AT&T 1740 User Manual

Printed in China. Issue 4 AT&T 12/11.

Advanced American Telephones, San Antonio, TX 78219.

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1740 Digital answering system

This manual contains information about this
product’s installation and operation. Please also
read Part 1- Important product information.

For customer service or product information, visit
our website at www.telephones.att.com or
call 1 [phone]. In Canada, dial

1 [phone].

Part 2

User’s manual

Installation

Parts list

1740 answering system

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Wallet card

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Part 1 Important product information

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Part 2 User’s manual

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Power adapter

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Use only the power adapter supplied
with this product. To obtain a
replacement, visit our website at

www.telephones.att.com or call
1 [phone]. In Canada, dial
1 [phone].

Before you install

Choose a location for the answering system near a telephone jack and a standard
electrical outlet not controlled by a wall switch.

Telephone line cord
(not included)

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Connect a

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Connect the power adapter.

Standard electrical outlet not
controlled by a wall switch.

Strain-relief tab for protecting
the power cord.

telephone
(optional).

2

Connect the

If you have DSL high-speed
Internet service, a DSL filter
(not included) is required.

Press ON/OFF to turn the system on or off. If the system is on, the

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telephone line cord.

Telephone jack

ON/OFF indicator light is on. If the system is off, the indicator light is off and

the message window is blank. When the system is off and you press any key
(except ON/OFF), it announces, “The machine is off. Press ON/OFF to turn on.”

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After you install the answering system for the first time, the system turns on
automatically and announces, “To set the clock, press CLOCK.” See Set the
clock on page 2 for instructions.

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To record your own announcement (optional), see Record your announcement
on pages 2-3 for instructions.

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To program other system features (optional), see pages 3-4 for details.

NOTES:

Power adapter - Input: 117V AC, 60 Hz / Output: 6V AC, 350 mA.

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If the message window is off, make sure the power adapter is securely connected to both the

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answering system and an electrical outlet not controlled by a wall switch.

If you subscribe to high-speed Internet service (DSL - digital subscriber line) through your telephone

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line, you must install a DSL filter between the telephone line cord and the telephone wall jack. The
filter prevents noise and caller ID problems caused by DSL interference. Please contact your DSL
service provider for more information about DSL filters.

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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.” To exit at anytime while
setting the clock, press PLAY/STOP.

Press CLOCK and the message window displays . The system announces the

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day and “To change the day, press SKIP or REPEAT. To accept and continue,

press CLOCK.”

To change the day, press MEMO/REPEAT or ANNOUNCE/SKIP until the

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correct day is announced.

Press CLOCK. The correct day is saved. The system announces the current hour

3.
setting and “To change the hour, press SKIP or REPEAT. To accept and continue,

press CLOCK.”

To change the hour, press MEMO/REPEAT or ANNOUNCE/SKIP until the

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correct hour is announced.

Press CLOCK. The correct hour is saved. The system announces the current

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minute and “To change the minute, press SKIP or REPEAT. To accept and

continue, press CLOCK.”

To change the minute, press MEMO/REPEAT or ANNOUNCE/SKIP until the

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correct minute is announced.

Press CLOCK. The correct minute is saved. The system announces the current

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year and “To change the year, press SKIP or REPEAT. Press CLOCK, when you

are done.”

To change the year, press MEMO/REPEAT or ANNOUNCE/SKIP until the

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correct year is announced.

Press CLOCK. The correct year is saved. The new day, time and year are

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announced.

To check the day and time, press CLOCK.

NOTE: In the event of a power failure, the clock needs to be reset. If the clock is not set, the system
announces, “Time and day not set,“ before message playback.

Auto reset of answering system clock

If you subscribe to caller ID service, the day, month and time are set automatically
with each incoming call. The year must be set so that the day of the week can be
calculated from the caller ID information.

Record your announcement

An announcement is the greeting callers hear when calls are answered by the
answering system.

The telephone is preset with a greeting that answers calls with “Hello, please leave
a message after the tone.” You can use this default announcement, or replace it
with your own (up to three minutes long).

Press ANNOUNCE/SKIP. The system announces, “Announcement. Press

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ANNOUNCE to record or press PLAY to play.”

Press ANNOUNCE/SKIP again. The system announces, “Record after the tone.

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Press STOP when you are done,“ followed by a long beep. Speak toward the
answering system, from about nine inches away. While recording, the message
window shows the recording time.

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Feature setup

To stop recording, press PLAY/STOP. The system automatically plays back the

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recorded outgoing announcement.

To review your announcement, press ANNOUNCE/SKIP. The system announces,
“Announcement. Press ANNOUNCE to record or press PLAY to play.” Press
PLAY/STOP and the system plays the announcement.

To erase your own recorded announcement, press X/DELETE while the
announcement is playing. Calls are then answered with the default announcement.

Feature setup

To enter the feature setup mode, press SETUP until the system announces,

1.

“Language is... To change the setting, press SKIP or REPEAT. To accept and
continue setup, press SETUP.”

Press SETUP repeatedly until you hear the desired feature.

2.
When you hear the feature you want to modify, press ANNOUNCE/SKIP or

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MEMO/REPEAT to scroll through the setting’s options.

Press SETUP to save and continue setup.

4.

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Press PLAY/STOP to save the setting and exit feature setup.

Feature summary
FEATURE

SYSTEM

OPTIONS

ANNOUNCEMENT

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Language

“Language is...”

Ring select “Number of rings...”

Remote access
code

“Remote access
code is...”

You may choose English or Español

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(Spanish) for the voice prompts used by the
system.

During setup, the message window displays

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the current language setting (En for English
or SP for Spanish)

Choose the number of rings before the

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system answers a call. You can set it
between two and seven rings, toll saver 2/4
or toll saver 4/6.

When the toll saver is set as 2/4, the

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system will answer after two rings if there
are new messages, or after four rings if
there are no new messages. When the toll
saver is set as 4/6, the system will answer
after 4 rings if there are new messages, or
after six rings if there are no new messages.

During setup, the message window displays

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the number of rings (or 24 for toll saver
2/4, 46 for toll saver 4/6).

Change the remote access code to any

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two-digit number between 10 and 99.

The default remote access code is 19. With

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it, you can access many features remotely
from a touch-tone telephone.

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