AT&T 1725 Digital Answering System with Voice Mailboxes (Dove Gray) Review
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I was introduced to answering machines as a sales rep for Lanier Business Products. Lanier in the 1980’s offered call in dictation systems. One product, The Messenger, had four microcassettes offering separate messages boxes. Telephone tones allowed remote retrieval as well as control over dictating messages. I checked one of these out of inventory and used this 00 machine in my home. I liked the products and the company name. When i left Lanier i took the name as a ficticious business name. I changed my name to Lanier when I married.
Years later I managed my wife’s medical practice. We have tried many answering machines over the years. The GE two tapes system worked decently. These tape machines broke down often due to the mechanical nature. Operationally I had been spoiled by my Lanier machine.
The AT&T 1725 peforms similar to the Messenger yet with a digital system. We bought the 1725 for the home and office. I have used the same machines for approximately 15 years without any problems.
Programming is simple. Message retrieval is simple and commands are announced as needed. The best function is easily moving messages to other boxes for later use. Also the ability to leave a message in a box other than the default box one. I at times use the outgoing announcement to guide messages into specific boxes.
Two outgoing messages simplify situations of in the office and out of the office.
Robert J. Lanier June 2008
AT&T 1725 Digital Answering System with Voice Mailboxes (Dove Gray) Feature
- Digital answering system with 4 voice mailboxes
- Time/day stamp
- 24-minute recording time
- Message Guard memory for power failures
- Message Preview recaps first 5 seconds of every new message
AT&T 1725 Digital Answering System with Voice Mailboxes (Dove Gray) Overview
The telephone products produced by Advanced American Telephones reflect a long and distinguished history of product excellence dating back over 100 years. Today, its product range is one of the most extensive in the industry, including corded and cordless phones, answering machines, and phone-related accessories.AT&T offers you digital answering system 1725 with Voice Mailboxes that records outgoing announcements and incoming messages on a microchip. Digital benefits include instant playback, selective save or delete, instant skip or repeat, and scan backward or forward within any message. 4 Individual Voice Mailboxes stores incoming messages in up to 4 separate mailboxes. You can set your system to answer calls and deliver your outgoing announcement without accepting messages. People to whom you’ve given the priority Calling Code will be able to signal you that they are calling. You can record messages for others or reminders for your-self. Memos are stored along with the incoming messages and retrieved at the machine or remotely from another touch-tone phone. While you are away, hear what is happening and have conversations with people who are in the same room as your answering system. Simply call your answering system and enter the special code.
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I love this machine – –
I bought my 1725 about 6 years ago (in 1998) and it has never failed me. When I recently got married, my husband had the same machine and has had his for 3 or 4 years. We are giving away one of the machines to a friend since they both still work well. Neither my husband or I have ever had a problem with it. I love the amount of time we have on the machine and we can instruct someone to use another box on the machine so we know right away if they have called. I’m sure there are newer and better machines out there now but we don’t need to bother with them. This still fits my needs after 6 years.
AT&T 1725 and 1726 both gave me headaches – –
I got about 5 months out of this machine before it went kablooey (sp?). I returned it and they (not amazon, but Staples) could only give me another of the same model. 8 or 9 months later, I am looking at that machine and it doesn’t work.
When it did work, the sound quality (announcement and incoming messages was very poor.
My next model I bought was the one that Staples happened to have: AT&T 1726 (!). The look of the machine is totally different, so I didn’t make the brand connection. It failed in 7 months. My friend sent me hers (“works fine”) thru the mail. I plugged it in and had the same problem. That makes 4 (four) AT&T answering machines that broke. The phone company came twice to investigate their lines/equipment, which were fine.
I suggest that AT&T reduce their warranty to 5 months. That way, they are free and we can just throw the things out.
In fairness, I should say that just today, while speaking to a Radio Shack tech, he told me that power surges could be the culprit. Being ignorant of these matters, I don’t know…
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