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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Answering system operation
To record & play a phone conversation
While on a call on the handset, you can record
a telephone conversation to be stored as an
incoming message.
Recorded telephone conversations are saved,
played back and deleted exactly like incoming
messages.
To record a phone conversation
To record a conversation when you are on a call on
the handset, press and release REPEAT/MEMO.
Recording begins after a beep. The elapsed
recording time (in seconds) shows in the message
window.
The answering system will keep recording until you
press REPEAT/MEMO, hang up the handset, or the
memory is full.
To play back a memo or a telephone conversation
Press PLAY/STOP to listen to recorded telephone
conversations (see page 26 for other options).
NOTES:
• While recording a conversation, you cannot
use the speakerphone or the mute feature.
• This unit does not have warning beeps to
inform the other party that the call is being
recorded. To ensure that you are in compliance
with any federal or state regulations regarding
recording a telephone call, you should start
the recording process and then inform the
other party that you are recording the call.
MSG#
12
Elapsed time shown in
message window.
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