chip@pedsga.UUCP (Chip Maurer) (01/18/89)
We received an AT&T 1300 answering machine for Christmas.
I am happy with the machine, but do not like how many rings
it waits until it answers (about 6). If I had saved all receipts
and boxes and stuff, and if it had been gotten at an AT&T phone
store, I could have gotten an upgrade to one that adjusts the number
of rings until it picks up.
Anyway, is it possible through a chip or some other modification, to
modify my machine to answer on fewer rings? I realize that my warrenty
would be void, but if it is simple, I'd like to try it.
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Chip Maurer
Concurrent Computer Corporation, Tinton Falls, NJ 07724 (201)758-7361
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"It's one o'clock, and time for lunch. Bum de dum de dum dum dum"gotway@inuxa.UUCP (J Gotway) (01/28/89)
> We received an AT&T 1300 answering machine for Christmas. > I am happy with the machine, but do not like how many rings > it waits until it answers (about 6). If I had saved all receipts > and boxes and stuff, and if it had been gotten at an AT&T phone > store, I could have gotten an upgrade to one that adjusts the number > of rings until it picks up. > > Anyway, is it possible through a chip or some other modification, to > modify my machine to answer on fewer rings? I realize that my warrenty > would be void, but if it is simple, I'd like to try it. The Answering System 1300 is a basic answering system with a fixed ring setting. It will answer after the 4th ring is received. This is programmed into the microprocessor software, and it cannot be bypassed or changed without coding up a new microprocessor. The only situations that might cause a report of the machine answering after more than 4 rings are: 1) The first ring in the house is really an abbreviated ring (less than 500 msec), so it is not recognized/counted by the machine. Then, the AS1300 will answer on the 5th ring rather than the 4th. 2) The customer is listening to the ringback over the telephone line, and that ringback is not synchronized with the local ringing. Over the line there might be fewer or more than 4 ringbacks, before the machine answers. 3) The customer's particular unit is defective. In this case it should be returned to the AT&T phone center or other retailer for replacement with a new unit. All of the other AT&T Answering System products have a ring select option (usually 2 or 4 rings with toll saver option). The new AT&T 1330 Answering System has a customer programmable ring select from 1-9 rings. -- Jerry Gotway AT&T Consumer Products Labs. P.O. Box 1008 Indianapolis, Indiana 46206 inuxa!gotway (317) 845-4523 or CORNET 338-4523