User manual BT PARAGON 400 PLUS

[. . . ] User Guide BT PARAGON 400 PLUS DIGITAL TELEPHONE ANSWERING MACHINE 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 BT Paragon 400 Plus. Please open this page for a further `at a glance' guide to your BT Paragon 400 Plus. 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. BT Paragon 400 Plus 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. Mailboxes 2 and 3 1 Dial/OK Secrecy GH I 2 ABC 3 6 DEF NO. Play JK L MN Confirms the setting you want. Also dials out. Secrecy 4 Recall 5 8 TUV Plays back messages. O PQ WX RS 7 Redial 9 YZ Quickdial buttons 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 Store and dial 10 numbers at the touch of a button. Monitor Mic Directory label For use when connected to a switchboard or BT Calling Features. 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 Plus 1 4 4 4 Setting up Safety Plan the location of your Paragon 400 Plus 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 Plus has been designed for ease of use and made to the high standards set by BT. You can expect your Paragon 400 Plus to give you many years of trouble-free service. [. . . ] 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 Plus will automatically return to normal mode. Answer on off Play Note Once deleted, messages cannot be retrieved. 16 To adjust the playback volume During playback: Vol To use Call screening (answering machine volume) You can let your Paragon 400 Plus 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. While the answering machine is switched on or in an idle state. Vol Adjust the loudspeaker volume. The level is shown at the bottom of the display. To use Caller return (Auto 1471) Caller return automatically dials 1471 after a caller has left a message on your answering machine and records the announcement giving the telephone number (if available) and the time and date of the call. So even if a caller chooses not to leave a message, you may still have their telephone number recorded if the caller did not withhold their number. Adjust the loudspeaker volume. The level is shown at the bottom of the display. ANSWER MACHINE If you have the Caller return switched on, you will also hear the caller's phone number (if available) and the time and date of the call at the end of their message. To switch on Caller return Press until the display shows 1471. Note Please note that the answering machine only records the announcement from the 1471 network. The announcement always states that the caller phoned "today" and then gives the time of the call. It is, therefore, not possible to know the actual date that someone called. [. . . ] 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 Plus 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. Display shows TONE 1, TONE 2 or TONE 3 and a sample of the tone is played. Dial /OK OPTIONAL Dial /OK To confirm the option displayed. To adjust the ringer volume You can select between four different volume levels, off, low, medium and high. Menu Press until the display shows ANSWER DELAY. Dial /OK Select the number of rings you want or Time Saver. Dial /OK Press until the display shows RINGER VOLUME. [. . . ]