AT&T 1738 40-Minute Digital Answering System with Time/Day Stamp
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Customer Review: Pretty good AM for a great price
Summary: 4 Stars
It works just fine. Voice quality is OK, and the machine is relatively easy to use. The best part is that it has an audible alert that there are messages waiting; this is important to me since the machine is in the office. The audible alert is also the worst thing...it is really not very loud at all; easy to miss.
The visual alert of message waiting is also pretty good; it flashes when there is a new message and is on steady if there are old messages that you have heard. (It's off when there are no messages stored).
Interestingly, it uses flash memory for everything so no battery backup is needed. Of course that means the clock goes on a power failure. I think the clock freezes at the time of the failure but I'm not sure about that. There is a warning on the display that tells you the clock needs to be reset.
Caller ID is supposed to reset the clock but the instructions are a bit ambiguous. They imply that it keeps the clock synchronized once you set it, but says nothing about resetting after a power failure. I have not done that experiment yet...
Later (Oct 08): Yes, a call with caller ID sets the clock after a power failure.
Customer Review: So far, so good
Summary: 4 Stars
These days, it's very hard to find a basic answering machine. I wanted one for my basic. old-fashioned phone. Another reviewer mentioned a GE machine that did not always take the message even though it seemed to. I had the same problem with my GE, and never trusted if I had gotten all my messages. Plus the time stamp was never correct. After looking in several stores, I had almost given up when I found this AT&T online.
Just bought it a few weeks ago, but I found it pretty easy to set up and use, the sound is clear enough, and it seems reliable. So far, I'm glad I bought it.
Customer Review: Does what it needs to
Summary: 4 Stars
This is a decent answering machine, does what it needs to, and has reasonable features. It does have the habit of speaking all the commands, which is tiresome when you're setting initial configs. I was also annoyed by having all the labels in both English and Spanish - it made the buttons and 'look' too messy; I ended up scratch/filing off the labels I didn't need. A version for each language would be much better.
But - it's a good machine and works well.
Customer Review: Great answering machine
Summary: 4 Stars
This review is from my dad who ordered for the first time on Amazon:
"On August 20, 2007 I received An answering Machine Model 1738 from Amazon.I ordered this not knowing what to expect after reading so many bad reports. It was brand new, in the original box. It was very easy to install aand easy to use. The voice messages were very clear. I am very pleased with my first purchase from Amazon and expect to make many more"
- H. Herman
Customer Review: STOP! Try this first
Summary: 4 Stars
I was very disappointed with this product initially because the incoming AND outgoing sound was so poor. It was basically useless. While searching for a different answering machine, I read a review by someone who thought of placing a DSL filter on the same phone line as the answering machine. I tried this and the machine works very well. The sound is good. This is a good value for someone who only need one mailbox.