AT&T 1718 User Manual
REVISED 1/15/01
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1718 Digital
Answering System
Fold open this manual for information about
this product’s installation and operation.
Please also read Part 1 – Important Product
Information.
USER’S MANUAL
Part 2
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INSTALLATION
Before Y ou Install
Choose a location for the answering
system near a modular telephone jack and
a standard electrical outlet not controlled
by a wall switch.
NOTE: If you do not want to connect a
telephone, skip Step 2.
1 Connect the
telephone
line cord.
Use only the power cord
supplied with this product.
If you need a replacement,
call 1 800 222–3111.
Input: 120 V, 60 Hz.
Output: 6V AC, 350 mA.
Standard
Electrical
Outlet
2 Connect the
telephone
(optional).
Turn System On/Off
Before proceeding to set up featur es,
press O to turn the system on. To
turn the system off, press O again.
Strain-relief
tab
3 Connect the
power cord.
Modular
Telephone
Jack
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FEATURE SETUP
Feature Setup
1 To enter Feature Setup mode, press
and hold S until the system
announces “Number of rings.”
2 Press and release S until the
system announces the feature you
want to set.
3 Press and release or
until the system announces the setting
you want. Refer to the Feature
Summary for options.
Feature Summary
Feature/System Announces Options
Announce Select Choose from Announcement A or Announce Only.
“Selected announcement is...” • Select “Announcement A” when you want the
system to record callers’ messages. Select
“Announce Only” when you want the system to
play an announcement and then hang up.
• If you select “Announcement A” and do not record
an announcement, the system plays a pre-recorded
announcement: “Hello. Please leave a message
after the tone.”
• If you select “Announce Only” and do not record
an announcement, the system will answer after 10
rings and announce “No announcement.”
See “Record Your Announcement” under OPERATION
for recording instructions.
4 Press and release S to set up the
next feature listed on the Feature
Summary
— OR —
Press and release P to exit
Feature Setup.
The new settings will be saved.
Ring Select Choose how many times the line will ring before the
system answers a call.
“Number of rings is...” • Set for 2 to 7 rings, or choose Toll Saver 2/4 or Toll
Saver 4/6.
• When set to Toll Saver 2/4, the system answers
after four rings when you have no new messages
and after two rings when you do. Toll Saver 4/6
causes the system to answer after six rings when
you have no new messages and after four rings
when you do.
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