BT BIG Button phone User Manual
Userfriendly
Guide
BIG Button phone
Lift flap
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Quickdial
1471
Redial
S (secrecy) button
Held down, this button allows you to speak
to someone in the same room without the
person on the other end of the line hearing
your conversation.
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At a glance
R (recall) button
Recall button for use with some BT
Select Services and switchboards.
Memory
label
For making
a note of
names and
numbers
stored in the
Quickdial
memories.
Handset hook
When the phone has been
wall-mounted it keeps the
handset in place.
Store button
Allows you to store phone
numbers in the Quickdial and
One-touch memories.
Amplify button
This button allows you to amplify
your voice or the caller’s voice.
Use the +/– buttons to increase/
decrease the level of amplification
on your call.
Redial button
Redials the last number dialled.
Quickdial button
Enables you to dial up to 10 phone
numbers stored in the memory.
One-touch memory buttons
Enables you to quickly dial your most
regularly used numbers or a stored
number for emergencies.
1471 button
Allows you to check the phone number of
the last person who called you.
Handset park
When the BIG Button phone is wallmounted, you can hook the handset
on this if you need to temporarily
move away from the phone.
Ringing volume, tone and
amplification setting
The switches on the phone base give
you the option to change the ringing
volume, ringing tone and incoming or
outgoing amplification.
Indicator light
This will flash when the phone rings.
Handset
To use the inductive coupler, switch
your hearing aid to the T setting.
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Introduction
Your BIG Button phone is designed
for ease of use and made to the high
standards set by BT
We thank you for making
the right choice and
expect that your phone
will give you many years
of quality service.
Please read the
instr uctions carefully
before use, and keep this
User Guide for future
reference.
This user guide is
available in the following
formats:–
• Large Print.
• Braille.
• Tape recording.
If required, please ring
BT on Freefone0800
800150 (0800 243123
for textphone users only).
Contents
At a glance 2
Introduction 3
Installing your
BIG Button phone 4
Using your
BIG Button phone 8
Wall-mounting 14
Technical
information 16
Index 18
In this user guide, we’ve
included helpful tips and
useful notes. These are
shown in yellow boxes.
Hints and tips
boxes
Introduction
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Installing your
BIG Button phone
The emergency services
can be contacted in the
UK by dialling 999. You
may also dial 112, which
is valid in any countr y
that is a member of the
European Community.
You may not be able to
make an emergency call
in cer tain situations:
• If the telephone line is
disconnected.
• If there is a fault on the
line from your phone
or on the network.
If your BIG Button phone
is connected to a PBX
(switchboard), you may
have to dial an access
number before 999 to
contact the emergency
services.
IMPORTANT
Check that your
BIG Button phone is
complete. When you
unpack you should
find:
BIG Button phone with
telephone line cable
attached and a plinth
Screws and wall plugs for
wall mounting
✓
✓
Installing
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Plan where you will
put your BIG Button
phone
It should be within
two metres of a phone
socket.
Do not stand it on
carpets or other similar
sur faces that generate
fibres as this may reduce
the ringing sound and
clog inside mechanisms.
Your BIG Button phone
can be positioned in
three alter native ways:
Flat on a table sur face.
Raised position on a table
sur face.
Wall-mounted.
See ‘Wall-mounting’ on
page 14.
Do not cover or enclose
the phone; allow a free
flow of air to its sur faces.
If you do not have a
modern style socket, call
BT on Freefone
0800 800 150 and ask
for a BT engineer to
come and fit the cor rect
socket.
This may be a chargeable
service.
Your BIG Button phone is
only designed to be operated
in a normal domestic or
office environment. It should
not be used in bathrooms or
near water.
Warning
Installing
Plug your BIG Button
phone into the wall
socket
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