BT QUARTET 2015 User Manual

User Guide

Quartet 2015

Cordless Telephone & Digital Answering Machine

This equipment is not designed for making emergency telephone calls when the power

fails. Alternative arrangements should be made for access to emergency services.

Please open this page for an ‘at a glance’ guide to your Quartet 2015.

Recall

For use with switchboards.

Charger

Redial

Stores last 3 numbers dialled.

See page 13

Charging light

Illuminates when a handset

is charging.

Registration button

For registering new handsets to the Quartet 2015 base unit.

Power light

Illuminates when power is switched on.

Aerial

Extend for use.

Aerial

Extendable.

At a glance

Talk

For making and ending calls.

Options

For navigating through the menu.

Directory

The Directory, which you access via the directory button, allows you to store up to 20 names and numbers in alphabetical order. You can scroll through and edit or delete them. You can also preview entries and set up calls directly from them.

Answering machine

The answering machine allows callers to leave a 3-minute message tagged with the day and time. You can also record memos for family or colleagues. Different outgoing messages can be recorded and used on demand.

If you want your caller to leave a message, set to ‘Answer and Record’ if not, set to ‘Answer Only’. The Quartet 2015 has pre-recorded greetings and voice prompts and has visual and audible signals to alert you when new messages have been left.

Select Services

Your Quartet 2015 is designed to make it easy for you to access and manage BT’s Friends & Family and certain BT Select Services. For instance, you may also want to change the time for your Reminder Call or switch Call Waiting on or off. These can all be edited, enabled or cancelled via the handset display.

Handset functions

Apart from some very basic functions on the base unit and charger, your Quartet 2015 is managed almost entirely from the handset. Using the handset’s display screen and buttons, you can edit and activate the functions of your Quartet 2015, both on and off-line. The main method of control, is via a tree of menus, which you can access and navigate through by using buttons beneath the Display. Please see ‘Menu options’, page 8.

Unpacking your Quartet 2015

Check that your BT Quartet 2015 is complete. When you unpack it, you should have:

For your records

For warranty purposes, proof of purchase is required, so please keep your receipt.

●

BT Quartet 2015 base unit with telephone line cable attached.

●

Cordless handset

●

Charger

●

2 x 13 amp mains power adaptor plugs

●

Wall plugs and screws

Date of purchase:

Place of purchase:

Serial number (on the underside of the telephone base unit):

Purchase price:

Setting up

Follow these steps to get your Quartet 2015 ready for use.

Situating your Quartet 2015

Position your Quartet 2015 within 2 metres of a phone socket and 3 metres of a mains power socket.

Do not stand it on carpets or other similar surfaces which might generate fibres.

Do not cover or enclose the machine. Allow a free flow of air to its surfaces.

For the best performance do not position your Quartet 2015 close to other electrical equipment, eg. TV’s or large metal objects, metal cabinets etc.

Your Quartet 2015 can be wall-mounted. For instructions on how to do this, see ‘Wall-mounting’ on page 46.

If you have any problems setting up or using your Quartet 2015, please call Helpline on 08457 697330.

If you do not have a modern-style socket, call Freefone 0800 800 150 and ask for a BT engineer to come and fit the correct type. This is a chargeable service.

There is one mains power adaptor for the charger and one for the base unit. Simply plug one end in the socket provided on the underside of each box, plug the other end into a mains power supply socket, and switch on.

Plug your Quartet 2015 base unit

into the telephone wall socket

Plug your Quartet 2015 base unit

and charger into the mains power socket

SETTING UP

Base unit Charger

Before you use your Quartet 2015 for the first time, it is important to have the handset batteries fully charged. We recommend that you leave the Quartet 2015 handset on the cradle charger for at least 24 hours.

It is advisable to extend the aerials on both the handset and base unit for optimum performance.

Your Quartet 2015 is now ready for use.

Charge the handset batteries for

at least 24 hours

Aerial

Battery Low Indication

When the batteries need re-charging, the display

will show a ‘battery low’ symbol. Replace the

handset on the charger to re-charge.

Extendible

handset

aerial

Extendible base unit aerial

SETTING UP

Using your Quartet 2015

Menu options

Your Quartet 2015 uses a display on the handset which allows you to select from the various product features detailed throughout this guide. Using the keypad, you are guided through the menu options by the prompts on the display.

At standby (that is the basic screen when not in use) the handset display shows:

Press the

Options button. This opens the top

level menu, showing the first of 3 main options. The first is:

Press

Options again. Display shows:

Press

Options again. Display shows:

Each menu option offers you with a choice of prompts that appear on screen (ie. BACK, OK) which are selected using the 2 buttons located just below the display.

The Options button is in the middle of these.

For example, if you press

OK when in ANS

MACHINE, you will be presented with a further

menu of 3 screens, which you move between by pressing the

OPTIONS button again.

Press

Options button. Display shows:

Press

Options button again. Display shows:

If you wish to select an option, press

OK, or BACK

to move back to the previous menu.

When you wish to exit the menus completely, press and hold

BACK.

Options

HANDSET 1

Options

ANSWER

OFF ON

Options

RECORD MEMO BACK OK

Options

ANS SET UP

BACK OK

Options

ANS MACHINE BACK OK

Options

SELECT SERVS BACK

Options

TELEPHONE BACK OK

USING

Display symbols

The following symbols may appear on your handset display.

Replacing the handset in the charger at any time will return the system to standby.

When you have reached the feature you wish to select or change, just follow the on-screen or voice prompts to complete.

Using the menus you can edit and set up the Select Services you subscribe to, switch the answering machine on and off, record outgoing messages, set answer modes or change the number of rings before your outgoing messages cut in.

PLEASE NOTE

For more details of the menus and how they

work, please refer to the relevant sections in the

guide itself.

Symbol Meaning

Battery Low

Call Transfer

In Use

Answering machine ON

You have messages stored on your answering machine

Flashing indicates you have new messages stored

USING

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HANDSET

MENU STRUCTURE (WHEN IN STANDBY)

RECORD MEMO

ANSWER

ANS SET UP

BASE SPEAKER

REMOTE ACCESS

SECURITY CODE

MESSAGE ALERT

ANSWER DELAY

DAY AND TIME

OUTGOING MSG

ANS MODE

SELECT SERVICES

ANSWER MACHINE

TELEPHONE

CALL WAITING

REMINDER CALL

CALL DIVERT

CALL MY BILL

CALL RETURN

FRIENDS/FAM

RECALL MODE

DIAL MODE

BASE RING

HANDSET VOLUME

HANDSET RING

EDIT SERVICES

USING

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MENU STRUCTURE (DURING A CALL)

CALL WAITING

RING BACK

CHANNEL SEEK

3 WAY CALL

CALL SCREEN*

SECRECY

OPTIONS

TRANSFER

HANDSET OFF HOOK

*This menu is only available when the answering machine has answered an incoming call.

USING

To end a call

USING

To make a call, you can choose to enter the number first, before you dial it.

Enter the number you wish to dial.

DIAL The number will appear in the handset

display together with

for back and

for forward. The black cursor will flash. To delete a digit press and release the

button under the <symbol. Press the

button under the >symbol to insert a space.

When you have entered the full number, press the

TALK button. Your number

will be dialled. (If you do not press the

TALK button, you will be returned to

standby after 20 seconds.) The display shows the number of the

person being called. Within 10 seconds of the number being dialled the call timer starts from zero,

00:00:00

Press the

TALK button or replace the

handset in its charger.

Press buttons in order shown

Press the

TALK button to obtain dial

tone. The handset display shows MAKING

LINK then , to indicate you are now connected to a line.

DIAL Key in the phone number. The number

is displayed and dialled.

If the number keyed in has more than 12 digits, the number scrolls along to the left so that the last 12 digits are always displayed.

Within 10 seconds of the number being entered the call timer starts from zero,

00:00:00

To view the number before diallingTo make a call

PLEASE NOTE

After using one of the 3 option buttons or

the

TALK button, the words

MAKING LINK

may

momentarily appear in the display.

This confirms that a command has been accepted

and is being acted upon.

Making and receiving calls

If the handset is not in its charger:

Press the

TALK button.

If another registered user picks up the call, an error tone sounds.

To end the call, press the

TALK button

or replace the handset in its charger.

You may like to lock your keypad when you are carrying it around. This stops you from accidentally dialling any numbers.

Press the left button (under the display) followed by the

✱

button. Display shows

KEYGUARD ON

If you now try to dial, display will show

KEYGUARD CANCEL

. When you wish to cancel the keyguard, press the left button (under the display) followed by the

✱

button.

✱

Using the redial button that is located on the bottom left side of your handset:

Press the

REDIAL button. The last

number called appears in the display. This allows you to check it before dialling.

Press

TALK to dial the call.

An alternative way of doing this is: Press

TALK, then the REDIAL button.

The number is immediately dialled.

REDIAL

will store the last 3 numbers

called.

Press the

REDIAL button until the

number you wish to redial is displayed. Press

TALK to dial.

When the phone rings: The light on the handset flashes. Display shows

CALL

. This occurs both

on and off the charger.

If the handset is in its charger:

Lift the handset and you are immediately in contact with the caller.

To end the call, press the TALK button or replace the handset in its charger.

Redial

To receive a call

To switch on the keyguard

To redial the last number

USING

Options during a call

You can use a number of additional functions during a call.

Press buttons in order shown

Press the

OPTIONS button until the

display shows

CHANNEL SEEK

Press OK.

The handset automatically finds the best channel.

CHANNEL SEEK

will

disappear from the display.

Your call will continue during Channel Seek.

For an explanation of Call Waiting service, please see page 36.

When you hear the Call Waiting beeps during a call:

Press the

OPTIONS button until the

display shows

CALL WAITING

SWITCH

Press SWITCH to speak to the other caller. Your first call will be put ‘on hold’.

SWITCH

Press SWITCH to toggle between the 2 callers.

Options

To seek a stronger channel

When you wish to end one of the calls, press the

TALK button. Your current call

will end.

Your handset will ring, display showing

CALL

. Press the TALK button and you will be re-connected to the remaining caller. Press the

TALK button again when

you wish to end the call.

NOTE: Ring back service must be

available – check with network provider.

If the number you are calling is engaged, press the

OPTIONS button

until the display shows

RING BACK

Press OK. Voice says ‘Your Ring Back request has been accepted’.

To end the call, press the

TALK button

or replace the handset in its charger.

When the engaged number becomes free, your phone will ring and you will be connected to the person you were trying to contact. (They will answer the call as if you had just called them.)

Options

To answer a Call Waiting call

To use Ring Back for an engaged number

While on a call, if you wish to talk to someone close by without the person at the other end hearing the conversation, you can use the secrecy function.

During a call:

SEC

Select the SEC option. The display shows

SECRECY ON

This confirms that you have activated the secrecy function and you can now talk without the other person at the end of the line hearing you. You will also hear a beep every 5 seconds or so.

SEC

To allow the caller to hear you again, select

SEC. You can now resume your

conversation.

To end the call and return to standby, press

TALK.

While on a call or listening to messages: To adjust the volume of speech of the

person you are talking to, press the

VOLUME button situated at the top

left-hand corner of the handset. The volume will get louder or softer,

depending on the start point, and will beep twice when it has reached either the highest or lowest volume setting. It will then go back the other way.

Press and release the volume button to increase/decrease for the required level.

During a call. Press the

OPTION button until display

shows

3 WAY CALLING

Press OK. Key in the phone number you require.

JOIN

Press JOIN. You can now speak to both parties. To end the call, press the TALK button

or replace the handset on the charger.

Options

VOL

To use the secrecy function

To use 3 Way Calling

USING

To adjust the handset earpiece volume (speech)