All rights reserved. AT&T and the AT&T logo are trademarks of AT&T Knowledge Ventures, licensed to Advanced American Telephones. Printed in China. Issue 1.2 AT&T 03/071739 Digital answering systemThis manual contains information about thisproduct's installation and operation. please also read Part 1 - Importantproduct informationFor customer service or product information, visit our website at telephones.att.com or call 1 (800) 222-3111. In Canada dial 1 (866) 288-4268. Installation Parts list • Telephone line cord • 1739 answering system • Wallet card • Part 1 Important product information • Part 2 User’s manual Before you install Choose a location for the answering system near a modular telephone jack and a standard electrical outlet not controlled by a wall switch. Turn system on/off Before proceeding to feature setup, press ON/OFF to turn the system on. To turn the system off, press ON/OFF again. When the system is off, the ON/OFF indicator light will be off and the message window will be blank. Use only the power adapter supplied with this product. To obtain a replacement, visit our website at or call 1 (800) 222-3111. In Canada dial 1 (866) 288-4268. ABCABCJKLJKLMNOMNOGHIGHITUVTUVWXYZWXYZPQRSPQRSTONETONEOPEROPERDEFDEF247890*# 56132LINESPEAKERPHONECONFERENCELINE 1(AUTO) REDIALFLASHPAUSEPROGRAMVOLUMELOWERHEADSETMUTESPEAKERLINE 2HOLD Standard electrical outlet not controlled by a wall switch 1. Connect the power adapter. Strain-relief tab 3. Connect a telephone (optional). 2. Connect the telephone line cord. Modular telephone jack NOTES: 1. If you do not want to connect this answering system to a telephone, skip to step 3. 2. Power adapter Input: 120VAC, 60 Hz, 4.5W. Output: 6VAC, 350 mA. 3. If the message window is blank, make sure the power adapter is securely connected to both the answering system and an electrical outlet not controlled by a wall switch. Press ON/OFF to make sure the system is on. Feature setup Feature setup 1. To enter feature setup mode, press and hold SETUP until the system announces “Voice is...” 2. Press SETUP repeatedly to hear each feature. 3. When you hear the feature you want to modify, press ANNC/SKIP or MEMO/REPEAT to change the setting. 4. Press PLAY/STOP to exit feature setup. The new settings will be saved. When any feature is on, the message window displays . When any feature is off, the message window displays . Feature summary FEATURE SYSTEM OPTIONS ANNOUNCE LANGUAGE “Voice is…” • Choose English to have the system announce voice prompts in English. Choose Francais to have the system announce voice prompts in French. • During setup, the message window will display the current language setting (E for English and F for French). RING SELECT “Number of ring is…” • Choose the number of times the telephone will ring before the system answers a call. You can set it between 2 and 7 rings, toll saver 2/4 or toll saver 4/6. • When set to toll saver 2/4, the system answers after four rings when there are no new messages, and after two rings when there are new messages. Toll saver 4/6 causes the system to answer after six rings when there are no new messages and after four rings when there are new messages. • D uring setup, the message window will display the number of rings (8 for toll saver 2/4, or 9 for toll saver 4/6). REMOTE ACCESS CODE “Remote access code is…” • Change the remote access code to any three digit number between 500 and 999. • The remote access code is preset to 500 and allows you to access many features of this answering system remotely from a touch tone telephone. • The three digits of the remote access code are set separately. The system will prompt you to set the second and third digits after setting the first digit. See Feature setup, above. FEATURE SYSTEM OPTIONS ANNOUNCE ANNOUNCEMENT MONITOR “Announcement monitor is…” • Choose ON to listen to the announcement when the system answers a call. Choose OFF to silence your end of the call. (The callers will still hear the announcement.) NOTE: Volume must be set to an audible level to use the announcement monitor. NUMBER ANNOUNCE (Please see NOTE below) “Number announce is…” • When this feature is on, the system will announce the incoming telephone number between the second and third rings. NOTE: When the number announce feature is on and ring select is set for two rings, the unit will answer after three rings to allow enough time for the system to announce the caller’s telephone number. STORE NUMBER (Please see NOTE below) “Store number is…” • When this feature is on, the system announces the incoming telephone number when it plays back a message. ACCEPT BLOCK CALLS (Please see NOTE below) “Accept block calls is…” • Choose ON to have the system accept all calls. Choose OFF to have the system respond to blocked calls with the pre-recorded announcement, “We’re sorry, blocked calls to this number cannot be accepted,” and hang up without recording a message. AUDIBLE MESSAGE ALERT “Messag...