BT RELATE 1500 User Manual

Relate 1500 Caller Display & Call Waiting Telephone

For use with BT’s Caller Display and Call Waiting

User guide

Caller Display and Call Waiting Ser vices r equires set-up by BT or your ser vice pr ovider and connection to a digital exchange.

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Please open this page for a fur ther ‘at a glance’ guide to your Relate 1500 Caller Display.

Date of call

18 digits

16 alpha characters

Number of calls (1-30)

Answered/ unanswered icon

Name of caller (if stored in your directory) or a Network text message

Time of call/or time of day

Telephone number

Indicates when another extension is in use

Indicates that another person is trying to call you

Relate 1500 Screen

Idle State

Screen

Caller Display

Screen

Caller Display/Call Waiting

Screen

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CALL WAITING

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REDIAL

SERVICES

CALLS DIRECTORY STORE

RECALL

CLEAR

DIAL

MONITOR

PAUSE SECRECY

NO. EXT.

Directory

Use to access numbers you have stored in your directory.

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Incoming Call LED

Flashes, after calls received.

Calls

Use to access the list of numbers that have called you.

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Services

Use to access pre-programmed BT Select Ser vices.

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Redial

Allows you to redial the last 3 differ ent numbers called.

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At a glance

Dial

Press to dial a number shown in the display.

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Clear

Deletes numbers stored in the calls list, director y and r edial.

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Display

Displays number information in the calls list plus director y, redial and the number dialled. Also shows batter y low warning for up to two weeks before the batteries are drained.

Store

Use when storing and editing numbers in the director y.

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Monitor

Allows you to dial a number without lifting the handset.

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Recall

For use with BT Select Ser vices and switchboards.

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scrolling buttons

Use to move up and down through the calls list, director y or r edial numbers.

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scrolling buttons

Use to move left and right to edit individual characters of numbers/names stored in the director y.

Timer

Provides a display star ting at 00.00 enabling you to time the length of a call.

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Monitor Volume

Use to adjust the volume of the call monitor loud speaker.

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Pause

For use with switchboards and BT Select Ser vices.

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Secrecy light

Comes on when the Secrecy function is active.

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Secrecy

Allows you to talk to someone in the same room without your caller being able to hear your conversation.

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BT Helpline 0345 573464

Please call the BT Helpline if you require further assistance with your Relate 1500 Caller Display.

RINGER

VOLUME

HI LOW OFF

9v DC

Telephone line cord

Plug into the telephone line socket

Telephone power cord

Plug into the mains power socket

Ringer volume

HI/LOW/OFF

Battery compartment

At a glance

Rear view of the Relate 1500 Caller Display (without base stand)

At a glance 1

Introduction 5

Setting up 6

Using the phone 11

Additional features 19

Help 23

Maintenance 25

Technical information 26

Index 27

Hints and tips boxes

In this user guide we’ve included helpful tips and useful notes. They are shown in a grey box.

In this guide

BT Helpline 0345 573464

Please call the BT Helpline if you require fur ther assistance with your Relate 1500 Caller Display and Call Waiting Telephone.

Introduction Your Relate 1500 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 Relate 1500 will give you many years of quality ser vice.

Please read the instr uctions carefully befor e use and keep this user guide for future reference.

For your records

Date of purchase:

Place of purchase:

Serial number: (on the underside of the telephone)

Purchase price:

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

Check that your Relate 1500 is complete. When you unpack you should have:

• Relate 1500 with telephone line cord attached.

• 13 amp mains power adaptor plug.

• Stand.

• 2 screws and 2 wallplugs for wall mounting.

Setting up Follow these steps to get your Relate 1500

ready for use

Plan where you will put your Relate 1500. It should be within 2 metres of a phone socket and within 3 metres of a mains power socket..

Are you connecting to a cable telephone network?

Your Relate 1500 is designed to work with both BT and other UK networks. The operation of the phone is the same for all networks. On some UK networks the caller’s information will not be displayed until after the first ring.

BT’s Caller Display and Call Waiting Services

Your Relate 1500 r eceives and displays caller display information transmitted over the BT network. In most cases this information includes the caller’s phone number and the date and time the call was received.

The Relate 1500 will also display the caller’s details while you are engaged on another call.

For your Relate 1500 to display this information, you must first subscribe to BT’s Caller Display and Call Waiting Ser vices.

For more information, call BT on: Freefone 0800 800 150 for residential customers. Freefone 0800 800 152 for business customers.

Other UK networks

For your Relate 1500 to display the information you must subscribe to your network providers Caller Display and Call Waiting Ser vices.

For more information call your network provider.

If you do not have a modern phone socket, call Freefone 0800 800 150 and ask for a BT engineer to come and fit the correct socket. There is a charge for this service.

1 Insert batteries

If there is a power failure and you do not have batteries fitted, the telephone will operate normally but the caller display function will not work and the idle screen will go blank. Information stored in the calls list and in the directory will be lost.

To install the batteries, remove the stand if fitted and open the batter y cover on the underside of your Relate 1500. You need 4 AA Alkaline batteries.

If there is a power failure

As long as batteries are installed and are in good condition, information stored in the calls list and directory will not be lost. When the handset is lifted the display will show NO MAINS POWER. If the phone is only powered by the batteries the display will remain blank until the handset is lifted.

Please note, that if batteries only are fitted, the

screen will remain blank until the handset is lifted.

Setting up

Warning 1 Do not try to use any power supply other than

the one provided, item code 871057. If you do, you may permanently damage your Relate 1500 which will result in non-compliance and invalidate its approval.

2 There is a slight chance that your Relate 1500

could be damaged by an electrical storm. We r ecommend that you unplug the base unit from the mains power supply during storms.

Battery low indication

When the batteries are about two weeks away from being exhausted the display will show BATT LOW along the bottom of the screen. When the batteries are fully drained, the display will show

CHANGE BATTERIES.

Battery compartment door

RINGER

VOLUME

HI LOW OFF

9v DC

AA Alkaline

2 Fitting the mains power adaptor and the stand

• With your Relate 1500 face down, feed the telephone line cord and power line cord through the hole in the stand.

• Plug the power line cord into the base of the Relate 1500.

• Guide the two lugs on the stand into their respective slots, as shown. Then swing the stand down to meet the underside of the base unit and allow the clip on the stand to click into its slot.

RINGER

VOLUME

LOW

OFF

9v DC

POWER LINE CORD

POWER LINE

PLUG (connected)

• Press the telephone line cord and power line cord into their guiding grooves to allow the stand to sit flat when the Relate 1500 is positioned upright.

You will need to plug the telephone line cor d and power line cord into their respective wall sockets.

Setting up

3 Set the ringer volume

The ringer switch is located on the bottom of the unit. There are 3 settings.

HI a loud ring. Your Relate 1500 is pr e-set

to this position.

LOW a quiet ring. OFF no ring.

4 Adjusting the contrast of the display screen

You can use the ¶or Äbuttons to make the screen lighter or darker.

To adjust the contrast of the display screen

•Pr ess and hold down the ¶button and at the same time press the

button repeatedly to

alter the screen to a suitable setting.

RINGER

VOLUME

HI LOW OFF

5 Setting the call monitor volume

The 3 position volume switch is located on the front edge of the Relate 1500 and you should set it to an audible level so that you can hear dial tone when you press the monitor button.

6 The date and time is set automatically

When you have subscribed to the Caller Display ser vice, the date and time on your Relate 1500 are set automatically after your first incoming call.

You can also set the time manually - see page 22.

MONITOR

VOLUME SWITCH

LOW MEDIUM HIGH

Setting up

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