© 2003 Advanced American Telephones. All Rights Reserved. AT&T and the Globe Design are trademarks of AT&T Corp., licensed to Advanced American Telephones. Printed in China. Issue 1AT&T 12/03 Visit us at www.telephones.att.com USER’S MANUAL Part 2 1722 Digital Answering System Fold open this manual for information about this product’s installation and operation. Please also read Part 1 — Important Product Information © 2003 Advanced American Telephones. All Rights Reserved.
INSTALLATION 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. Use only the power cord supplied with this product. If you need a replacement, call 1-800-2223111. Input: 120 V, 60 Hz. Output: 6V AC, 350 mA. If you do not want to connect NOTE: a telephone, skip Step 2. 1 2 Connect the telephone line cord. Standard Electrical Outlet Strain-relief tab Connect the telephone (optional).
FEATURE SETUP Feature Setup 1 2 3 4 To enter Feature Setup mode, press and hold S until the system announces “NUMBER OF RINGS IS…” Press and release S until the system announces the feature you want to set. Press and release a or r until the system announces the setting you want. Refer to the Feature Summary for options. 5 Press and release S to set up the next feature listed on the Feature Summary — OR — Press and release P to exit Feature Setup. The new settings will be saved.
FEATURE SETUP Feature Summary continued FEATURE: SYSTEM ANNOUNCES: OPTIONS: ANNOUNCEMENT “ANNOUNCEMENT MONITOR MONITOR IS...” Choose ON to hear the announcement when your system answers a call. Choose OFF to have it silent on your end. (Your caller will still hear the announcement.) Volume must be set to a NOTE: level you can hear to use Announcement Monitor. NUMBER ANNOUNCE (Please see NOTE below.
OPERATION Set the Clock 2 To stop recording, release a. The system automatically plays back your announcement. To review your announcement, press and release a. You must set the clock once so that the system announces the correct day and time with your messages. After this, if you subscribe to Caller ID, the system will automatically reset the clock each time new call information is received. Press P to exit at any time while setting the clock.
OPERATION The system stops recording and resets to answer calls. If the system doesn’t disconnect immediately, press and release the telephone switchhook. message, the system announces the day and time the message was received. If the clock wasn’t set when the message was recorded, either because you didn’t set the clock or because there was a power failure after you set it, the system will announce “POWER FAILURE” after the time and day.
OPERATION Memory is Full the system plays an error tone and does not delete messages. When memory is full, or 100 messages have been recorded, the Message Window flashes F. Delete messages to make room for new ones. When memory is full, the system answers calls after 10 rings, and sounds two beeps instead of your announcement. Delete selected messages — Press and release D while the message you want to delete is being played. The system deletes the message and plays the next message.
OPERATION Listen To, Save & Delete Messages • • The system automatically saves your messages until you delete them. You can store approximately 19 minutes of messages, memos, and announcements (up to a maximum of 100 messages). Before playing each message, the system announces the day and time the message was received. If Store Number is set to on, the system also announces • the caller’s telephone number (see “Store Number” under FEATURE SETUP).
REMOTE OPERATION Connect with the Answering System You can access many features remotely from a touch tone phone. 1 Dial your telephone number. 2 When the system answers, enter your three-digit Remote Access Code during or after the announcement. The system announces the number of messages, then begins message playback. If the announcement continues to play after 3 4 entering your code, wait for the announcement to end or press # to stop the announcement, then re-enter the code.
IN CASE OF DIFFICULTY If you have difficulty operating this phone, try the suggestions below. For Customer Service, visit our website at www.telephones.att.com or call 1 800 222–3111. Please retain your receipt as your proof of purchase. To purchase accessories or replacement parts contact Customer Service. Visit our website at www.telephones.att.com or call 1 800 222–3111. ANSWERING SYSTEM OPERATION PROBLEM SOLUTION Messages Are Incomplete • The system can accept messages up to three minutes long.
IN CASE OF DIFFICULTY ANSWERING SYSTEM OPERATION PROBLEM SOLUTION System Does Not • Make sure you are calling from a touch tone phone. Respond To Remote When you dial a number, you should hear tones. If you Commands hear clicks instead, the phone is not a touch tone telephone. • The answering system may not detect the Remote Access Code while your announcement is playing. Try waiting until the announcement is over before entering the code. • There may be noise interference on the phone line you are using.
