Installation Parts list Use only the power adapter supplied with this product. To obtain a • 1740 answering system replacement, visit our website at • Wallet card www.telephones.att.com or call • Part 1 Important product information 1 (800) 222-3111 . In Canada, dial •...
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 setup /STOP. The system automatically plays back the To stop recording, press PLAY recorded outgoing announcement. To review your announcement, press ANNOUNCE/ . The system announces, SKIP “Announcement. Press ANNOUNCE to record or press PLAY to play.” Press PLAY/ and the system plays the announcement.
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Feature setup Feature summary (continued) FEATURE SYSTEM OPTIONS ANNOUNCEMENT Announcement “Announcement • When this feature is on, the answering machine broadcasts your outgoing monitor monitor is...” announcement when answering a call. When the feature is off, your outgoing announcement is not broadcast from the answering machine, but callers will hear the announcement.
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). • Before playing each message, the system announces the day and time the message was received.
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Operation Record memos A memo can be up to 3 minutes and is stored as an incoming message. Press MEMO/ . The system announces, “Record after the tone. Press REPEAT STOP when you are done,“ followed by a long beep. Speak toward the answering system.
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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. If the clock was not set when the message was recorded, or there was a power failure after it was set, the system will announce, “Time and day not set,”...
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Operation To delete all previously played messages, press X/DELETE in idle mode. The system announces, “To delete all old messages, press DELETE again.” Press X/DELETE again to delete all previously played messages. The system announces, “Messages deleted.” To delete selected messages, press X/DELETE while the desired message is playing.
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. The system announces the number of messages, then begins playing back the messages.
Remote operation Feature summary (continued) COMMAND FUNCTION Press 9. The system announces “The machine will now hang End remote access call up,” and disconnects the call. NOTE: If no commands are entered within 15 seconds, the system announces, “The machine will now hang up,”...
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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I accidently deleted all my messages is there a way to retrieve them back on the att answering machine model no 1740
Deleted messages from the AT&T answering machine model 1740 cannot be retrieved. Once a message is deleted, it is permanently removed from the system.
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How do we get the remote access code
The default remote access code for the AT&T 1740 answering system is 19. You can change it to any two-digit number between 10 and 99.
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