AT&T 1717 User Manual

REVISED 1/15/99

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User’s Manual for
Tapeless Digital
Answ ering System
with Time/Day 1717

Fold open this manual for information
about this product’s installation and
operation. Please read Part 1 –

Important Product Information,

included in this package.

Part 2

© 1998 Lucent Technologies Consumer Products L.P. All rights reser ved.

Printed in Mexico. 848230009 Issue 3AT&T

INSTALLATION

TEL LINE

Strain

Relief Tab

Standard
Electrical

Outlet

Power Cord

1 Connect the telephone line cord.

Plug one end of the telephone line
cord into the jack labeled TEL LINE
on the back of the system. Plug the
other end into a modular telephone
jack.

2 Connect the telephone.

NOTE: If you do not want to connect a
telephone, skip to Step 3.

Plug the telephone set cord from the
telephone into the jack labeled TEL
SET on the back of the system.

TEL SET

Telephone
Set Cord

Modular
Telephone
Jack

Telephone Line Cord

3 Connect the power cord.

Plug the power cord into the jack
labeled POWER and into an electrical
outlet not controlled by a wall switch.
Fit the power cord behind the strain
relief tab. The Message Window
flashes C to indicate that you need to
set the clock.

Use only the power cord supplied
with this product. If you need a
replacement, call 1 800 722–9125.
Input: 120V, 60 Hz.
Output: 9V AC, 400 mA.

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OPERATION

Displays number

of messages and

other information

Adjust volume

Set and hear
time/day

Use with other
buttons to
change/hear settings

Turn system on or off

Record a memo /
Repeat all or part of a message

Setting the Clock

You’ll need to set the clock so that it can
announce the day and time that each
message is received. Press P to
exit Setting the Clock at any time.

1 Press and hold C until the

Message Window displays C, and the
default day is announced.

2 To change the day setting, hold down

or until the
correct day is announced. Then
release the button.

3 Press and release C. The current

hour setting is announced.

4 To change the hour setting, hold

down or until the
correct hour is announced. Then
release the button.

5 Press and release C. The current

minutes setting is announced.

6 To change the minutes setting, hold

down or until the
correct minutes setting is announced.
Then release the button.

7 Press and release C. The new day

and time are announced.

To check the clock, press and release
C.

NOTE: In the event of a power failure,
see the instructions on the bottom of the
unit to reset the clock.

Delete all

or selected

messages

Record and play

outgoing announcement /

Skip all or part of a message

Microphone

Play/Stop messages

PLAY Light indicates messages

Recording Y our Announcement

Before using this answering system, you
should record the announcement (up to
one minute long) that callers will hear
when the system answers a call. If you
choose not to record an announcement,
the system answers with a prerecorded
announcement: “Hello. Please leave a
message after the tone.”

1 Press and hold . The system

beeps. Speak toward the microphone
normally, from about nine inches
away. While you are recording, the
Message Window displays —.

2 To stop recording, release .

The system automatically plays back
your announcement.

To review your announcement, press
and release .

Turning the System On/Off

Use O to turn the system on and off.
When the system is off, the Message
Window is blank.

Volume Control

Use volume buttons (+ and -) to adjust the
volume of the system’ s speaker. Press the top
button (+) to increase volume. Press the
bottom button (-) to decrease volume. The
system beeps three times when you reach the
maximum or minimum volume setting.

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OPERATION

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.

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”).

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/Inter cept

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.

Featur e 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 —

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”).

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