User manual BT QUARTET 1500

[. . . ] Quartet 1500 Combined Cordless Telephone & Digital Answering Machine User Guide This equipment is not designed for making emergency telephone calls when the power fails. Alternative arrangements should be made for access to emergency services. 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 Quartet 1500 Please open this page for a further `at a glance' guide to your Quartet 1500 At a glance Aerial Can be extended to obtain the best signal and reception available. In Use/Battery Low light Indicates when the handset rings, is in use or, if the handset battery needs recharging, see page 8. ry Low tte Ba In u se Intercom/Channel button Enables communication between the handset and base unit. [. . . ] The message will stop playing and you will hear a short beep, then the default pre-recorded outgoing message. Del V Press the SCREEN/MENU button, on the Quartet 1500 handset and then listen to the announcements coming from the handset earpiece. The main menu announcements are automatically presented when the SCREEN/MENU button is pressed. The prompt will announce, "To set day and time press , to confirm day and time press #". The prompt will announce, "Please enter new day and time after the tone". 0 21 After the tone enter the day, followed by the time using the 24 hour clock. Or To adjust the loudspeaker volume The loudspeaker volume ranges from 0-9 plus H, where 0 is Off and H is the maximum level. Note Press the SCREEN/MENU button to return the handset to standby. + Vol Vol Press VOL + on the base to increase the volume. If you adjust the volume when the answering machine is not being used, a beep sounds at each press. When the volume reaches its highest or lowest levels two beeps will sound. Vol Note If the day and time is entered incorrectly, the prompt will announce, "Incorrect, please set again". Enter the correct setting within 15 seconds otherwise the handset will return to standby mode. If the day and time is entered incorrectly three times the handset will return to standby. 22 Incoming messages Your Quartet 1500 will automatically record an incoming message when it is connected to your phone socket and is set to `Answer on', using outgoing Message 1 or 2. Message 3 is an advisory announcement only and cannot record your caller's message. While a message is being recorded, the display on the base unit flashes r. It will stop recording if the caller stops speaking for longer than 4 seconds. If this is reached, or the memory becomes full, the caller will hear, "Thank you for calling" and your Quartet 1500 will hang up. When the recording memory is full, the display will alternate between the number of messages and F. If the answering machine is switched on, and the memory is full, incoming callers will hear the default message "Hello, your call cannot be taken at the moment and you cannot leave a message so please call later". Note If a call comes in while you are playing back a message or memo, the playback stops and the machine is ready to take the call. Using your answering machine from the base station To playback messages Play Pause Press the PLAY button. Your messages will be played back, starting with the first message received. The number will also be shown on the display. Note Press the STOP button at any time during playback to stop messages playing. 23 To pause a message during playback To delete an individual message Play Pause While listening to the message, press the PLAY button. You will hear a beep every 10 seconds and the message display will show P flashing. During playback: Del Press the DELETE button. The message is not deleted yet, but at the end of playback when there is an 8 second countdown followed by a confirmation tone. Let the countdown reach 0 and all the selected messages are deleted and the remaining messages are saved. Play Pause Press the PLAY button again to resume playback. To skip forward and backward through messages During playback: Skip To delete all messages Press the SKIP button to skip forwards to the next message. [. . . ] See page 39 for more information on switchboard use. · Handset does not ring and there is no IN USE light on handset. Handset battery pack is discharged. Place the handset on the base unit and recharge it for 24 hours. 41 · Handset does not ring, but IN USE light shows on handset. The handset ringer may be set to its minimum setting. Increase the handset ringer volume, see page 15. · Base unit does not ring but lights show on base unit. Telephone is not connected to the telephone line. The base ringer is set to off. Plug the telephone into the telephone socket. If the telephone works, contact BT on 151, or your telephone network operator for repairs to the line or socket. Line fault or faulty socket. · Interference. · Buzzing. You are moving out of range. Move closer to the base unit. · Whooshing. Radio channel interference. Press the CHANNEL button on the handset, to select a clearer channel. [. . . ]