Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product 1740 AT&T
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Installation Parts list 1740 answering system Wallet card Part 1 Important product information Part 2 User’s manual Power adapter 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.
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 .
Feature summary FEATURE SYSTEM ANNOUNCEMENT OPTIONS Language You may choose English or Español (Spanish) for the voice prompts used by the system. During setup, the message window displays the current language setting ( En for English or SP for Spanish) • • Ring select “Number of rings.
Feature setup Feature summary (continued) FEATURE SYSTEM ANNOUNCEMENT OPTIONS Announcement monitor “Announcement monitor is...” When this feature is on, the answering machine broadcasts your outgoing announcement when answering a call.
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). Bef ore pla ying eac h m essa ge, the sys tem ann ounc es the day and tim e th e mes sage wa s re ceiv ed.
Operation Record memos A memo can be up to 3 minutes and is stored as an incoming message. Press MEMO/ REPEA T . The system announces, “ Record after the tone. Press STOP when you are done, “ followed by a long beep. Speak toward the answering system.
7 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.
Operation Message window displays DISPLAY FUNCTION The system is in clock setting mode. -OR- The system is recording a message. -OR- The system is being accessed remotely. 0 - 99 (Counting) The system is recording an announcement or a memo. (Steady) The system is playing the announcement.
9 Remote operation Access the answering system remotely You can access many features remotely from a touch-tone telephone. Dial the telephone number of your answering system. When the system answers, enter your two-digit remote access code during or after the announcement.
10 Remote operation Feature summary (continued) FUNCTION COMMAND End remote access call 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.
11 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.
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