Part 1 — Important
Turn System On/Off
Product Information
Before proceeding to set up features, press
O to turn the system on. To turn the
system off, press O again.
When the system is off, the indicator above
the PLAY/STOP button is off and the
Message Window is blank.
© 2004 Advanced American Telephones. All Rights Reserved.
AT&T and the Globe Design are trademarks of AT&T Corp., licensed to Advanced American Telephones.
FEATURE SETUP
INSTALLATION
Feature Setup
1
To enter Feature Setup mode, press and
NOTE: If you do not want to connect
hold S until the system announces
a telephone, skip Step 2.
"V
..."
OICE IS
Press and release S until the
2
Use only the power cord supplied
system announces the feature you
with this product. If you need a
want to set.
1-800-222-
replacement, call
3
Press and release a or
3111
. Input: 120 V, 60 Hz.
r until the system
Output: 6V AC, 350 mA.
announces the setting you want.
Refer to the Feature Summary
for options.
When any feature is on, the Message Window displays
When any feature is off, the Message Window displays
Feature Summary
1
Connect the telephone
line cord.
Standard
Electrical
FEATURE:
SYSTEM
Outlet
ANNOUNCES:
LANGUAGE
"V
..."
OICE IS
Connect the
Strain-relief tab
Strain-relief tab
telephone
RING SELECT
"N
UMBER OF
(optional).
..."
RINGS IS
3
Connect the
power cord.
Modular
Telephone
Jack
NOTE: If the Message Window is blank
make sure the power cord is securely
connected to both the answering system
and an electrical outlet not controlled by
a wall switch. Press O to make sure
the system is on.
1
FEATURE SETUP
Feature Summary continued
Press and release S to set
4
FEATURE:
SYSTEM
OPTIONS:
up the next feature listed on the
ANNOUNCES:
Feature Summary
— OR —
Press and release P to
REMOTE
"R
EMOTE ACCESS
Change the Remote Access Code to
ACCESS CODE
CODE IS
..."
any three-digit number from 500 to 999.
exit Feature Setup.
The new settings will be saved.
• The Remote Access Code, preset to 500,
5
After you have selected the feature
allows you to access many features of this
options, you can review the settings
answering system remotely from a touch
by pressing and releasing S.
tone phone.
• The system will prompt you to repeat
Steps 2 and 3 of Feature Setup until
you have set all three digits.
ANNOUNCEMENT "A
NNOUNCEMENT
Choose ON to hear the announcement
MONITOR
MONITOR IS
..."
when your system answers a call. Choose
OFF to have it silent on your end. (Your
caller will still hear the announcement.)
OPTIONS:
NOTE: Volume must be set to a
level you can hear to use
Announcement Monitor.
• Choose ENGLISH to have the system
NUMBER
"N
UMBER
When this feature is on, the system will
announce voice prompts in English.
ANNOUNCE
ANNOUNCE IS
..."
announce the caller's telephone number
Choose ESPANOL to have the system
(Please see
between the second and third rings.
announce voice prompts in Spanish.
NOTE below. )
NOTE: When the Number Announce
• During setup the Message Window will
feature is on and Ring Select is set for
display the current language setting (E for
two rings, the unit will answer after
English or S for Spanish).
two rings to allow enough time for
Choose how many times the line will
the system to announce the caller's
ring before the system answers a call.
telephone number.
• Set for 2 to 7 rings, or choose
STORE NUMBER
"S
TORE NUMBER IS
..."
When this feature is on, the system
Toll Saver 2/4 or Toll Saver 4/6.
(Please see
announces the caller's telephone
NOTE below.)
number when it plays back a message.
• When set to Toll Saver 2/4, the system
answers after four rings when you have
ACCEPT
"A
Choose ON to have the system accept
CCEPT BLOCKED
no new messages and after two rings
BLOCKED CALLS
..."
all calls. Choose OFF to have the system
CALLS IS
when you do. Toll Saver 4/6 causes the
(Please see
respond to "blocked" calls with the
system to answer after six rings when
NOTE below.)
pre-recorded announcement, "W
you have no new messages and after
BLOCKED CALLS TO THIS NUMBER CANNOT BE
four rings when you do.
ACCEPTED
," and hang up without recording
a message.
• During setup, the Message Window will
display the number of rings (8 for Toll
AUDIBLE
"M
..."
When this feature is on, the system beeps
ESSAGE ALERT IS
Saver 2/4, or 9 for Toll Saver 4/6).
MESSAGE ALERT
every 15 seconds when you have new
messages.
NOTE: For this feature to work, you must subscribe to Caller Identification service from
your telephone service provider. There is a fee for this service, and it may not be available
in all areas.
2
3
OPERATION
Set the Clock
2
To stop recording, release a.
You must set the clock once so that the
The system automatically plays back
system announces the correct day and time
your announcement.
with your messages. After this, if you
To review your announcement, press
subscribe to Caller ID, the system will
and release a.
automatically reset the clock each time new
To erase your announcement and
call information is received.
return to the pre-recorded announcement,
Press P to exit at any time while
press D while your announcement is
setting the clock.
playing.
Press and hold C until the Message
1
Callers can skip the announcement by
Window displays C, and the default day
pressing #.
is announced.
2
To change the day setting, press and
Record a Memo
release r or a until
You can record a memo up to three minutes
the correct day is announced.
long to be stored as an incoming message.
Press and release C. The current
3
1
Press and hold r. When
hour setting is announced.
the system beeps, speak toward the
4
To change the hour setting, press and
microphone.
release r or a until
2
To stop recording, release r.
the correct hour is announced.
To play the memo, press P.
Press and release C. The current
3
5
minutes setting is announced.
Answer Calls
6
To change the minutes setting, press and
release r or a until
When the system answers a call, the caller
the correct minutes setting is announced.
hears the announcement you recorded,
Press and release C. The current
followed by a beep. After the beep, the
7
system begins recording your caller's
year is announced.
message. A caller can leave a message
8
To change the year setting, press and
up to three minutes long. If the message
release r or a until
is longer than three minutes, or if the caller
the correct year is announced.
is silent for more than seven seconds, or if
Press and release C. The new day,
9
the system runs out of memory, the system
time, and year are announced.
beeps once and hangs up.
To check the clock, press and release
C.
Callers can skip over your announcement
by pressing #.
NOTE: In the event of a power failure,
Call Screening/Intercept
see the instructions on the bottom of
the unit to reset the clock.
Set the system to answer calls, and set the
volume control so you can hear the caller's
Record Your Announcement
message. If you choose not to hear the
Before using this answering system, you
caller's message, adjust the volume to
E
RE SORRY
'
,
should record the announcement (up to
the lowest setting. The Message Window
three minutes long) that callers will hear
displays 0. If the Number Announce feature
when the system answers a call. If you
is on, the caller's telephone number will be
choose not to record an announcement,
announced.
the system answers with a pre-recorded
announcement: "H
. P
NOTE: If you listen to messages or
ELLO
LEASE LEAVE A
."
change feature settings, the volume will
MESSAGE AFTER THE TONE
automatically adjust to an audible level.
1
Press and hold a. When the
You will need to reset the volume to
system beeps, speak toward the
the lowest setting.
microphone normally, from about nine
inches away. While you are recording,
If you decide to speak with the caller, lift the
the Message Window blinks
.
handset of any telephone on the same line.
4
OPERATION
The system stops recording and resets
message, the system announces the day and
to answer calls. If the system doesn't
time the message was received. If the clock
disconnect immediately, press and release
wasn't set when the message was recorded,
the telephone switchhook.
either because you didn't set the clock or
because there was a power failure after you
Caller ID Number Announce
set it, the system will announce "P
OWER
F
" after the time and day. After
NOTE: For these features to work, you
AILURE
playing the last message, the system
must subscribe to Caller Identification
announces "E
ND OF MESSAGES
."
service from your telephone service
Play messages — Press P. If you
provider. There is a fee for this service,
have new messages, they will be played first,
and it may not be available in all areas.
then old messages. If you have no new
This system can announce the telephone
messages but have old messages, the old
number of a caller, between the second and
messages will be played. If you have no
third rings. (See Feature Setup and Feature
messages, the system announces "N
O
Summary to turn this feature on).
MESSAGES
."
Store Number
Play message at half speed — Hold
down r while the message is
When this feature is on, the system will
announce a caller's number when playing
playing.
back a message.
Play message twice as fast — Hold
down a while the message is
Accept Blocked Calls
playing.
When this feature is set to OFF, the system
Repeat entire message — Press and
will respond to "blocked" calls (those from
release r.
callers who have chosen to block their
Repeat previous message — Press
numbers from identification) with the
r twice, and continue this
pre-recorded announcement, "W
E
'
RE SORRY
,
process to hear other previous messages.
BLOCKED CALLS TO THIS NUMBER CANNOT BE
Skip to next message — Press and
ACCEPTED
." The system then hangs up
release a.
without recording a message.
Stop message playback — Press and
When this feature is set to ON, it will
release P.
answer and record messages from any caller.
Save Messages
Message Window
The system automatically saves your
The Message Window displays the total
messages if you do not delete them.
number of messages that have been
recorded. If there are more than nine
The system can save about 40 minutes
messages recorded, the Message Window
of messages, including your announcement,
alternately displays the two digits of the
for a total of up to 99 messages. When
total number of messages recorded. If the
memory is full, you must delete some or
Message Window displays F, then the
all messages before new messages can be
memory is full and you'll need to delete
recorded.
messages before new ones can be recorded.
Memory Monitor
PLAY Light
You can determine the system's remaining
The PLAY Light blinks when you have new
recording time.
messages, and remains steady when you
If the system is on, press O to
1
have messages in memory that you've
turn the system off.
already played. The PLAY Light is off when
Press O again to turn the system
2
there are no messages in memory.
on. The system announces the
Listen to Your Messages
remaining recording time in minutes.
As the system plays back messages, the
(If under five minutes remain, the
Message Window displays the number of
system announces "T
HE MACHINE IS ON
.
the message playing. Before playing each
L
ESS THAN FIVE MINUTES TO RECORD
.")
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  • Page 1 1738_Map_1ATT120904 12/9/04 8:26 AM Page 1 12/04 XAT&T Issue China. Printed INSTALLATION Telephones. American Advanced licensed Corp., AT&T trademarks Design Globe AT&T Reserved. Rights Telephones. American Advanced 2004 © Parts List • 1738 Answering System • Power Cord NOTE: If you do not want to connect a telephone, skip Step 2.
  • Page 2 1738_Map_1ATT120904 12/9/04 8:26 AM Page 2 OPERATION OPERATION Memory is Full Listen To, Save & Delete Messages When memory is full, or 99 messages have plays an error tone and does not delete • The system automatically saves your the caller’s telephone number (see been recorded, the Message Window flashes messages.

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