AT&T CL4940 User manual

Abridged user’s manual
CL4940
Big button/big display telephone/answering
system with caller ID/call waiting
This Abridged user’s manual provides you with basic installation and
use instructions.
Please refer to the online user’s manual for a full set of installation and
operation instructions at www.telephones.att.com/manuals. Before
using this AT&T product, please read Important safety information on page
22 of this Abridged user’s manual.

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Parts checklist
Your package contains:
Telephone base with power adapter installed
Handset
Wall-mount bracket
Coiled handset cord
Telephone line cord
Abridged user’s manual
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Basic installation
Basic steps to set up & operate your phone
1Install telephone base
2Wall-mount installation (optional)
Common settings
3Set date and time
4Set ringer volume
5Set language
Common operations
6Set contrast
9Directory
10 Speed dial
11 Call waiting
7Set dial mode
8Set area code
12 Caller ID
13 Answering system

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1Install telephone base
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If you have DSL high-speed
Internet service, a DSL filter
(not included) is required. The
DSL filter must be plugged
into the telephone wall jack.
Plug!
Plug!
Plug!
Plug!
Plug!

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Adjust!
2Wall-mount installation (optional)
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Slide
upward!
Insert!

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2Insert tab Aand tabs Binto the corresponding grooves.
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If you have DSL high-speed
Internet service, a DSL filter
(not included) is required.
The DSL filter must be
plugged into the telephone
wall jack.
Plug!
Plug!
Click tabs Binto
their corresponding
slots.
Insert tab A into its
corresponding slot.
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B

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Slide
downward!
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Adjust
screen!

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Press MENU -> press / to scroll to
Set date/time -> press SELECT.
Use the dialing keys (0-9) to enter the month (MM),
date (DD) and year (YY) -> Press SELECT.
Use the dialing keys (0-9) to enter the hour (HH)
and minute (MM).
Press / to select AM or PM -> press SELECT to
save your setting.
You can press CANCEL to go back to the previous
field and make correction.
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3Set date and time
Set date
?M/DD/2014
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Set time
?H:MM --
p
q
4Set ringer volume
Press MENU -> press / to scroll to Language ->
press SELECT.
Press / to choose from English, Français or
Español -> press SELECT.
Press SELECT again to confirm.
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5Set language
>English
Francais
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You can set the ringer volume level to one of four levels or turn the ringer
off. When the ringer is off, appears on the screen.
Press pVOLUMEqto adjust the ringer volume when the telephone is not
in use.
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Press MENU -> press / to scroll to Ringer volume -> press SELECT.
Press / or pVOLUMEqto sample each volume level.
Press SELECT to confirm.
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You can set one home area code and four local
area codes.
Press MENU -> press / to scroll to
Caller ID log -> press SELECT.
Press / to scroll to Set area code ->
press SELECT.
Press / to scroll to Home area code or
Local area (1 - 4) -> press SELECT.
Enter the three-digit area code using the dialing keys,
then press SELECT to save your setting.
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8Set area code
The dial mode is preset to touch-tone dialing. If you
have pulse (rotary) service, you must change the dial
mode to pulse dialing before using the telephone.
Press MENU -> press / to scroll to Dial mode
-> press SELECT.
Press / to choose from Touch tone or Pulse.
Press SELECT to save your setting.
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7Set dial mode
>Touch tone
Pulse
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Local area 1
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Adjust the screen brightness to a comfortable level,
from 1to 4.
Press MENU -> press / to scroll to
LCD contrast -> press SELECT.
Press / to choose from 1, 2, 3or 4.
Press SELECT to confirm.
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6Set contrast
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9Directory
This telephone has a directory where you can store up to 25 telephone
numbers and names. Numbers can be up to 24 digits and names can be up
to 15 characters.
To add a directory entry:
Press MENU -> press / to scroll to Directory -> press SELECT.
Press / to highlight Add contact -> press SELECT.
Enter the telephone number using dialing keys -> press SELECT.
Enter the name using dialing keys -> press SELECT.
To review and dial a directory entry:
Press DIRECTORY.
Press / to browse through the directory -> lift the handset or press
SPEAKER to call.
To edit a directory entry:
When the desired directory appears -> press SELECT.
Edit the number -> press SELECT.
Edit the name -> press SELECT.
To delete a directory entry:
When the desired directory appears -> press DELETE X.
The screen displays Delete contact? -> press SELECT or DELETE X.
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10 Speed dial
This telephone has 10 speed dial memory locations (0-9) where you can
store telephone numbers you wish to dial more quickly.
To store a speed dial entry
Press SPEED DIAL -> press / to choose the desired speed dial location
(0-9) -> press SELECT.
Press SELECT again -> enter the telephone number using dialing keys.
Press SELECT -> enter the name using dialing keys -> press SELECT.
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To dial a speed dial entry
When the telephone is in idle mode, press and hold the dialing keys (0-9) to
dial the corresponding speed dial number.
To delete a speed dial entry
Press SPEED DIAL -> press / to choose the desired speed dial location
(0-9).
Press DELETE X -> press SELECT.
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Press FLASH to put your current call on hold and take the new call.
Press FLASH at any time to switch back and forth between calls.
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11 Call waiting
The telephone stores caller ID information about the last 50 incoming calls.
The handset displays XX missed calls when you have incoming calls that
have not been answered.
To review the caller ID history
Press CALL LOG -> press / to scroll through the entries.
Press CANCEL to exit.
To dial a caller ID entry
Press / to browse -> lift the handset or press SPEAKER to call.
To delete call records
Delete a single call record
Press DELETE X to delete the shown entry.
Delete all call records
Press MENU -> press / to scroll to Caller ID log -> press SELECT.
Press / to select Del all calls -> press SELECT.
When the screen shows Delete all calls?, press SELECT to confirm.
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12 Caller ID