BT EASICOM TV1 User Manual

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Digital Telephone Answering Machine with Caller Display

User Guide

For use with BT’s Caller Display. Caller Display ser vice requires set-up by BT or your service
provider and connection to a digital exchange.

Key features

MUM
01234 56789786

Caller Display on the TV screen

Lets you see who is calling you from
the comfort of your armchair.

JANE
01768 234 72789

JOHN
01678 5645788

ROBERT
01446 678723466

Calls List

On screen record of your last 25

calls. When you have been away from
your phone, just look at your Calls List to see
who has been trying to contact you.

Directory

You can store the names and numbers

of the people who call you most often.
When they ring you, their name will appear on
your screen as well as the number.

Optional Camera Monitoring
System

If you wish, you can attach a Camera
Monitoring System which will transmit pictures
and sound to your screen. See who is knocking
at your front door, or perhaps monitor the
babies room, without leaving your seat!

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015847 5

015842 9
017612 8
016889 3
015842 9

the people most important to you, whose call you
would not want to miss. Priority calls are marked
with a special symbol on screen and with a special
visible alert to let you know when they have called
(see page 17).

Priority Calls

You can select certain callers as

‘Priority’. Typically, these would be

At a glance

Remote control

Calls

Brings the Calls List onto the

screen (see page 11), so that you

can see who has been trying to

contact you. Press again to exit.

Camera

Switches to the Camera picture

(optional extra, see page 18).

Press again to switch back.

Add

Used to add an entry into the

Directory from either the Director y

or Calls List screen.

Confirms selection of individual

characters when saving or editing

names or numbers in the Directory.

AUX

The AUX key will switch to the

equipment attached to your AUX

port (see page 10)

eg. Video, Satellite, Games console.

Press again to switch back.

UP and DOWN ARROWS

Move you up and down the Calls

List and Directory screens.

Directory

Brings your Directory details onto
the screen (see page 13). You can
now add to or edit the details of
your most frequent callers. Press
again to exit.

Delete

Will delete the current entry
highlighted in the Calls List or
Directory.

Edit

To edit an entry in the Director y.

Store

Stores entries in the Directory.
Saves changes when editing the
Directory.

Can also be used to produce a plain
blue background to make
information on the screen easier to
read (see page 12).

LEFT and RIGHT ARROWS

To select characters when entering
names and numbers into the
Directory.

Also used to select on screen options
when prompted.

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Set-top box

Front

Back

Power

Status Indicator

Red light is on when the power is

connected. The light flashes to let you

know when you have calls in your

Calls List (page 10) and flashes fast when

a priority caller has called you (page 17).

Power socket

To connect Easicom

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the mains power via the
power supply cable (with
Transformer) provided.

Scart socket (to TV

to

To connect Easicom
to your television, via the
Scart cable (provided).

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)

Scart socket (AUX

To connect Easicom
other equipment (such as a
Video player, Satellite receiver,
games console etc) via a Scart

)

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to any

Telephone line socket

To connect Easicom

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the telephone wall socket
via the telephone line
cord (provided).

to

cable (not provided).

Camera

Camera

Video in

Audio in

12 v

DC

Camera port 2 (AUDIO

TV Scart

)

If you wish to connect a camera
monitoring system (See page 18) to
the Easicom

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. This port is used to

connect the Audio input.

Camera port 1 (VIDEO

If you wish to connect a camera
monitoring system (See page 18) to
the Easicom
connect the Video input.

Aux Scart

)

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. This port is used to

Telephone Line

Enables you to plug in a telephone.
When the Easicom

to the telephone line you can if you
wish, plug in your telephone here,

Telephone socket

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is connected

so that it is conveniently situated
near the television for you to
answer calls.

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Contents

At a Glance 1

Introduction 4

Setting up 5

Safety Instructions 8

Using Your Easicom

Optional Camera Monitoring System 18

Maintenance 20

Help and advice 21

Technical specification 24

Index 25

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Introduction

Look who’s calling!

BT are always looking for new ways to make
communicating easier. That is why we are
pleased to introduce the Easicom
innovative new product which lets you make
the most of the Caller Display telephone
network service.

For those of you who already use Caller Display,
you will appreciate how convenient and helpful it
is to know who is calling you before you pick up
the phone and to find out who has been trying to
contact you while you were away.

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INTRODUCTION

way you use this service – by showing this
information on your television screen. Now you
need not leave your armchair to see who is
calling you, and when you have been away, the
touch of a button will display a clear list of who
has been trying to contact you.

A whole host of other useful features have been
included to make Easicom
With name and number matching from your
personal Directory, you will see the name of the
caller appear on screen and priority calls can be
‘tagged’ with a special symbol to ensure you
spot your most important callers instantly.

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, an

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has been designed to enhance the

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even more helpful.

Unpacking your Easicom

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When you have unpacked your Easicom
should have:

Easicom

●

Easicom

●

Batteries for the Remote

●

Control (AAA Alkaline)

Scart Lead (for connecting

●

to your television)

Power Supply and Transformer

●

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Set-Top Box

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Remote Control

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you

If you wish, you can even add a camera
monitoring system to allow you to see who is
at your front door, or if the baby is asleep, with

7.5m Telephone Line Cord

●

pictures and audio direct to your screen!

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Setting up

Follow the instructions in this section to set up your Easicom
for use.

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ready

Subscribe to a Caller Display

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service

You must subscribe to BT’s Caller Display
service (or a Caller Display service from your
network provider), before the Easicom

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will

work. This is a chargeable service.

If you do not yet subscribe to this service,
contact BT on

0800 800 150 (or your network

provider).

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Place your Easicom

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on your

Television set

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The Easicom
on top of your television. If you wish, you can
place it below or next to the set – as long as the
front of the unit is facing forwards and is not
obscurred from where you would normally wish
to operate it (eg. your sofa). Also, check that it is
close enough to connect to the Television via the
Scart lead, within reach of a power socket and
within 7.5 metres of a telephone socket.

has been designed to sit neatly

Telephone extension socket

BT have provided an extra long telephone cable

(7.5m) to reduce the need to install an

additional extension socket. However, if you do

not have a telephone socket within reach, you

will need to have an extension socket installed.

Contact BT on 150 (or your network provider)

who will be happy to provide an extension for

you (this is a chargeable service). Alternatively,

you can purchase a DIY extension kit (available

from BT shops and other retail outlets) and fit

an extension yourself.

Connect the telephone line cord

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to the Easicom

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Plug the smaller end of the telephone line cord
into the telephone socket on the back of your

Aux Scart

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.

Telephone

Line

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SETTING UP

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Plug the telephone line cord into

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the telephone wall socket

Run the other end of the telephone line cord to
the telephone wall socket. Be sure that the line
cord is safety fixed where there is no danger of
anybody tripping over it .

Connect the plug into the telephone wall socket.

Connect the plug at the other end of the Scart
lead to the Scart connector on the back of your
Television set. If you are unsure which is the
Scart socket on your television, please refer to
the manufacturers guide for your particular set.
If there are two Scart connectors, connect the
Easicom

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to Scart connector 1.

SETTING UP

5 Connect the Scart lead to the TV

The Easicom

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is best connected to a Television

via a Scart connector.

Connect the plug at one end of the Scart lead
(it does not matter which) to the socket marked
TV on the back of your Easicom

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. If the
Television Scart connector is already in use,
unplug the current connector and refer to the
next step (step 6).

Aux Scart

12v DC

Camera
Audio in

Camera
Video in

TV Scart

If your TV is not equipped with a Scart
connector you will need to purchase a separate
modulator.

Connect to other equipment

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(Video, Satellite etc)

If your television is already connected to another
piece of equipment (eg. video) via the Scart
port, you will need to connect that equipment
through the Easicom
equipment through the Easicom
to see incoming calls on screen when you are
using that equipment eg. when watching a video.

Locate the existing Scart used to connect your
equipment to the television. Unplug the end
attached to the socket at the back of your
television.

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. Connecting your other

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will allow you

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Plug this end into the back of the Easicom
the socket marked AUX.

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in

Plug the power adaptor into the power socket on
the wall and switch on.

TV Scart

Aux Scart

Telephone

Line

VIDEO

If you happen to be recording on to video when

a call comes in, the callers number will be

displayed on the screen, but will not be recorded

onto the video tape.

IMPORTANT

In some instances, when other equipment is

connected through the Easicom

necessary to ensure that this equipment is

switched to standby when not in use. This will

ensure you can view the caller information and

menus in all circumstances.

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, it may be

8 Connect a telephone (optional)

If you wish, you can connect your existing
telephone into the Easicom Set-top box to
ensure that it is conveniently placed for you to
answer the calls you see appear on the screen.

Simply plug the telephone into the socket as
shown.

Aux Scart

Telephone

Line

SETTING UP

If you have any problems viewing caller

information on screen, please refer to the Help

and advice section, page 21.

7 Connect to the power supply

POWER FAILURE

In the event of a power failure to the Easicom

all stored data will be saved in the memory.

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Your Easicom

,

for use

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is now ready

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