AT&T 1718 user manual A T U R E S E T U P, Feature Summary cont’d

F E A T U R E S E T U P

Feature Summary (cont’d)

Feature/System Announces	Options
Remote Access Code	Change the Remote Access Code to any three digit
	number from 500 to 999.
“Remote Code is...”	• The Remote Access Code, preset to 500, allows
	you to access many features of this answering
	system remotely from a touch tone phone.
	• The system will prompt you to repeat Steps 2
	and 3 of Feature Setup until you have set all
	three digits.

Announcement Monitor

Choose ON to hear the announcement when your system answers a call. Choose OFF to have it silent on your end. (Your caller will still hear the announcement.)

NOTE: Volume must be set to a level you can hear to use Announcement Monitor.

Number Announce

(Please see NOTE below.)

When this feature is on, the system will announce the caller’s 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	When this feature is on, the system announces the
(Please see NOTE below.)	caller’s telephone number when it plays back a
	message.
Accept Blocked Calls	Choose ON to have the system accept all calls.
(Please see NOTE below.)	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

When this feature is on, the system beeps every 15 seconds when you have new messages.

NOTE: For this feature to work, you must subscribe to Caller Identification service from your telephone service provider. There is a fee for this service, and it may not be available in all areas.

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