AT&T 1070 4-Line Expandable Corded Phone System with Caller ID/Call Waiting and Speakerphone, 1 Handset, Black/Silver
Brand | AT&T |
Color | Black/Silver |
Telephone Type | Dual-Micro/Nano |
Number of Batteries | 1 Lithium Ion batteries required. (included) |
Material | Plastic |
Power Source | Corded Electric |
Item Dimensions LxWxH | 8 x 5 x 10 inches |
Answering System Type | Digital |
Item Weight | 3 Pounds |
Conference Call Capability | 3 way |
About this item
- 4 line operation. Compatible with as few as 1, and as many as 4, telephone lines
- 32 Speed Dial and 16 Intercom;Chain Dialing
- 3-Party Conferencing
- Speakerphone; Product does not work on a digital line, Refer user manual below.
- Handset, Speakerphone, Headset and Ringer Control Volume
- DSL Subscribers may need to us a DSL Filter
- Compatible with AT&T 1040 and AT&T 1080 models
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Sound quality | 3.0 | 3.2 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 3.9 |
Easy to use | 3.1 | 3.4 | — | 3.9 | 4.4 | 3.9 |
Volume control | — | 4.5 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 4.0 |
Value for money | 3.1 | — | — | 4.0 | 4.8 | 4.0 |
Tech Support | — | — | — | 3.5 | 4.3 | 3.5 |
Sold By | Nextlife AS | Amazon.com | Amazon.com | HiTouch Business Services a BU of Staples | Amazon.com | Amazon.com |
telephone type | Dual-Micro/Nano | Corded | Cordless | Landline Phone | Digital | Corded |
dialer type | — | — | Single Keypad | — | Dual Keypad | Single Keypad |
power source | Corded Electric | Corded Electric | Corded Electric | Corded Electric | Corded Electric | Corded Electric |
recording capacity | — | 200 minutes | 40 minutes | 180 minutes | 25 minutes | 180 minutes |
material | Plastic | Plastic | — | Plastic | Plastic | Plastic, Metal |
answering system | Digital | Digital | Digital | Digital | Digital | Digital |
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Product Dimensions | 8 x 5 x 10 inches |
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Item Weight | 3 pounds |
ASIN | B0012CJR2C |
Item model number | 1070 |
Batteries | 1 Lithium Ion batteries required. (included) |
Customer Reviews |
4.1 out of 5 stars |
Best Sellers Rank | #60,812 in Office Products (See Top 100 in Office Products) #171 in Landline Phones |
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer | No |
Date First Available | October 2, 2001 |
Department | Three-line + Telephones |
Manufacturer | VTech |
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AT&T 4 line speaker phone caller ID,call wait
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The AT&T 1070 Corded Speakerphone is perfect for businesses that need a Speakerphone that supports four lines. The phone is DSL compatible and has a three-party conferencing feature that lets you conduct business with three people together on three different lines. Each line has its own light indicator, and can be set with a different ring tones for easy distinction of incoming calls. Automatic line selection means that when the phone is ringing and you pick up, you will be connected to the one that is ringing.
As your company grows, the phone system can be expanded to 16 stations with AT&T models 1040, 1080, and 1080. The phone allows you to page, intercom, and transfer calls between stations. A large display provides easy-to-read text for setup and caller information. The phone has a 200-entry memory and a 200-name-and-number caller ID history. Numbers stored in the caller ID history can be dialed directly; and with call waiting-capable caller ID, you can see who is calling even when you are already on the line. If you subscribe to a voicemail service, a red light blinks when you have voicemail waiting. The phone has 32 speed dial and 16 intercom number locations for one-button access to your most frequently called numbers. Memory loss protection prevents the phone from losing its saved data. For hands-free operation, the 2.5-millimeter jacks lets you connect a headset.
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Customers like the value of the phone, saying it's a good product for the money. They say it has many functions for the price and is a great product for a small business. Customers are also happy with features. However, some customers differ on performance, quality, ease of set up, sound quality, caller id, and buttons.
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Customers are satisfied with the value of the phone. They mention that it is a good product for the money, looks and operates like a very expensive phone, and provides many functions for the price. Some say that it's a great product for a small business that wants business style phone system without the high price. Overall, most are happy with their purchase and recommend it to others.
"...They work very well, and were a very simple and inexpensive way to create an office-style telephone system...." Read more
"This is a great product for a small business that wants business style phone system without the cost that comes with it...." Read more
"...I do not need some of the features(ie, intercome, paging), but cost was not bad, and I could not find one I like better...." Read more
"...Overall, it is a good phone for the money, however an AT&T technician told us that they do not offer technical support these phones, their name is..." Read more
Customers like the features of the phone. They say it has great features, is easy to use, and has more than enough features for any office. Some customers also say that it has more functions than they need in a small business. Overall, customers are satisfied with the phone's features and functionality.
"...It has many handy features that my old phones did not have - an extension for each phone (so we don't have to yell across the office at each other)..." Read more
"These things have some great features and essentially build a sort of PBX over your existing POTs lines without having to have a real PBX system..." Read more
"...Solid phone with good feel on all the buttons. Great list of features and I feel it was a great value." Read more
"...The features are great, the only bad aspect is when you try to use the speakerphone function, the mic is not very good at picking up your voice and..." Read more
Customers are mixed about the performance of the phone. Some mention that the basic features of the product work well, while others say that it does not work well with groups, has a lack of caller ID, and the sound stops working. The answering machine only works if the phone is not in use, and there is a higher risk of the intercom speaker system eventually failing.
"...long power outages and for phones with dead batteries, the system comes up fine when power is restored - none of the programmed settings are lost." Read more
"...do believe, with AT&T, there is a higher risk of the intercom speaker system eventually failing - just based on our own 974/1070 experience, plus..." Read more
"...the competitive system without changing ANYTHING else and it worked great. The competitive system has been in for nearly a month with no issues...." Read more
"...The adapter does not supply the music, you must supply your own music source such as a CD-player...." Read more
Customers are mixed about the quality of the phone. Some mention that it's a decent phone, while others say that the speaker phone part is very poor quality and makes a very unreliable phone system.
"...you could ask for, the speaker phone works great, the call quality on both ends is top notch and with the Plantronics wireless headset I purchased..." Read more
"Bought these for our small law office and they are great 4-line phones. We used to have only two lines but have grown and added two more lines...." Read more
"...an at or above 33% equipment failure rate which makes a VERY unreliable phone system and an understandably unhappy customer...." Read more
"...Whew! They all work, and were all in perfect condition. Mostly, we like them. However, there are a few annoyances...." Read more
Customers are mixed about the ease of set up. Some mention that the phone has clear voice and easy operation. They say the settings are easy to find and use, and the keypad is very easy to use. However, others say that the instructions are not that elaborate, the handbook is not really user friendly, and that the answering system is rather complicated to set up, making the voice chopping and not understandable.
"...They work very well, and were a very simple and inexpensive way to create an office-style telephone system...." Read more
"...Speakerphone is loud, nice LED display. Programming is pretty straight forward if u take 10mins to read the manual...." Read more
"...on some phones and on other phones the voice was chopping and not understandable..." Read more
"...The install was easy and the basic features of the phone work well...." Read more
Customers are mixed about the sound quality of the phone. Some mention that the sound is not too bad, the speaker is loud, and clear. However, others say that the quality becomes quite awful, garbled, and tough to hear the other end. The voice is chopping and not understandable, and the speakerphone does lack the quality and clarity of their old phone system.
"...So we purchased two 1070's and found that while the loud screech problem was gone, on one phone the speaker on intercom was unintelligible...." Read more
"...It was randomly working on some phones and on other phones the voice was chopping and not understandable..." Read more
"...The other issue is with speaker phone clarity. While the speaker is clear, the microphone picking up our voice is inadequate, resulting in the..." Read more
"...The speaker cuts out, hisses, is quiet too quiet - I've received numerous complaints...." Read more
Customers are mixed about the caller id. Some mention that it's great and easy to see, while others say that it doesn't always come up and that the phone cannot accept caller ID.
"...the phone and a call comes in on another line, the caller ID will NOT automatically display it...." Read more
"...We love the built in caller ID. There are two things I would change if I could. If you are already on a line the caller ID will not show up for you...." Read more
"...The caller id feature is marginally functional, the handset is mediocre, and the speakerphone picks up less than half of what is said unless the..." Read more
"...The only issue I have found is the caller id does not always come up, sometimes I just get an error code, the other phones never did that, but it is..." Read more
Customers are mixed about the buttons of the phone. Some mention that they are the right size and easy to find, while others say that they don't dial as quickly as their fingers can, and some don''t work properly.
"...The buttons don't dial as quickly as my fingers can, so sometimes I have to redial a number--no biggie...." Read more
"...I recommend this phone over all of the others. It's a great buy for a small office that doesn't want to spend thousands...." Read more
"...Just one day, its electronics locked up and I could not dial out. So I could not resist, just sat down and ordered an exact replacement...." Read more
"Great phone for a small office environment. We bought these to replace super cheap phones that barely lasted six months...." Read more
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I like the 1080 because it lets me know when I have a voice mail message waiting in my phone company's "answering machine" service. The 1040 and 1070 models work very well too - they just don't have as many features. I started to build my system a few years ago. AT&T has a newer system, but I don't think you can mix the different phone types. I've never had any problems with any of this series of phones.
The phone works fine even when the backup batteries go dead. If you put in the 9V backup batteries, I recommend using rechargeable ones. Where I live, we loose power fairly frequently, and the phones use a fair amount of electric power to keep going during the power outages. You might not have that problem. Even after long power outages and for phones with dead batteries, the system comes up fine when power is restored - none of the programmed settings are lost.
Further to the comments below. In our own AT&T 1070 vs. the Panasonic KX-TS4200B bake-off, we ultimately went with the AT&T 1070. But for intercom speaker/line quality issues, both phones have this problem, which since the intercom works using radio frequencies, is typically caused by outside interference. So in addition to my earlier comments below, 2 recommendations for isolating the cause:
1. Make sure your cell phone is typically not placed on your desk right beside the phone
2. Check out this link to track down interference problems - especially making sure your power adapter is plugged into the wall and not into a power board:
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There have been several similar reviews on this phone, which I would echo, for intercom users only. From our experience, having tested both AT&T and Panasonic 4 line phones, we have found that both phones have similar issues, with Panasonic being the better of the two. Some contributors here reported the AT&T speakers failing after a few days, others two out of three were bad, etc. Here is our experience
We first owned AT&T's older 974 phones for several years. Eventually after several years, they failed, not on telephone calls but on intercom calls. A loud, unacceptable screech developed. So we purchased two 1070's and found that while the loud screech problem was gone, on one phone the speaker on intercom was unintelligible. Swapped phone positions, the problem traveled with the phone. Ordered a 3rd phone. Same problem to a lesser degree. Returned all three and purchased 2 Panasonic KX-TS4200's.
We purchased the Panasonics knowing from the AMZN review board that there was going to be delay in the phone recognizing key presses. Some users couldn't stand it. Others could. We found same, although with a medium-paced, deliberate dial, it was fine. However, in the end, we concluded we could live with it either. But the speaker problem on intercom calls re-emerged, to a lesser, but still not good, level.
The AT&T and Panasonic techs won't help you on this. They will just tell you to try doing a hard reset of the phone. But I think we may have fixed it, or at least alleviated it on the Panasonics. The solution, we think, no matter which phone you buy, is to try configuring non-adjacent extension numbers, which are presumably working on just different frequencies and possibly interfering with each other. For example, rather than setting up Ext 11, 12, 13 and 14, try 12, 16, 20 and 24. Can't guarantee it will help, but try it.
Of course if you are not an intercom user, or even if you are and don't mind connecting by intercom with either the handset or the earphone, either the AT&T or Panasonic are great phones. But I do believe, with AT&T, there is a higher risk of the intercom speaker system eventually failing - just based on our own 974/1070 experience, plus the reviews on this board. AT&T needs more robust electronics here, and you may have to return a phone, or two, or three to get one that works. Once you do get it right - great system.
The AT&T 1070 phone functions mostly like the AT&T 955 phone system it replaced, but there are a few important differences to note:
1. There is no dedicated "all page" button on the 1070. To do an "all page", press "Intercom" then the # key on the dial pad.
2. If you are on the phone and a call comes in on another line, the caller ID will NOT automatically display it. This may have been built that way so that "call waiting caller ID" would function as expected. To view the caller ID on another line, press either the < or > key on the navigation cluster to the right of the display.
3. Others have reported that all four lines must be the same on all four phones. However the manual states that only line 1 must be common to all the phones in the system. But there is a contradiction in the manual that says only line 4 can be designated as a "private" number. This was not a consideration for us however, as the line appearance is identical on all phones in the system.
If you want "music on hold" for these phones, you will need to purchase the model CK-1A4 MOH adapter from Skutch Electronics, list price $325.00. You only need one adapter for the whole system. The adapter is kind of crude, it consists of a control box that sits under the phone and a dongle that is attached over the line status lights. It senses when a line goes on hold by the flash rate of the light. As a consequence there is a bit of a delay before the music starts playing to the caller. The adapter does not supply the music, you must supply your own music source such as a CD-player. In our case I used the mono program feed for the radio station that I installed these phones for.
But most of these are minor issues. As long as you only need 4 central office lines and 16 stations or less, these phones are a good deal.
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All in all, good value.
Need to remove battery, unplug, wait a bit, then the phone reinitializes, and it works again for maximum few days!
Basically, this purchase is a total loss!
I could not find any link or coordinates to try and have a replacement at least!