AT&T 1719 Digital Answering Machine with Audible Caller ID

by AT&T

Product Details

Product Manual [221kb PDF]

• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B0000AHO9M
• Item model number: 1719
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
  • #31 in Electronics > Office Electronics > Telephones & Accessories > Answering Devices
• Date first available at Amazon.com: July 3, 2003

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Manage your calls with versatility and convenience using AT&T's model 1719 digital answering machine. The device holds 19 minutes and up to 100 voice messages, all of which are committed to non-volatile memory so you'll never lose a message--incoming or outgoing--in the event of a power failure.

When you're home, take advantage of a variety features designed for convenience. Announcement monitor lets you hear, if you wish, the outgoing announcement and resultant messages. Number announce verbally announces an incoming telephone number before you answer the call. Number store causes the system to announce a caller's number as it plays back a message. Call screening/intercept lets you pick up after someone has begun leaving a message. Audible message alerts beep every 15 seconds when you have new messages. Multispeed playback lets you listen to messages at half, normal, or double speed. You can also choose to accept calls from blocked numbers or present callers with a message alerting them that you do not accept calls from blocked numbers.

When you're out, you'll enjoy full remote operation for everything from playing and deleting messages to recording new announcements, recording memos, listening to voice help, and setting the clock. A handy two-setting toll-saver feature lets you configure the device for 2/4 (so you hear just two rings before the machine picks up when you have messages and four rings when there are none) or 4/6 (four rings with messages, six without). A telephone is not required for operation, though telephone service is.

What's in the Box
Answering machine with single fixed RJ-11 phone-jack cable, AC power adapter, and a user's manual

Note: Number announce/store and the blocked-number feature require caller ID, a paid service from your local phone company.

Product Description

AT&T 1719 answering systems feature time/day stamp with a single-digit message counter and 19 minutes of digital recording time. Message Guard memory protects messages even in power failures. System also has Caller ID number announce, call screening/intercept and remote access. Caller ID service required from your local telephone company.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

46 of 46 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A nearly perfect answering machine, July 14, 2004

By 

Guy in California (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: AT&T 1719 Digital Answering Machine with Audible Caller ID (Office Product)

After happily living with my trusty Panasonic KX-T8000 for 12 years, I decided to move the Panny to my other house to replace a tape-based machine that had gone kaput. So I needed a new one for my main house. My first criterion was that it must have audible message alert (who needs another thing to remember to check after a long day at work?). That really narrowed it down to just the AT&T. I had read here that of some problems that others had experienced, so I purchased it at BestBuy which has a liberal return policy. But I'm definitely keeping it.

First, if the power goes out, it definitely resets itself to auto-answer. The messages are saved, but the clock needs to be reset. But what's great is that all you need to do is call the machine and it uses caller-id to set the clock--incredibly easy to set (that is, if you have caller-id).

Second, I have not had any problems with voice quality or with deadair filling the end of messages. Voices are clear and they cut off when the person hangs up. No shouting is required.

Third, if the hardwired cord is too short, just go to Radio Shack and get an extension cord. My answering machine gets its signal from my adjacent fax machine, so the supplied cord is more than long enough.

The audible message alert is better than in my old Panasonic because it's less loud and intrusive. My Panasonic was so loud, that if I got a call while I was sleeping, I had to turn it off to be able to sleep again, even though it was two rooms away. The AT&T alert is much softer. I could probably sleep right through it, though it's loud enough to hear in the same room.

The AT&T definitely isn't as sleek looking or elegantly designed as my old Panasonic, but it's good enough (because of audible alert, it doesn't have to be in view all the time). I can't believe how cheap this thing is, considering how much it does.

This one is a keeper!

Follow-up (3/30/05): I noticed Amazon isn't selling it directly anymore and the third-party merchants are pricing it pretty high. If you're near Fry's Electronics, they often have it on sale for less than 10 bucks.

21 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good value, August 10, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: AT&T 1719 Digital Answering Machine with Audible Caller ID (Office Product)

Well I bought this as a gamble as there were no reviews on it I could find. The UI is a bit difficult to figure out at first, until you get the idea that "tap to view, hold to set" Sound was/is great. I'd definitely recommend this to anyone. Oh, one more thing. It's cheap

18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Compact, good quality, easy to use - but..., January 20, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: AT&T 1719 Digital Answering Machine with Audible Caller ID (Office Product)

First, the bad part. Even though this is 2004, not 1967, this answering machine comes with a hardwired phone line cord that is maybe five or six feet long - not long enough to get from my phone jack to the table where I keep my answering machine. And from a call to AT&T, I learned that apparently ALL their answering machines are like this. Huh?

Okay, the better parts. First of all, the AT&T customer service person was friendly and helpful, and tried a few things to see if she could get me a free model to upgrade to.

More importantly, this model is about half the size of my previous tape answering machine. The voice quality is excellent on both the outbound greeting and the incoming messages. Setting up all the features, including the clock, took about five minutes (if you have caller ID with the phone company, the clock can also be set via an incoming call). Message playback/save/delete is easy. When calling in remotely for messages, you can key in "5" to hear a menu of options, in case you forget which key does what as I always do.

If only AT&T would have given this machine a jacked phone cord so I would have had the option to plug a longer line into it (you can buy a device to extend the cord cheaply at any electronics store), I'd have given it four or five stars. It's a delightful little gadget that is fine for any simple one-line home answering machine need.