Manual for Lucent 830 Telephone

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Hello Samnbrone200,

Lucent was the FIRST name of WESTERN ELECTRIC...

after divestiture (the break-up of the Bell System)...

Which means ... while NOT YOUNG... that is a fairly
robust (high quality) telephone set... (vintage 1983).

If you use it as a wall phone... or desk set...

It is actually IMPORTANT to have the
HANDSET HOOK set appropriately
(read the manual... (see below)).

Check the BATTERY CONTACTS and make sure
they are clean & shiny... If NOT...
Use a soft graphite pencil to gently burnish the
battery contacts.

If they are heavily corroded ... comment me back & I
will detail instructions on how to restore (or replace)
functionality...

Keep the hand-set cradle clean... and sharply
peck the switch hook a few times to get those old contacts attention...

(technical term: cycle the switch-hook).

With a little regular use that phone can give another
few DECADES of service...!!

830 Owner's manual...
AT 830 Owner Manual

Carnac the Magnificent

On the bottom of the phone remove the plastic cover from the bottom half of the phone and re-install it on the top half. The phone will now be at the proper angle for desk use.

Yes you can get stand alone caller ID units, they simply plug into the main line in phone jack. BTW, If you have a modem in your PC you can also then use it as a telephone "anything" Call center, answer-phone, voice-mail, and of course Caller ID. A lot of the software is freeware available on the 'net for download and install.

use your phone manual it may help. thats the only way you can get the best solution you need

Yes !!!

While your phone is ringing (during an incoming call) hit the volume down button until the level of ringing is where you want it.

Given that consumer telephones are inexpensive, the cost of repairing the speaker phone on the 960 (assuming you still have it) is probably not worth it.

Going off of my memory....to program a speed dial you would first press "Program", enter the telephone number you want stored and then press the one of the memory buttons to save the number to. If the number is to be saved on a lower memory position press "Lower" before you press the memory button.

AT&T's telephone product website has a section where user manuals for many AT&T and Lucent branded telephones.

http://telephones.att.com/telephones_ui/support/dsp_manuals_list.cfm

The 960 is no longer listed, but the many of the basic functions are similar to the 922.