AT&T 1718 Digital Answering System (Wind Chill White)

by Advanced American Telephones

Product Details

Product Manual [323kb PDF]

• Item Weight: 3 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00005Q3U4
• Item model number: 1718
• Average Customer Review: 1.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
  • #64 in Electronics > Office Electronics > Telephones & Accessories > Answering Devices
• Date first available at Amazon.com: October 2, 2001

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

With the AT&T 1718, you can simplify and take control of your telephone life. You decide whether to interrupt your work to answer an incoming call. Use a wide range of features such as the audible message alert, call screening, the time and date stamp, message counter, and memory protection. You can access your messages away from home using touch-tone controls. Other benefits include variable-speed playback, voice prompts, an announce-only feature, and a memo function. The 1718 records up to 19 minutes of messages. The 1718 can announce the number accompanying a message if you have a subscription to caller ID service; however, the 1718 does not have a caller ID display.

Product Description

AT&T 1718 Digital Operation answering system has xcellent sound quality, 19 Minutes of digital recording time, Time/Day Stamp, Message Guard, Memory for power failures, and Remote access with toll saver. This phone also features Memory monitor, Voice prompts, and audible message alert. att 1718

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

28 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Don't buy this!, December 1, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: AT&T 1718 Digital Answering System (Wind Chill White) (Office Product)

Have had it for 4 months; finally gave up and got rid of it. Very, very poor sound quality ... difficult to understand messages left. Also no battery backup.

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Bad Answering Machine, September 17, 2002

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"bosef1" (Virginia, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: AT&T 1718 Digital Answering System (Wind Chill White) (Office Product)

This answering machine is no fun. While most answering machines have two phone jacks in them, this machine only has one. The cord to connect the answering machine to the wall is integral to the unit. So if you want to put the unit more than six feet away from the wall, you'll have to buy a coupler to hook it up to the long phone cord you already have.

Also, there is no way to determine whether there are any stored messages on the machine without touching it. This is inconvenient. Instead of buying this product, see if you can still find an AT&T 1717 on the market. I don't know why AT&T discontinued it. It was a lot better than this model.

20 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Bad machine, December 19, 2001

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Ron Fossell (Minnesota) - See all my reviews

This review is from: AT&T 1718 Digital Answering System (Wind Chill White) (Office Product)

The sound is horrible. Messages are saved when someone calls, but they can't be retrieved. Remote anwering codes quit working. A piece of junk.