User manual AT&T E5640

[. . . ] 91-000353-050-000_E5640 CIB_R2. qxd 10/26/2005 12:02 PM Page 1 User Manual (Part 2) 5. 8 GHz Cordless Telephone/Answering System E5640/E5643B/E5644B with Caller ID & Call Waiting 91-000353-050-000_E5640 CIB_R2. qxd 10/26/2005 12:02 PM Page 2 You must install and charge battery before using the telephone. STOP! See page 9 for easy instructions. For customer service or product information, visit our web site at Please also read Important Product Information Enclosed in product package. www. telephones. att. com or call 1-800-222-3111. Add new handsets to make your phone more versatile (see page 39) Your telephone can accommodate up to four cordless handsets. You can add new handsets (Model E560-2, sold separately) at any time, but each must be registered with the base before use. The handset provided with your telephone is automatically registered as Handset 1. Additional handsets will be assigned numbers in the order they are registered (2, 3 or 4). [. . . ] · Press SELECT to copy this entry into your directory. If the name or number is not provided, you will be prompted to enter them (see page 21). NOTE: If both the name and number are not provided, UNABLE TO SAVE will be displayed. 26 91-000353-050-000_E5640 CIB_R2. qxd 10/26/2005 12:04 PM Page 27 Answering System Operation Answering System Operation Message capacity The answering system can record up to 99 messages, depending on the length of each message. Individual messages can be up to four minutes long, and total maximum recording time is 15 minutes. Messages will remain available for replay until you delete them. Message counter Number of messages (or, during playback, message number currently playing). Press to delete message currently playing; hold to delete all old messages (see page 32). Press to review or set clock (see page 28). Press to turn answering system on or off. Press repeatedly to hear menu options (see page 31). Press to select or change a menu option (see page 31). Press to record a memo (see page 33) or, after pressing MENU, to record an outgoing announcement (see page 29). Press to repeat message; hold to slow playback, press twice to play previous message (see page 32). Press to start or stop message playback (see page 32). Press to skip message; hold to speed up playback (see page 32). 27 91-000353-050-000_E5640 CIB_R2. qxd 10/26/2005 12:04 PM Page 28 Answering System Operation Day and time announcements To set day and time Before playing each message, the answering system announces the day and time the message was received. 1. Press TIME/SET The system will announce the current clock setting, then announce "To change clock, Press TIME SET!¨ Before using the answering system, you should follow the steps at left to set the day and time, so messages are dated correctly. The system uses voice prompts to guide you. Each time you press CHANGE, the day, hour, minute or year advances by one. When you hear the correct setting, press TIME/SET to move to the next setting. To check day and time You can press TIME/SET at any time to hear the current day and time without changing it. 2. 3. Press TIME/SET Press CHANGE until the system announces the correct day, then press TIME/SET. 4. Press CHANGE until the system announces the correct hour, then press TIME/SET. 5. Press CHANGE NOTE: Press and hold CHANGE to advance the minute or year by increments of 10 (the year can be set from 2000 to 2039). until the system announces the correct minutes, then press TIME/SET. NOTE: You can press and hold CHANGE to advance the minutes in increments of ten. NOTE: Caller ID provides the time and date. Set the year so that the day of the week can be calculated from the Caller ID information. After you set the time once, it will thereafter be set automatically with incoming Caller ID information. The time will be set automatically only if you subscribe to Caller ID service provided by your local telephone company (see page 7). 6. Press CHANGE until the system announces the correct year, then press TIME/SET. The system announces the current clock setting. 28 91-000353-050-000_E5640 CIB_R2. qxd 10/26/2005 12:04 PM Page 29 Answering System Operation Outgoing announcements Outgoing announcements are the messages callers hear when calls are answered by the answering system. Elapsed recording time (seconds). Press to stop recording. 1. MENU "Change announcement" The phone is pre-programmed with announcements for normal (Answer and Record) mode and for Announce Only mode (see page 30. ) If the phone is set up to record messages, the phone answers calls with "Hello. Please leave a message after the tone. " You can use this announcement, or replace it with a recording of your own voice. [. . . ] Contact your DSL service provider for filter information. Other nearby cordless telephones can cause interference. Try moving one of the cordless telephone bases. · Phone does not ring · · · · If you hear noise or interference during a call · · · · · · 42 91-000353-050-000_E5640 CIB_R2. qxd 10/26/2005 12:06 PM Page 43 Appendix Troubleshooting Problem Incomplete messages Suggestion · · · · If a caller leaves a very long message, part of it may be lost when the system disconnects the call after 4 minutes. If the caller pauses for more than 7 seconds, the system stops recording and disconnects the call. [. . . ]