Lucent 1872 will not record my announcement and will not accept messages even with the preset recording

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Answering system settings
Announcement
The telephone is preset with a greeting that answers calls with "Hello, please leave a message after the tone." You can use this preset announcement, or replace it with your own.
Play your announcement
Press MENU/SELECT to show the menu when the handset is not in use.
Press MENU/SELECT to select >ANS. SYSTEM.
Press or to select >ANS SYS SETUP, then press MENU/SELECT.
Press or to select >ANNOUNCEMENT, then press MENU/SELECT.
The handset announces, "To play, press 2. To record, press 7." Press 2 to play.


Record your own announcement
Press MENU/SELECT to show the menu when the handset is not in use.
Press MENU/SELECT to select >ANS. SYSTEM.
Press or to select >ANS SYS SETUP, then press MENU/SELECT.
Press or to select >ANNOUNCEMENT, then press MENU/SELECT.
The handset announces, "To play, press 2. To record, press 7." Press 7 to record.
The handset announces, "Record after the tone. Press 5 when you are done."
After the tone, speak towards the microphone of the handset.
Press 5 when finished.
The answering system automatically plays back the newly recorded announcement. Press 5 to stop the playback at anytime;

Your manual can be found at:

http://vt.vtp-media.com/ecp/documents/product_Product/36/UserManual/1279/cs6229-3_manual_i5.pdf

1 Press Annc.
2 Choose the announcement location by
pressing select until the appropriate
mailbox is displayed.
3 Press Record. Begin speaking after the
beep.
4 When you are finished, press Stop.
You will hear your new announcement.
5 Repeat Steps 1-4 to record another
announcement
— OR —
Press Stop

According to the instruction manual, which can be found at: http://telephones.att.com/docMgt/public/art/175/1872_manual.pdf,

TO RECORD AN ANNOUNCEMENT:
1. Press A.
2. Choose the announcement location by
pressing s until the appropriate
mailbox is displayed.
3. Press R. Begin speaking after the beep
4. When you are finished, press S.
You will hear your new announcement.
5. Repeat Steps 1-4 to record another
announcement
— OR —
Press S.

TO REVIEW YOUR ANNOUNCEMENT:
1. Press A.
2. Press s to choose the announcement
you want to review (A, B, C, AO,
MBOX 3, MBOX 4).
3. Press P to hear the selected
announcement.

Or, if you're away from the office,
CHANGING ANNOUNCEMENTS:
You can re-record any of the announcements
currently in use by any
line or mailbox.
1. Contact the answering system.
2. After two beeps press a number key
(1-4) to select a line or mailbox, then
press 4*. The system beeps and begins
recording.
3. Speak into the telephone in a normal tone
of voice.
4. Press # when you are finished. The
system beeps once and plays the new
announcement.
To review your announcement, press a
number key (1-4) to select a line or mailbox.
Press 41 after the two beeps to play
your announcement.
NOTE: If announcement is being used by
both lines, re-recording the announcement
will change the announcement heard on
both lines.

Hope this helps!
tkhusa420

RECORD AN ANNOUNCEMENT
1 Prepare your announcement. Each
announcement can be up to 4 minutes long.
2 Press A.
3 Press and release S until you see
the letter of the announcement you want
to record (A, B, or O).
4 Press R. Begin speaking after you
hear the beep. Speak in a normal tone
of voice, about 9 inches from the
microphone.
5 Press S. The system plays your new
announcement. To hear the announcement
again, press P.
6 Repeat Steps 3 to 5 to record another
announcement, or press S.


To assign an announcement to play:

SELECT ANNOUNCEMENT CALLERS HEAR
1 Press and release F until the screen
displays ANNC.
2 Press and release S until the screen
displays the announcement you want
callers to hear (A, B, or O). If you
select AO, you must record an announcement,
as instructed in “Record an
Announcement.”
3 Press S to return to the message display

Hi,

The easiest way to gain access into an answering machine is to use it's preset access code. This is the access code set at default by the vendor on the given device. The best thing about this is that most users don't bother to change the access code to their device, if they even know that they have such a feature. Even worse yet, some of the manuals given for the device by it's vendor even tells the user that changing the access code is optional, not necessary. So of course since most people only do what they feel is necessary, these access codes are many times if not usually set at default. So what I'm going to do for you now is list the different popular vendors out there, and include their preset access codes, how to use them, and controls to use after gaining access. Keep in mind that if there is no model number beside the vendor, then that means that the information given works on most of their models. Likewise of course if there is a model identification beside the vendor name (placed in parenthesis) then that of course means that the information provided is model dependant. So let's begin, shall we?

1) AT&T - preset access code is 10 - when the answering machine picks up punch in the access code
7 - play messages
6 - play new messages
# - stop/pause
2 - repeat message
5 - skip message
4* - record announcement (push # to end recording)
41 - play announcement
* - record memo
33 - delete all messages
3 - delete selected
0 - turn system on
88 - turn system off
99 - change remote code

2) BellSouth - preset access code is 555, Mailbox 1: 555, 2: 666, 3: 777, 4: 888 - when the machine picks up hit * and then punch in the access code
0 - help (use this to get the commands available)

3) Freestyle - preset access code is 000 - when the machine picks up push in the D button and then punch in the access code
2 - play all messages
3 - play new messages
4 - skip back during messages
5 - delete during messages
6 - skip forward during messages
8 - play outgoing message
9 - record new outgoing message
0 - set answering machine on/off
1 - hear main menu

4) Vtech (VT650) - preset access code is 0000 - enter access code during announcement
#4 - repeat message
#5 - pause message
#6 - skip to next message
#7 - delete message
#8 - skip backwards
#9 - stop/exit any function
*8 - room monitor

5) Vtech (VT2650/VT2468) - preset access code is 50 - enter access code during announcement
#4 - repeat message
#6 - skips message
#5 - stops
#9 - delete message
#7 - review announcement (after beep press 7 to record an announcement and use #5 to stop)

6) Vtech (HK5886) - preset access code is 48 - enter access code during announcement
#1,2,3 - play new or old messages
#4 - repeat message
#6 - skip message
#5 - stop
#9 - delete message
#7 - review announcement (after beep press 7 to record an announcement and use #5 to stop)

7) Olympia (OL2410) - preset access code is 0000 - enter access code during accouncement
1,2,3 - select and play messages
4 - repeat message
44 - ignore message
6 - play next message
7 - delete current message
8 - record memo
9 - record announce (5 to stop)
0 - toggle answer on/off
* - play help menu

8) Doro - preset access code is 321 - enter access code right after outgoing message has played (or during)
1 - repeat/skip to previous message
2 - play/pause message
3 - skip to next message
4 - play current outgoing message
5 - record new outgoing message
6 - stop
7 - erase current message
8 - switch off answering machine
9 - switch on answering machine/select outgoing message
0 - (after playback) erases all messages
# - end playback
## - end call

9) Virgin Pulse cordless phone - preset access code is 123 - enter access code during outgoing message
1 - review current message
2 - skip to next message
3 - erase the current message
4 - play all or new messages
7 - repeat voice menu
0 - turn on/off TAD

10) Panasonic - preset access code is 11 or 1111 - enter access code during outgoing message
4 - new message playback
5 - all message playback
1 - repeat
2 - skip
9 - stop
7 - record new announcement (use 9 to end recording)

There are also a few random vendors that don't automatically preset an access code on the machine, forcing it's user to set one up him/herself. This is a small step forward as far as security is concerned, but every vendor I saw that did this still used a mere 2-digit access code. To test and see if your target has this type of setup press # when the machine start, and then press 0. If the machine returns to the annoucement then you know this is the kind of machine it is. Of course, in reality, this isn't all that bad of a scheme since you have 100 different combinations available for the access code. However, most users simply set these access codes as 11, 22, 69, etc. So yeah, just try it out. If it disconnects you after so many tries, call back from another payphone (which you should be using in this case).

Thanks for contacting Fixya

Follow this link for your manual http://telephones.att.com/docMgt/public/art/175/1872_manual.pdf

Make sure you have adobe reader installed to view.

Hope this helps.

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Try just pressing down on the greeting button on the answering machine, you will hear the lady say "record greeting" and keep holdong down until you are finished recording the message. When you are done, remove your finger, done!

Astonishingly, assignment of announcement to phone line is not documented in the user manual. Tech support was totally worthless concerning this issue. I had to discover it by trial and error. To assign an announcement to a specific phone line do the following:
1) Record your announcement message for a, b, c, ao, etc. as documented
2) Press program
3) Keep pressing the feature button until ANNC appear at the bottom of screen, line 1 appears at the top, and the letter 'a' appears in the middle.
4) Choose the announcement to be assigned to Line 1 by pressing the select button
5) Press the feature button again. Line 2 appears in the display.
6) Repeat step 4 to select the announcement to be assigned to Line 2.
7) Press program button, or take phone off-hook to end the sequence.

Shame on AT&T for such shoddy documentation, and lack of support for their products!

I have this phone and manual. In order to record a new message follow this, 1. To record a new message 2. Pres [ANNC] 3. Choose the message location by pressing [Select] untill the appropiate mailbox is located. 4. Press [Record]. Begin speeking after the beep. 5. When finished press [Stop] 6. Repeat above to record another announcemnt GarryM