Check your ground wire where the phone line comes into the junction box outside your house. It is either loose or corroded. It should be clean and clamped to a ground stake or water pipe like for an outdoor hose faucet. Check both ends of the wire. Without it, the phone system's impedance is so high that it will receive the 60 Hz hum from any electrical appliances around the house that are within a few feet of a line on an extension phone, answering machine or even an extension phone outlet wire running through a wall. These make great receiving antennas. good luck.
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The 1337's User Guide mentions the battery that keeps messages during power failures. I suspect those message were lost when the power went down.
Here is the link to the 1337's User Guide:
http://telephones.att.com/docMgt/public/art/153/1337_manual.pdf
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my machine will pick up after three rings no matter what the settings are
SOURCE: Who will repair answering machine 1337 It has a humming sound.
USUALLY A HUMMING SOUND WILL BE FROM THE CIRCUIT BOARD OR A SMALL CAPACITOR WHICH ELIMINATES ALTERNATING CURRENT HUM. HONESTLY SPEAKING, I THINK A NEW PHONE IS IN YOUR FUTURE.
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