User manual BT PARAGON 400

[. . . ] Paragon 400 Digital Telephone Answering Machine User Guide This product is intended for connection to analogue public switched telephone networks and private switchboards in the United Kingdom. Please open this page for an `at a glance' guide to your Paragon 400. Please open this page for a further `at a glance' guide to your Paragon 400. At a glance Handset park Inductive coupler Display Lets you skip forwards and backwards through your messages. Allows you to change the display contrast. Use when telephone is wall mounted to rest the handset temporarily during a call. Memo Leave yourself or another user a reminder message instead of a written note. Vol Menu Lets you select the function you want from the range of options. Paragon 400 Memo MESSAGES Adjusts the volume of the loudspeaker when playing back messages and memos. Answer On/Off Menu Del Vol Answer on off 0 I 7 I I I 02 2 9 3 02 Dial /OK Del 2 Deletes messages. 3 Play Switches the answering machine on and off. AB Mailboxes 2 and 3 DE NO. C 1 Dial/OK Secrecy GH I 2 3 6 F Play JK L MN Confirms the setting you want. Also dials out. Secrecy 4 Recall 5 TU Plays back messages. O PQ 7 Redial 8 9 WX RS Allows you to talk to someone close by without the person on the other end of the telephone line being able to hear the conversation. Recall 0 Shift Monitor Mic V YZ Quickdial buttons Store and dial 10 numbers at the touch of a button. Directory label For use when connected to a switchboard or BT Select Services. Redial/Pause Monitor Shift Microphone For recording memos and your outgoing message. Redial the last 5 numbers called. Also lets you enter a pause when storing numbers in the memory. Allows you to dial and hear if a call has been answered without lifting the handset. Lets you store and dial a further 10 numbers by pressing just two buttons. 1 Mode switch Default to TB Handset socket P T TB MODE HANDSET Battery compartment 9V DC Takes one LR61 battery (not supplied). Telephone line cord socket LINE CAUTION DISCONNECT FROM PHONE LINE BEFORE REPLACING BATTERY 9V power socket 2 In this guide At a glance Introduction For your records Unpacking your Paragon 400 1 4 4 4 Setting up Safety Plan the location of your Paragon 400 5 5 5 Using the telephone Making and ending calls Using the quickdial memory Two way recording 10 10 11 12 Using the answering machine Selecting the answering machine mode Using the Mailboxes To use the pre-recorded outgoing message and announcement Message and Ring indicator To use Caller return (Auto 1471) Using VIP Using Remote access 13 13 13 14 16 17 18 19 Optional settings Help General information Help and advice Guarantee Technical information 21 23 24 23 24 24 Wall-mounting template Index 26 27 3 Introduction Your Paragon 400 has been designed for ease of use and made to the high standards set by BT. You can expect your Paragon 400 to give you many years of trouble-free service. [. . . ] Press either to switch between a male or female voice for your OGM. If your answering machine is switched to Answer Only your outgoing message is: "Hello, your call cannot be taken at the moment and you can not leave a message so please call later. " To record your own outgoing message (OGM) Menu Press until the display shows OUTGOING MESSAGE. To select between MAIN MESSAGE, MAILBOX 2 and MAILBOX 3. Note The pre-recorded Answer Only announcement will also be played if there is not enough recording capacity left for callers to leave their message. Dial /OK Dial /OK To select the displayed option. You can also at this point lift the handset and record you message through the handset. To delete the recording, press DEL during playback. Dial /OK 14 Note Your Paragon 400 has a total recording capacity of 40 minutes. Your outgoing message is limited to a maximum of 2 minutes. To record a memo Hold the button down the prompt says "Please speak after the tone. " Speak your memo. Memo Memo To delete your personal outgoing message (OGM) Menu Press until the display shows OUTGOING MESSAGE. To select between MAIN MESSAGE, MAILBOX 2 and MAILBOX 3. Del Release the MEMO button to end recording. The prompt will say "Your memo is. . . . . " Press DEL during memo playback to delete the memo. Dial /OK Play The OGM is played. The prompt states `Message Deleted, Your outgoing message is. . . ' The pre-recorded OGM is played. "Hello, your call cannot be taken at the moment, so please leave your message after the tone. " 2 To record a memo directly into Mailbox 2 or 3 3 ANSWER MACHINE Del Press the mailbox number you want. Hold the MEMO button down, the prompt says "Please speak after the tone" ­ speak your memo. The prompt will say `Your memo is. . . ' and then replay your memo. Memo Note If you delete your own recorded outgoing message, it will automatically be replaced by the pre-recorded message. Del If you wish to delete your memo press DEL during the memo playback. 15 Message and Ring indicator The message indicator blinks when you have new messages or memos. When your answering machine is set to answer ON, the display shows the total number of messages stored. memo To playback messages in Mailboxes 2 and 3 Press the mailbox you want to listen to. The button will light up. Play Press PLAY and follow the above steps. To privately playback your messages through the handset Play Press the PLAY button. Replace the handset to listen through the loudspeaker again. To playback your messages Press buttons in the order shown ANSWER MACHINE Play Your messages are played back in chronological order. When all the messages have been played back, the prompt says "End of messages" to delete all messages press DELETE. During playback you also have the following options: Skip to the next message. Once to replay the current message or twice to replay the previous message. To delete all messages All messages are saved automatically after they have all been played back. When the last message has finished playing: Del Display counts down from 8-0 at the end of which the messages are deleted. Press ANSWER ON/OFF if deleted in error. Del Deletes the current message. The prompt says, "Message deleted" and the next message is played. If you pause playback for more than 60 seconds, your Paragon 400 will automatically return to normal mode. Answer on off Play 16 To adjust the playback volume During playback: Vol To use Call screening You can let your Paragon 400 answer a call and have the loudspeaker switched on so you can hear the caller. This gives you the option of picking up the handset and speaking to them or letting them leave a message. [. . . ] Answer on/off. 2 4 GH JK 5 MN O YZ C I L 6 TU 8 9 WX 0 V 20 Optional Settings To adjust the number of rings before your answering machine takes a call This is called the Answer Delay. Time Saver is useful if you are ringing up from another phone to see if you have any messages. With Time Saver set, your Paragon 400 will answer your call after 6 rings if there are no messages, or after 2 rings if you have messages recorded. So if you hear a 3rd ring, you can hang up and save the time and cost of connecting to your phone. Menu To adjust the ring tone You can choose between three different ring tones Menu Press until the display shows RINGER TONE. [. . . ]