AT&T 1256 Cordless Telephone User Manual


 
CONTENTS
BEFORE YOU BEGIN . . . . . . . . 1
Parts List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
About Caller Identification
(Caller ID). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
About the Call Log . . . . . . . . . . . 2
INSTALLATION . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Charging Stand Installation . . . . . .3
Table/Desk Installation . . . . . . . . 3
Belt Clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
Headset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Wall Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
TELEPHONE FEATURE SETUP . . 7
Feature Setup Menu . . . . . . . . . . 7
Ring Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Ring Pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Key Click . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Handset Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Language Setting . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Clear Message Waiting . . . . . . . . 13
Set Dial Method . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
TELEPHONE OPERATION . . . . . 15
Idle Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Make a Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Answer a Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Handset Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Call Timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Speakerphone . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Redial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Flash/Call Waiting . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Mute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Page/Handset Locator . . . . . . . 18
Temporary Tone Dialing . . . . . . .18
Display Screen Messages . . . . . . 19
Display Screen Icons . . . . . . . . . 20
Base Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Tones and What They Mean . . . 22
INTERCOM OPERATION . . . . . 23
Intercom Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Answer an Incoming Call While
on an Intercom Call . . . . . . . . 24
Transfer a Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Forward a Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Conference Calling . . . . . . . . . . 26
PHONE BOOK . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Store a Number and Name
in Phone Book . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Dial a Number
in Phone Book . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Edit a Number/Name
in Phone Book . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Delete a Number/Name
in Phone Book . . . . . . . . . . . 33
CALLER ID OPERATION . . . . . . 35
Review Call Log . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Remove Call Records. . . . . . . . . 37
Store a Call Record
in Phone Book. . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Display Dial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
ANSWERING SYSTEM OPERATION
AT THE BASE . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Audible Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Turning Answering System
On or Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Set the Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
About Mailboxes . . . . . . . . . . . 42
About Announcements . . . . . . . 42
Record Your Announcement . . . 43
Answering System
Feature Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Feature Summary . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Listen to Messages . . . . . . . . . . 46
Adjust Playback Volume . . . . . . 47
Delete Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Record Memo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Message Window Display . . . . . 49
REMOTE ACCESS . . . . . . . . . 50
Connect with the
Answering System . . . . . . . . . 50
Voice Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50
Remote Access Commands . . . . . 51
BATTERIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Battery Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Charge the Handset
Battery Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52
Replace the Handset
Battery Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
IN CASE OF DIFFICULTY . . . . . 54
DEFAULT SETTINGS . . . . . . . . 60
TECHNICAL
SPECIFICATIONS . . . . . . . . 61
INDEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62