Set The Clock; Record Your Announcement; Feature Setup - AT&T 1740 User Manual

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
1. Press CLOCK and the message window displays
day and "To change the day, press SKIP or REPEAT. To accept and continue,
press CLOCK."
2. To change the day, press
correct day is announced.
Press CLOCK. The correct day is saved. The system announces the current hour
3.
setting and "To change the hour, press SKIP or REPEAT. To accept and continue,
press CLOCK."
4. To change the hour, press
correct hour is announced.
5. Press CLOCK. The correct hour is saved. The system announces the current
minute and "To change the minute, press SKIP or REPEAT. To accept and
continue, press CLOCK."
6. To change the minute, press
correct minute is announced.
Press CLOCK. The correct minute is saved. The system announces the current
7.
year and "To change the year, press SKIP or REPEAT. Press CLOCK, when you
are done."
8. To change the year, press
correct year is announced.
9. Press CLOCK. The correct year is saved. The new day, time and year are
announced.
To check the day and time, press CLOCK.
NOTE: In the event of a power failure, the clock needs to be reset. If the clock is not set, the system
announces, "Time and day not set," before message playback.
Auto reset of answering system clock
If you subscribe to caller ID service, the day, month and time are set automatically
with each incoming call. The year must be set so that the day of the week can be
calculated from the caller ID information.

Record your announcement

An announcement is the greeting callers hear when calls are answered by the
answering system.
The telephone is preset with a greeting that answers calls with "Hello, please leave
a message after the tone." You can use this default announcement, or replace it
with your own (up to three minutes long).
ANNOUNCE/
1. Press
ANNOUNCE to record or press PLAY to play."
ANNOUNCE/
2. Press
Press STOP when you are done," followed by a long beep. Speak toward the
answering system, from about nine inches away. While recording, the message
window shows the recording time.
/STOP.
PLAY
/REPEAT or
MEMO
/REPEAT or
MEMO
/REPEAT or
MEMO
/REPEAT or
MEMO
. The system announces, "Announcement. Press
SKIP
again. The system announces, "Record after the tone.
SKIP
. The system announces the
ANNOUNCE
ANNOUNCE
ANNOUNCE
ANNOUNCE
2
/SKIP until the
/SKIP until the
/SKIP until the
/SKIP until the