Review on 📞 Enhanced Efficiency with AT&T 1738 40-Minute Digital Answering System featuring Time/Day Stamp by April Andrews

I totally agree with Jack Berry's detailed review. Here's a quick addition to what I didn't focus on. I chose the 1738 not because it was AT&T, but because after so many years almost all AMs, regardless of brand, shared the same features; They differ mainly in the recording time and the need for a backup battery. The sound quality has risen to the level of an inferior cassette no matter what time I've been listening in people's homes. If I needed to archive a phone message, I could digitize it simply by recording the playback on my iPod clone. 1738 was one of the most affordable AMs in 2006 with 40 minutes recording time. RAM and flash memory prices are very low, so all digital machines reflect this low cost. However, given my experience with the unnamed AM brand, I was skeptical of the mixed reviews posted by many readers. If all AMs were the same, how could AT&T be any worse, and at $17 it was a low risk test considering it costs the same as a list price music CD. Perhaps AT&T improved this model to correct negative reviews, or there is a major difference in workmanship on this model. I was very surprised; 1738 - excellent AM. The recorded announcement and announcement was no worse than a tape recorder. There is a catch: the device's microphone is of poor quality, and it is possible to send high-quality greetings, for example, by calling home from a mobile phone and recording the greeting using the remote access function. or use the machine-generated standard message. For example, you can use the built-in microphone for the note-taking feature in 1738, but at a much lower quality. Despite the lack of a backup battery, messages are retained when the device is disconnected from the power supply. What I like about digital machines is the ability to delete messages during playback, delete the middle of messages in a queue while keeping other messages, fast and slow playback without chipmunks. Effect and quick response of the voicemail to the remote control function. The 1738 #5 button on the remote is HELP and shows what all the control buttons do, so you don't need to carry a reminder card to operate the remote. I only wish AT&T would follow the voicemail buttons of popular systems like Verizon or Meridian and not invent their own. In my technical experience, there are two common pitfalls in digital AM that are easy to fix and can be interpreted as product failures: memory fragmentation causing poor recording and using a DSL line filter. I had these little problems when I used my computer as an answering machine for a short time. If memory is fragmented due to a crash, either turn off the device or delete all messages to reallocate memory. Unfortunately, if the memory is indeed faulty and the design isn't designed to work around the faulty memory (like most flash or SD memory cards), the problem can be permanent. The DSL carrier signal on a landline is close to supersonic, but gives very poor results when recorded over telephone lines, especially with digital methods. Almost all DSL providers offer line filters that work fine, use them on all phone lines.