User manual AT&T E5643

[. . . ] 91-000353-010-000_E5640_R4. qxd 7/1/2005 12:22 PM Page 1 User Manual (Part 2) 5. 8 GHz Cordless Telephone/Answering System E5640/E5643B/E5644B with Caller ID & Call Waiting 91-000353-010-000_E5640_R4. qxd 7/1/2005 12:22 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 35) 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). [. . . ] To return a call Press PHONE (or SPEAKER) to call the number as displayed. Pat Williams 555-1234 AM NEW 11/23 10:31 Chris Thompson 908-555-0100 AM NEW 11/23 10:21 Caller ID numbers may appear with an area code that may not be required for local calls, or without a "1" that may be needed for long distance calls. If the number displayed is not in the correct format, you can change how it is dialed. To change the number before calling, press # repeatedly to see different dialing options (you can choose to dial with or without code, and with or without the "1"), then press PHONE (or SPEAKER) to place the call. Example: CID. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Number displayed as 908-555-0100 Jeffrey Adams 555-9876 AM NEW 11/23 10:11 # (three times) . . . . . . Number changes to 555-0100 (drops "1" + area code) PHONE/ SPEAKER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dials 555-0100 Other options · Press DELETE to delete this entry from the call log. · Press and hold DELETE to delete all entries from the call log. When asked to confirm, press SELECT to clear the call log of all entries, or OFF to exit and leave all call log entries intact. If the name or number is not provided, you will be prompted to enter them (see page 19). NOTE: If both the name and number are not provided, UNABLE TO SAVE will be displayed. 23 91-000353-010-000_E5640_R4. qxd 7/1/2005 12:23 PM Page 24 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 29). Press to review or set clock (see page 25). Press to record a memo (see page 30) or, after pressing MENU, to record an outgoing announcement (see page 26). Press to repeat message; hold to slow playback, press twice to play previous message (see page 29). Press to skip message; hold to speed up playback (see page 29). 24 91-000353-010-000_E5640_R4. qxd 7/1/2005 12:23 PM Page 25 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 is "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. 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. 25 91-000353-010-000_E5640_R4. qxd 7/1/2005 12:23 PM Page 26 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 27. ) 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. [. . . ] You might have too many extension phones on your telephone line to allow all of them to ring. Appliances plugged into the same circuit as the base can cause interference. The layout of your home or office might be limiting the operating range. Try moving the base to another location, preferably on an upper floor. [. . . ]