AT&T TRIMLINE TR1909 User Manual

User’s manual

TR1909 Trimline® telephone with caller ID/call waiting

Congratulations

on purchasing your new AT&T product. Before using this AT&T product, please read the Important product information on pages 35-36 of this manual. Please thoroughly read the user’s manual for all the feature operations and troubleshooting information necessary to install and operate your new AT&T product. You can also visit our website at

www.telephones.att.com

Canada, dial

Model #: TR1909

Product name:

Serial #: (found on the bottom of the telephone base)

Purchase date: Place of purchase:

1 (866) 288-4268

Trimline® telephone with caller ID/call waiting

or call

1 (800) 222-3111

. In

Trimline® is a registered trademark of Advanced American Telephones.

Save your sales receipt and original packaging in the event warranty service is necessary.

Your telephone contains the following items:

User’s manual Handset

Parts checklist

Telephone base with mounting bracket attached for tabletop position (telephone line cord installed)

Coiled handset cord

Mounting bracket (attached)

Directory card (stuck on the cover of the

battery compartment)

Quick start guide

User’s manual

TR1909 Trimline® telephone with caller ID/call waiting

Quick start guide

TR1909 Trimline® telephone with caller ID/call waiting

User’s manual

TR1909 Trimline® telephone with caller ID/call waiting

Getting started

Product overview...................1

Handset layout........................2

Screen display messages...4

Installation preparation......5

Battery installation ...............6

Telephone installation.........8

Installation options............... 9

Telephone settings

About the feature menu .. 13

Feature summary................. 14

Menu setup.............................15

Telephone operation

Basic telephone

operation .................................20

Options while on calls ...... 21

Telephone memory

Memory operation

(one-touch).............................22

Memory operation

(two-touch).............................23

Caller ID operation

Caller ID overview...............25

Reviewing the call log.......28

Deleting call log entries...29 Copying a call log entry

into memory...........................30

Appendix

Troubleshooting ................... 31

General product care.........34

Technical specifications....34

Important product

information ............................. 35

FCC and ACTA

information ............................. 37

Part 15 of FCC rules .......... 39

Limited warranty..................40

Index .......................................... 44

Table of contents

Getting started

Product overview

This AT&T TR1909 Trimline® telephone with caller ID/call waiting can be used either in tabletop or wall-mount position, and requires four AA alkaline batteries (not included) for batterypowered functions. The telephone can still operate with limited features when there are no batteries installed.

The TR1909 also features a 13-number memory for fast dialing and has a call log which can store up to 80 additional numbers

with names. This telephone has a caller ID feature which

supports caller ID with call waiting service. (Caller ID services are subscriber services available from your local telephone companies for a fee.)

This user’s manual contains detailed instructions for installing and operating your AT&T TR1909 Trimline® telephone with caller ID/call waiting. Please follow the instructions carefully.

Getting started

Handset layout

OPTION

Press to display the setting options.

While in the option menu, press to save the selection and move to the next feature (page 13).

While viewing the call log, press to show dialing formats (page 28).

FLASH

When there is a call waiting signal, press FLASH to put the current call on hold and connect to the new call. Press FLASH again to return to the original call.

Press FLASH to activate other telephone company subscriber services such as three-way calling (page 21).

IN USE light

Flashes quickly when there is an incoming call.

Flashes slowly when the telephone line cord is not plugged into a wall jack or another telephone on the same line is in use.

CALL LIST /

When the telephone is in idle mode, press to display caller ID information (page 28).

CLEAR

Press to exit dialing, to exit storing a number in memory, to exit the call log, or to return to the idle screen anytime without saving the changes.

DISPLAY DIAL

Press to dial the number currently displayed (page 28).

REMOVE

While viewing the call log, press to delete the entry currently displayed, press and hold to remove all entries (page 29).

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Handset layout

M1, M2, M3

Press to dial a onetouch number from the memory (page 23).

Listening volume

Slide to adjust the handset listening volume to LO, MED or

HI (page 20).

MEMORY

Press to access telephone numbers stored in the memory (page 23).

MUTE

Press and hold MUTE to silence the microphone to prevent the other party from hearing you, but you are still able to hear the other party. Release MUTE to return to the original two-way conversation (page 21).

Switch hook

When held, the telephone is in idle mode.

When released, the telephone is ready to make a call.

PAUSE/REDIAL

When the handset is lifted, press to redial the last number dialed (page 20).

When storing a number in the memory, press to insert a three-second dialing pause (pages 22 and 23).

PROG

Press to store a telephone number in the memory (page 22).

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CALL# Call number in the call log.

NEW New (unreviewed) call.

REP Repeat call from the same number.

The telephone line cord is not plugged into the wall jack.

The telephone or another telephone on the same line is in use.

•

LOW

The battery power is low.

Screen icons

Screen display messages

REMOVE ALL? Remove all call log entries.

-END OF LIST-

You have reached the end of the call log entries.

Pro

Program a one-touch or twotouch memory.

LIFT RECEIVER

A caller ID entry is ready to be dialed by lifting the handset.

TOTAL XX NEW XX

The total and new (unreviewed) calls in the call log.

CALL# NEW REP

0110 : 03AM 12/01

800-222-3111

LOW

TOTAL 12 NEW 01

Screen display messages

Getting started

For customer service or product information, visit our website at

www.telephones.att.com or call 1 (800) 222-3111. In

Canada, dial 1 (866) 288-4268.

CAUTION: To reduce the risk of fire or injury to persons or

damage to the telephone, read and follow these instructions carefully:

• Use only AA alkaline batteries (not included).

• Observe proper polarity orientation between the battery and metallic contacts.

• Do not disassemble your telephone. There are no user serviceable parts inside. Refer to qualified service personnel for servicing.

STOP!

Installation preparation

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

Your product may be shipped with a protective sticker covering the handset or telephone base display - remove it before use.

Make sure to install four AA alkaline batteries (not included) before using the telephone.

See page 6 for easy instructions.

Getting started

Battery installation

Before using the telephone, you should install four good AA alkaline batteries (not included) to provide memory backup and enable the use of some features. The four AA batteries are required for caller ID features and the IN USE light to work. If good batteries are not installed, the display only works when you lift the handset.

If you unplug the telephone from the telephone wall jack, or you lose telephone service for over 10 minutes, and good batteries are not installed, the following information is lost: call list, numbers stored in one-touch and two-touch memory, redial list, and all settings in the feature menu. It is recommended that you install new batteries soon after the low battery icon appears.

Follow the steps below to install the batteries:

Press on the tab and lift to open the cover of the battery

1. compartment.

Press this tab to release.

Lift this tab to open.

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Battery installation

2. Install four new AA batteries (not included) in the battery compartment according to

3. Close the battery compartment cover. Make sure it clicks into place.

the labels + and - engraved in the compartment.

NOTE:

Do not mix old and new batteries and do not mix alkaline and standard

• (carbon-zinc) batteries.

When the batteries are installed, the screen will show 12:00 and the clock will

• begin to run. It will reset to the correct time when the first caller ID data is received. If you wish to set the date and time manually, see Time and date on page 17.

Always disconnect all telephone lines from the telephone wall jack before

• replacing batteries.

Install new batteries every six months to maintain the call log and telephone

• memory.

Getting started

Plug one end of the coiled handset cord into the handset jack on the left side of the telephone base. Plug the other end into the handset.

One end of the telephone line cord has been installed into the telephone jack on the bottom of the telephone base.

Thread the telephone line cord through the channel and out of the mounting area as shown.

Plug the other end of the telephone line cord into a telephone wall jack.

Put the handset on the telephone base.

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

Telephone installation

Getting started

Installation options

Wall installation

To install the telephone base in the wall-mount position, make sure that you first unplug the telephone line cord from the telephone wall jack and remove it from the channel.

Lift the handset and place it aside. On the telephone base, pull out the handset tab and rotate it 180 degrees. Replace the handset tab back to the grooves until it clicks into position.

Your telephone base is ready for tabletop use. If you want to mount your telephone on a wall, use the provided mounting bracket to connect with a standard dual-stud telephone wallmounting plate. If you do not have this mounting plate, you can purchase one from many hardware or consumer electronic retailers. You might need a professional to install the mounting plate.

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Installation options

2. Remove the mounting bracket from the base. Hold the telephone base with both hands and then slide the bracket upwards as the arrows indicate.

4. Route the telephone line cord through the slot as shown and plug the other end of the telephone line cord into a telephone wall jack. To mount the telephone on the wall, position the mounting holes A and B over the telephone outlet mounting studs. Slide the bracket down firmly so the telephone is held securely on the telephone outlet mounting studs.

3. Rotate the bracket to the wall-mounting position. Push the bracket upwards as shown below until it clicks into place.

DSL filter (not included)

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Tabletop installation

To return the bracket from the wall-mount position to tabletop use, follow the instructions below.

Lift the handset and place it aside. On the telephone base, pull out the handset tab and rotate it 180 degrees. Replace the handset tab back to the grooves until it clicks into position.

1. Remove the telephone base from the wall-mounting plate. Unplug the telephone line cord from the telephone wall jack and remove the cord from the slots under the telephone base.

5. Place the handset back on the telephone base.

Installation options

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