AT&T 1739 Answering Machine User Manual


 
In case of difficulty
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ANSWERING SYSTEM OPERATION
System does not respond to
remote commands
• 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waitinguntil
theannouncementisoverbeforeenteringthecode.
• 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.
Power failure recovery • 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 takes longer than
usual to respond
• Iftherearetoomanymessagesrecorded,thesystemmay
takelongerthanusualtorespond.
Message window is blank • 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makesurethesystemison.