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Summary: Good for the price, but a few things...
Review: 1. The sound quality is great for digital, and I've had the machine for a couple of years now. It is still going strong.2. It lets you screen your calls, but there is no way to completely silence the machine (for instance, when you're sleeping). It'll silence your announcement, but not the caller's message. 3. There is no "announcement only" mode, which would be a nice feature if you don't want callers to leave a message. That would be no biggie if #2 didn't apply. 4. If you would want to change the "screening" feature from "on" to "off," you have to go through the entire menu -- and you can't skip through any of it. If anyone is in the room, they can hear what your security code is, plain and clear. 5. Nearly all of these problems would be solved if there was a "0" (completely silent) level for the volume. 6. All in all, it is a good answering machine for the price. It does do well with cutting off most of the hang-ups, and I like that if the power goes out, you don't lose your messages.
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Summary: Although initially promising, falls flat in performance.
Review: Although my sister has rave reviews for another AT&T answering machine model, I have been disappointed with this one. The AT&T 1717 has a poorer playback quality than the analog model I used to have- if this were the only problem, I would still recommend it as a medium-grade answering system at a fair price for the features it offers. The fact that it also cuts off random messages, however, prompts me to ask for a return. This answering system looks good on paper, but doesn't follow through with reliable performance.
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Summary: didn't work out of the box
Review: Clock time change didn't wor
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Summary: Very efficiant AT&T answering machine.
Review: For people that just want an ordinary answering machine, this is great. Even though some specific models of this AT&T machine claim that they were rated #1 in sound quality, I did not totally aggree.
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Summary: Doesn't work
Review: Got a second one after the first one stopped recording after less than a year. The second one didn't work from the start. Will try something else.
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Summary: How far digital has come!
Review: Got this one when a power surge seemingly fried the old one, an AT&T 1720 that I got in '97. The old one had cost $80, this one only $30. And they've fixed the problems that they used to have. For example, the old one required batteries for backup, and the batteries tended to leak after awhile. This one doesn't require them. Sound quality is also better, and it's smaller. Works great with our AT&T 9301 cordless phone. After 10 months of use, I have no complaints.
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Summary: Excellent product
Review: Great machine!! Easy to learn to use. Easy to set up. Would definitley buy again!!
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Summary: A very good answering machine
Review: Hi,
This is a very nice, simple answering machine. I have had one for a long time and it served me well. (I <repeatedly> knocked it off the kitchen counter and eventually the impact was just too much for it!) I have never found a better one than this, especially for the money.
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Summary: A very good machine
Review: Hi, I have bought this model after an unsuccessful model of another manufacturer, which I returned. 1717 works almost perfect! Some nontrivial advantages are: - Requires (actually) no battery; - Full remote control, including change of announcement. Using this feature, you can ask callers to dial your current number; - Saves messages in case of power failure; - Consumes less than 10 Watt; - Has a toll saver; - Has reasonable threshold for decision to shut down if the voice level on input is low; - Tells (does not display) the time when one button is pressed. I use this feature at nights. Defects are: some (unimportant) features like jump forward-backward within a message do not work; voice quality is noticably worse than that of live telephone conversation; is too light to be swept off; the loudspeaker is small. Altogether, however, for $30 it is a very good buy.
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Summary: bad news
Review: i bought the 1717 after my old lucent died after 7 yrs. first one, the outgoing message became inaudible after 1 wk. 2 wks. the outgoing msg. was inaudible. does't keep outgoing volume mute if you retrieve msgs. you will hear if you don't set the volume down to 3 beeps. why?
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