Amazon.com Review
Don't miss important calls just because you happen to be away from the phone. The AT&T 1760 records your incoming messages along with caller-ID information and the time and date. Plus, you get the convenience and reliability of all-digital tapeless technology.
Setting up the 1760 was easier than any other caller ID/tapeless answering device (TAD) we've reviewed. We just plugged in the AC adapter and the phone cord, pressed the Options buttons, and followed the on-screen menus. The clock was easy to set and the menus are so straightforward that we set up the home and local area codes for caller ID and got the TAD features working in less than five minutes.
The menus inform you, for example, that you can set the TAD to answer on one to seven rings or on two different toll-saver ringing options. We had to consult the manual only once, to verify that we had correctly reset the factory-prerecorded outgoing message.
In our tests, removing the AC power stopped the clock but did not erase our messages even after several hours; AT&T's Message Guard protects messages from power failures. The sound quality of our recorded messages was good but not perfect. All messages were clear but had "artifacts," apparently from data compression, just as we would expect for a TAD in this class. The 1760 can record up to 45 calls using data compression techniques.
If you want a simple answering device with caller ID/call waiting that offers the convenience of a tapeless design and easy setup, then we highly recommend the AT&T 1760.
Pros: - Easy menu-driven setup
- Records up to 45 calls
- 99-call history in caller ID
Cons: - Four-minute recording limit per message
Customer Reviews
Average Customer Review
(11 customer reviews) 50 of 50 people found the following review helpful
Easy to use and reasonable sound,
November 9, 1999 By A Customer
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This review is from: AT&T 1760 Digital Answering System with Caller ID (Office Product)
The amazon review of this product is dead on. Sound is decent, and it's very easy to set up. The only complaint I have is that the LCD isn't backlit, so it's hard to read in low lighting conditions.
34 of 36 people found the following review helpful
Not Worth It,
May 2, 2000 Lisa A Darpa (New Jersey) - See all my reviews
This review is from: AT&T 1760 Digital Answering System with Caller ID (Office Product)
I had an answering machine for years and decided to update to a newer model and bought this one because it was closest to the one Consumer Reports recommended - big mistake! Three months later it's broken and going thru AT&T's help line was a big pain. After going thru a bunch of prompts, a tape recording told me to "replace the batteries and the tape." This unit has neither one.
45 of 50 people found the following review helpful
Excellant product with one draw back.,
August 1, 1999 By A Customer
This review is from: AT&T 1760 Digital Answering System with Caller ID (Office Product)
It has very good sound, easy to understand instructions, works as expected except I have hooked it to a two line telephone and can only use one line while hooked up through this answereing machine.
