3.4

Out of 22 Ratings

Owner's of the AT&T Telephone 1856 gave it a score of 3.4 out of 5. Here's how the scores stacked up:
  • Reliability

    3.52 out of 5
  • Durability

    3.57 out of 5
  • Maintenance

    3.33 out of 5
  • Performance

    3.36 out of 5
  • Ease of Use

    3.09 out of 5
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Telephone operation
Telephone settings
Language
Press CID or CID to select the language used
in all menus and screen displays. You can choose
ENGLISH, ESPANOL or FRANCAIS.
Home area code/local area codes
You can program this phone to recognize one
home area code and up to four local area codes.
If you simply dial the last seven digits of a
telephone number to make a call within your own
area code, you should enter your own area code
into the telephone as the home area code. Then
if you receive a call from within your home area
code, the screen will display the seven digits of the
telephone number.
If you make a call within your own home area
code, you must dial 10 digits (the area code and
telephone number), enter 000 for the home area
code and enter your area code as a local area
code. Then if you receive a call from within your
area code, the screen displays the 10 digits of the
telephone number.
If you ever have to dial 10-digit phone num-
bers, (the area code with the seven-digit phone
number), for other nearby area codes, enter those
area codes as local area codes.
To set the home area code
1. Press
CID SETUP until you see HOME AREA
CODE?
2. Press the dial pad keys to enter a three-digit
home area code.
To set the local area codes
1. Press
CID SETUP until you see LOCAL AREA
CODE.
2. Press the dial pad keys to enter the first three-
digit local area code.
3. Press CID SETUP, then the dial pad keys to set
the second, the third and the fourth local area
code.
WHICH LANGUAGE?
0
MSG#
HOME AREA CODE?
0
MSG#
LOCAL AREA CODE
0
MSG#
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