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1739 Digitalanswering system

This manual contains information about

this products installation and operation.Please also read Part 1- Importantproduct information

For customer service or productinformation, visit our website at

www.telephones.att.com or call 1 (800)

222-3111. In Canada dial 1 (866) 288-4268.

Users manualpart 2

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Feature setup

1. To enter the feature setup mode,press and hold SETUP until the

system announces Voice is.... Press SETUP repeatedly to hear each

feature.

3. When you hear the feature you wantto modify, press ANNC/SKIP or

MEMO/REPEAT to change thesetting.

4. Press PLAY/STOP to exit featuresetup. The new setting will be saved.

FEATURE SYSTEM

ANNOUNCEMENT

OPTIONSFeature summary

LANGUAGE

RING SELECT

REMOTE

ACCESS CODE

Voice is...

Number of rings

is...

Remote access

code is...

You may choose English or Espanolfor the language used by the systemwhen it announces voice prompts.During setup, the message window

will display the current languagesetting (E for English or S forSpanish).

Choose the number of rings beforethe system answers a call. You canset it between two and seven rings,toll saver /4 or toll saver 4/6.

When the toll saver is set as /4,the system answers after four rings ifthere are no new messages, or aftertwo rings if there are new messages.When the toll saver is set as 4/6, thesystem answers after six rings if thereare no new messages, or after fourrings if there are new messages.During setup, the message windowwill display the number of rings (8for toll saver /4, or 9 for toll saver4/6).

Change the remote access code toany three-digit number between 500and 999.The remote access code is presetto 500 and allows you to accessmany features of this answeringsystem remotely from a touch tonetelephone.The three digits of the remote accesscode are set separately. The systemwill prompt you to set the secondand third digits after setting the first

digit. See Feature setup above

Feature setup

When any feature is on, the message window displays .

When any feature is off, the message window displays .

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Feature summary (continued)

ANNOUNCEMENTMONITOR(Please see NOTEon the right.)

Announcement

monitor is...

Choose on to listen to theannouncement when the systemanswers a call. Choose off to silenceyour end of the call (The callers willstill hear the announcement).

NOTE: Volume must be set to an audible levelto use the announcement monitor.

NUMBERANNOUNCE(Please see NOTESon the right.)

Number

announce is...

When this feature is on, the systemwill announce the incoming telephonenumber between the second and thirdrings.

NOTES:

1. When the number announce feature is onand ring select is set for two rings, the unit willanswer after two rings to allow enough time for

the system to announce the callers telephonenumber.2. For this feature to work, you must subscribeto the caller ID service from your localtelephone company. There may be a fee for thisservice, and it may not be available in all areas.

STORE NUMBER(Please see NOTEon the right.)

Store number

is...

When this feature is on, the systemwill announce the incoming telephonenumber when it plays back a message.

NOTE: For this feature to work, you mustsubscribe to the caller ID service from yourlocal telephone company. There may be a feefor this service, and it may not be available inall areas.

ACCEPT BLOCKEDCALLS

(Please see NOTESon the right.)

Accept blocked

calls is...

Choose on to accept all calls. Chooseoff to respond to blocked calls withthe pre-recorded announcement,Were sorry, blocked calls to this

number cannot be accepted,andhang up without recording a message.

NOTES:

1. System only blocks calls that are markedPRIVATE.2. For this feature to work, you must subscribeto the caller ID service from your localtelephone company. There may be a fee for thisservice, and it may not be available in all areas.

AUDIBLEMESSAGE ALERT

Message alert

is...

When this feature is on, the systembeeps every 15 seconds when thereare new messages.

Feature setup

FEATURE SYSTEMANNOUNCEMENT

OPTIONS

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Operation

The system automatically saves allincoming messages until you deletethem. You can store approximately40 minutes of messages, memos andannouncements (up to a maximumof 99 messages).Before playing each message, thesystem announces the day and time

the message was received. If Storenumber is activated, the system alsoannounces the callers telephone

number (see Store number underFeature setup on page 3). Afterplaying the last message, the systemannounces End of messages.Messages cannot be deleted untilthey have been reviewed; deletedmessages cannot be retrieved.

isten to, save & delete messages

To operate the system, follow the instructions below.

Press tolisten to newmessages.

Press duringplayback to stopplayback.

If there are nonew messages,press to listen toold messages.

Press to deletethe message thatsplaying.

Press and hold in idlemode to delete allmessages if there areno new messages.

Press to turn the system on or off.

Off when system is off.

System will not answer calls.

On steadily when system is onwith no new message.

On steadily when memory is full.(Delete messages to make roomfor new messages).

On steadily when there are newmessages or when there are morethan 10 messages.

Press during time/dayannouncement to repeatprevious message.

Press to repeat all orpart of a message.

Hold to play recordedmessages at halfspeed when they areplayed.

Press and hold in idle

mode to record memo.

Press to adjustvolume. System

beeps three timesat highest or

lowest setting.

Press to listen tothe current setup.

Press and holdto start the setup

process.

Press to listen tothe current time.

Press and hold tosetup the clock.

Press and hold inidle mode to record

announcement.

Press to skip all orpart of a message.

Press and hold toplay twice as fastwhen listening to

recorded messages.

Press to play backannouncement.

Message window

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Operationto record an announcement, the systemanswers with a pre-recorded

announcement: Hello. Please leave amessage after the tone.1. Press and hold ANNC/SKIP. When

the system beeps, speak toward themicrophone at the lower right cornerof the answering system, from aboutnine inches away. While recording,the message window blinks .

2. To stop recording, releaseANNC/SKIP. The system

automatically plays back the outgoingannouncement.

To review the outgoingannouncement, press ANNC/SKIP.

To erase the outgoing announcementand return to the pre-recordedannouncement, press DELETE while theannouncement is playing. Caller canskip the outgoing announcement bypressing #.

Record a memoA memo can be up to three minutes andwill be stored as an incoming message.1. Press and hold MEMO/REPEAT.

When the system beeps, speaktoward the microphone at the lowerright corner of the answering system.

2. To stop recording, releaseMEMO/REPEAT.

3. To play memo, press PLAY/STOP.

Answer callsWhen the system answers a call, thecaller hears the outgoing announcementfollowed by a beep. After the beep, thesystem begins recording the callersmessage. A caller can leave a message

of up to three minutes. If the messageis longer than three minutes, or if thecaller is silent for more than sevenconsecutive seconds, or if the systemruns out of memory, the system beepsonce and hangs up. Callers can skip theoutgoing announcement by pressing #.

Call screening/interceptTurn on the answering system and set

the volume control so you can hearthe callers message. If the numberannounce feature is on, the callerstelephone number will be announced.

NOTE: If you listen to messages or changefeature settings, the volume willautomatically adjust to an audible level. Itwill be necessary to reset the volume to thelowest setting.

If you decide to speak with the caller,lift the handset of any telephone on thesame line.

After you set the time once, the systemwill always be set automatically withincoming caller ID information. The timewill be set automatically only if yousubscribe to caller ID service providedby your local telephone company.

Set the ClockYou must set the clock so that the

system announces the correct day andtime of any incoming messages. Press

PLAY/STOP to hear the currentsetting and to exit at anytime whilesetting the clock.

Press and hold CLOCK until themessage window displays C, andthe default day is announced.

To change the day setting, press

MEMO/REPEAT orANNC/SKIP until the correct day

is announced.Press CLOCK. The current hoursetting is announced. The correctday setting is saved.To change the hour setting, press

MEMO/REPEAT orANNC/SKIP until the correct

hour is announced.Press CLOCK. The current minutesetting is announced. The correcthour setting is saved.To change the minute setting, press


minute is announced.Press CLOCK. The current yearsetting is announced. The correctminute setting is saved.To change the year setting, press


year is announced.Press CLOCK. The new day, timeand year are saved. The correct yearsetting is saved.

To check the clock, press CLOCK.

NOTE: In the event of a power failure, seethe instructions on the bottom of the unit toreset the clock. If the clock is not set, beforeplaying messages, the system will announce

power failure each time.

Record your announcementBefore using this answering system,you should record the outgoingannouncement (up to three minutes

long) that callers will hear when thesystem answers a call. If you choose not

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Auto reset of answeringsystem clock

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Operation

the system announces End ofmessages.

If you want the system to answer a callwhen you are playing a message, press

PLAY/STOP to end messageplayback.

Play messages - PressPLAY/STOP. If there are new

messages, they will be played. Ifthere are no new messages, the oldmessages will be played. If there areno messages in memory, the systemannounces No messages.

Play message at half speed - Pressand hold MEMO/REPEAT while themessage is playing.

Play message twice as fast - Pressand hold ANNC/SKIP while the

message is playing.

Repeat previous message - PressMEMO/REPEAT while message is

playing, continue this process to listento other previous messages.

NOTE: If there is only one message recordedin the system, the message will be playedagain after MEMO/REPEAT is pressed.

Skip to next message - PressANNC/SKIP.

Stop message playback - PressPLAY/STOP.

Save messagesThe system automatically saves allincoming messages if you do notdelete them. The system can save

approximately 40 minutes of messages,including the outgoing announcement,for a total of up to 99 messages. Whenthe memory is full, some messagesmust be deleted before new messagescan be recorded.

Memory monitorTo determine the systems remaining

recording time:1. If the system is on, press ON/OFF

to turn the system off.2. Press ON/OFF again to turn the

system on. The system announcesthe remaining recording time inminutes (If less than five minutesremain, the system announces

The machine is on. Less than fiveminutes to record.)

The system stops recording and youcan answer calls. If the system doesnot disconnect immediately, press andrelease the telephone switch hook.

Caller ID number announce

NOTE: You must subscribe to the caller IDservice from your local telephone companyfor this feature. There may be a fee for thisservice, and it may not be available in allareas.

This system can announce thetelephone number of a caller betweenthe second and third ring (See Featuresetup and Feature summary on pages2-3 to turn this feature on).

Store numberWhen this feature is on, the system willannounce the callers number before

playing back a message.Accept blocked callsWhen this feature is turned off, thesystem will respond to blocked calls(from callers who have chosen to blocktheir numbers from identification) withthe pre-recorded announcement, Weresorry, blocked calls to this number

cannot be accepted.The systemthen hangs up without recording anyincoming messages. When this featureis turned on, it will answer and recordmessages from any callers.

Message windowThe message window displays the totalnumber of messages recorded. If thereare more than nine messages recorded,

the message window displays the firstdigit, second digit and dash alternately.If the message window displays F, thenthe memory is full and some messagesmust be deleted before new messagescan be recorded.

Listen to incoming messagesWhen the system plays incoming

messages, the message windowdisplays the number of the messageplaying. Before playing each message,the system announces the day andtime the message was received. If theclock was not set when the messagewas recorded, or there was a powerfailure after it was set, the system willannounce power failureafter the time

and day. After playing the last message,

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message window displays 0. If there are

unreviewed messages, the system willplay an error tone and will not deleteany messages.Delete selected messages - PressDEETE while the desired messageis being played. The system willdelete the message and play the nextmessage.If you want to replay a message beforedeleting it, press MEMO/REPET.When the system reaches the endof the last message, those messagesthat have not been deleted will berenumbered and the message windowwill then display the total number ofmessages remaining in memory.

When the memory is full, or when

99 messages have been recorded, Fflashes in the message window. Youwill then need to delete messages tomake room for new ones. When thememory is full, the system will answercalls after 10 rings, announce Memoryis fulland then will beep twice withoutplaying the outgoing announcement.Enter your remote access code anddelete some or all messages.

Delete messagesDelete messages - press and holdDEETE in idle mode. The systemannounces Messages deletedandpermanently deletes all messages. The

Memory is full

Message window displaysDISP FUNTIONC Clock needs to be reset or the system is in clock

setting mode.

-Flashing - System is recording an announcement ora memo.Steady - Announcement is playing- OR -

system is recording a message- OR -remote access is in progress.

0 Rotating - Deleting.

F Flashing - Memory is full.

8

9

Toll saver is set to 2/4.

Toll saver is set to 4/6.

Feature is on.

E Language is set to English.

S Language is set to Spanish.

0-7 Volume level appears when volume is adjusted.

0-98 Number of messages (when system is idle).

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Feature is off.-

2-7 Number of rings before the system answers a call.

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Remote operation

after you have entered your code,

wait for the announcement to end orpress # to stop the announcement,then re-enter the code.

3. To use a remote access command(below), press 5 during messageplayback and wait for the two-beepsignal.

4. Enter a remote access command.

You can access many features remotely

from a touch tone telephone.1. Dial your telephone number.2. When the system answers, enter

your three-digit remote access codeduring or after the announcement.The system announces thenumber of messages, then beginsplaying back the messages. If theannouncement continues to play

onnect with the answering system

Feature summary

FUNTION: OMMND:

VOIE HEP MENU Press 5.

After the two beeps, wait four seconds for thesystem to automatically play back all messages, orpress 1.

P NEW MESSGES Press 2.

Press 4 while the message is playing.



Hang up.


After listening to all messages and the system hasbeeped twice, press 3 twice.

Press *7, after the beep. Record the announcement,and press 5 to stop. The system will then play backthe announcement.

Press 7.

Press #, and speak after the beep. Press 5 to exit.

P MESSGES

Press *8. Follow the prompts to set day, time, andyear.

Press *0.

When the system is off, it answers after 10 rings, and

announces The machine is off. The system beepstwice. You have two options to turn the system on:1. Press *0, the system announces The machineis on, xx minutes to record, then beeps twice. Thesystem is now turned on. You can leave a messageby pressing # or you can hang up to exit.2. Enter your three-digit remote access code, press 5during the message playback, then press 0.

Press 9.

REPET MESSGE

STOP NEW PB

SIP MESSGE

SVE MESSGE

DEETE MESSGE

DEETE MESSGES

REORD NNOUNEMENT

REVIEW NNOUNEMENTREORD MEMO

SET THE O

TURN SSTEM OFF

TURN SSTEM ON

REVIEW SETTINGS

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In case of difficultyIf you have difficulty operating this answering system, try the suggestions below.For Customer Service, to purchase accessories or to obtain replacement parts,

visit our website at www.telephones.att.com or call 1 (800) 222-3111.In Canada dial 1 (866) 288-4268. Please retain your receipt as your proof ofpurchase.

The system can accept messages of up to threeminutes.If a caller leaves a long message, part of it might

be lost when the system disconnects the callafter three minutes.If the memory is full when recording a message,the system stops and disconnects the call.

If the toll saver feature is on, the number ofrings changes from four to two, or six to four,when there are new messages waiting.

In some cases, the system might be affected bythe ringing system used by the local telephonecompany.If the systems memory is full or the system isoff, the system answers after 10 rings.If the system is in feature setup mode and a callcomes in, it will not answer the call until youpress P/STOPP/STOP or the setup timeout has

elapsed.

Messages areincomplete.

System does notanswer after correctnumber rings.

When the memory is full, some saved messagesmust be deleted before new messages can berecorded.

System will not recordmessages.

Incoming messagesare not heard duringrecording.

Press VOUME until the desired volume isreached.

nswering system operation

Feature summary

FUNTION: OMMND:

Press *9. The system announces The machine willnow hang up,and disconnects the call.

END REMOTE ESS

NOTE: If no commands are entered for 15 seconds the system will announce The machine will

now hang upand disconnect.

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Make sure you are calling from a touch tone

telephone. When dialing a number, there should

be audible tones. If there are clicks instead, the

telephone is not a touch tone telephone.

The answering system may not detect the

remote access code while the announcement is

playing. Try entering the code again when the

announcement is over.There may be noise interference on the

telephone line. Press the dial buttons firmly.

Make sure the remote access code is entered

correctly.

You might be calling from a telephone which

sends tones too short for the answering system

to detect.

If there are many messages recorded, the system

may take longer than usual to respond.

If the system is disconnected from the 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. See the instructions at the bottom of

the answering machine.

If the system announces, power failure

after announcing the time and day, it may be

necessary to reset the clock. See the instructions

at the bottom of the unit.

System does not

respond to remote

command.

Power failure recovery.

If there are too many messages recorded, the

system may take longer than usual to respond.

System takes longer

than usual to respond.

Message window is

blank.

Answering system operation

In case of difficulty

Make sure the power cord is securely connected

to both the answering system and an electrical

outlet not controlled by a wall switch.

Press ON/OFF to turn on the system.

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General product care

To keep the answering system working and looking good, follow these guidelines:

Avoid putting it near heating appliances and devices which generateelectrical noise (motors, fluorescent lights, etc.)

DO NOT expose it to direct sunlight or moisture.

Avoid dropping the answering system and/or other rough treatment.

Clean with a soft cloth.

Never use a strong cleaning agent or abrasive powder because this willdamage the finish.

Retain the original packaging in case it is necessary to ship it at a laterdate.

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