Question about AT&T 2462 Cordless Phone

No messages! I have a 2462 At&t that seems to work fine, has the message qeue set up, but keeps ringing and not answering. any suggestions?

Anonymous Apr 13, 2007

the messaging part of the answering machine doesn't seem to take the messages.

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I know that this is an old problem, but there is an On/Off switch on the base that allows you to enable/disable the answering machine for each telephone line.

Make sure that the switch's setting is correct.

Here is the link to the 2462's owner's manual. Look at page 31:

http://telephones.att.com/docMgt/public/art/277/2462_manual.pdf

Posted on Dec 24, 2008

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