AT&T 1717 Answering Machine User Manual


 
OPERATION
3
Answering Calls
When the system answers a call, the caller
hears the announcement you recorded,
followed by a beep. After the beep, the
system begins recording your caller’s
message. A caller can leave a message up
to three minutes long. If the message is
longer than three minutes, or if the caller
is silent for more than seven seconds, or if
the system runs out of memory, the system
beeps once and hangs up.
Callers can skip over your announcement
by pressing #.
Message Window
The Message Window displays the number
of messages that have been recorded. If
there are more than nine messages
recorded, the Message Window alternately
displays the two digits of the total number
of messages recorded. If the Message
Window displays F, then the memory is full
and you’ll need to delete messages before
new ones can be recorded.
PLAY Light
The PLAY Light blinks when you have new
messages, and remains steady when you
have messages in memory that you’ve
already played. The PLAY Light is off when
there are no messages in memory.
Call Screening/Intercept
Set the system to answer calls, and set the
volume control so you can hear the caller’s
message. If you choose not to hear the
caller’s message, adjust the volume to the
lowest setting. The Message Window
displays 0.
If you decide to take the call, lift the
handset of any telephone on the same line.
The system stops recording and resets to
answer calls.
Feature Set Up
You can set up one feature at a time as
described below, or you can set up a feature,
and then move on to set up another feature.
After you change one feature, press and
release S until you hear the voice
prompt for the next feature you want to
change
— OR —
Press P to exit
— OR —
The system will time out after 30 seconds
and save any changes already made.
Ring Select and Toll Saver
Use Ring Select to choose how many times
the line will ring before the system
answers a call. Set for 2, 4 or Toll Saver.
When you set the system for Toll Saver, it
answers after four rings when you have no
new messages, and after two rings when
you have new messages.
1 Press and hold S for about two
seconds. The system announces the
current ring selection.
2 Press and release or
until the system announces your ring
selection.
3 Press and release P to exit
— OR —
Press and release S to change the
Remote Access Code (follow Steps 2–5
under “Remote Access Code”).
Remote Access Code
You can use many features of this
answering system remotely from a touch
tone phone. Most features can be accessed
only after you enter a Remote Access Code,
which is preset to 123. You can review the
Remote Access Code by pressing and
releasing S.
You can change the Remote Access Code
to any three digit number from 100 to 999.
1 Press and hold S. After the Ring
Select setting is announced, continue
to press and release S until the
system announces the current Remote
Access Code.
2 Press and release or
until the system announces the first
digit you want.
3 Press and release S to select the
announced digit.
4 Repeat Steps 2 and 3 for the second
and third digits of the code.
5 Press P to exit
— OR —
Press S to turn the Announcement
Monitor on or off (follow Steps 2 and
3 under “Announcement Monitor”).