BT STUDIO 500 TWIN, STUDIO 500 User Manual

User Guide

BT STUDIO 500 BT STUDIO 500 TWIN

Section

Welcome…

to your BT Studio 500 Digital Cordless Telephone Answering Machine

12 minutes digital recording time with a capacity for up to 59 messages.

Access your messages from any other modern telephone.

Use Caller Display and the calls list to see who is calling before you pick up the phone and keep track of incoming calls.

Use the Quickdial directory to store and dial up to 10 of most frequently used phone numbers.

As a Digitally Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications (DECT) product, BT Studio 500 provides digital quality call clarity.

Section

This User Guide provides you with all the information you need to get the most from your phone.

Additional instructions are included for the BT Studio 500 Twin.

Before you make your first call you will need to set up your phone. Follow the simple instructions in ‘Getting Started’, on the next few pages.

Need help?

If you have any problems setting up or using your BT Studio 500 please contact the Helpline on 0870 605 8047.

Alternatively, you may find the answer in ‘Help’ at the back of this guide.

Got everything?

BT Studio 500 handset

BT Studio 500 base

2 x AAA NiMH rechargeable batteries

Mains power adaptor

Telephone line cord

If you have purchased the BT Studio 500 Twin you will also have:

BT Studio 500 additional handset

BT Studio 500 charger

2 x AAA NiMH rechargeable batteries

Mains power adaptor

In this guide

Getting started

Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6

Setting up the base . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6

Setting up the charger . . . . . . . . . . . .8

Getting to know your phone

Handset buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10

Handset display icons . . . . . . . . . . . . .11

Base buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12

Base LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13

Using the phone

Make an external call . . . . . . . . . . . . .14

Preparatory dialling . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14

End a call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14

Receiving calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14

Earpiece volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15

Handset ringer volume . . . . . . . . . . . .15

Secrecy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15

Last number redial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16

Paging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16

Quickdial

Store a number in the Quickdial

memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17

Dial a Quickdial number . . . . . . . . . . .17

Delete a Quickdial number . . . . . . . . .17

Caller Display and the calls list

View, dial and delete entries in

the calls list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18

Exit the calls list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18

BT Studio 500 Twin additional handset

Making internal calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19

Receiving internal calls . . . . . . . . . . . .19

Transferring calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20

Using the answering machine

Switching the answering machine

on/off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21

Set date and time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21

Play all messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22

Play new messages only . . . . . . . . . . .22

Select and play outgoing message . . .24 Record your own outgoing message(s) 25

Delete your outgoing message(s) . . . .25

Adjust answer delay . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26

Record a memo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26

Memory full during a call . . . . . . . . . .27

Call screening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28

Remote access

Switch on your answering machine from

another phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29

Change the security PIN . . . . . . . . . . .29

Operating your answering machine

from another phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30

Outgoing message menu . . . . . . . . . .32

Switchboard use

Switchboard compatibility . . . . . . . . . .33

Switchboard external line access code . .33

Recall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34

Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35

General information

Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38

Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39

How many telephones can you have? . .40

Guarantee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41

Returning your phone . . . . . . . . . . . . .42

R&TTE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43

Declaration of Conformance . . . . . . . .43

5In this guide

Getting started6

If you have purchased the BT Studio 500 Twin please follow instructions

andB.

WARNING

Do not place your BT Studio 500 in the bathroom or other humid areas.

Handset range

The handset reception range from the base is up to 300m outdoors and up to 50m indoors, in ideal conditions.

Signal strength

The icon on your handset indicates when you are in range. When it flashes, you are out of range.

IMPORTANT

The base station must be plugged into the mains power socket at all times.

Do not connect the telephone line until the handset is fully charged.

Which socket?

Power socket

Telephone line socket

Location

You need to place your BT Studio 500 close enough to a mains power and telephone socket so that the cables will reach.

The strength of the handset signal depends on where you site the base. Putting it as high as possible can help to provide the best signal. Make sure it is at least 1 metre away from other electrical appliances to avoid interference.

Setting up the base

1. Plug the power adaptor and telephone cables into the back of the base.

Power adaptor cableTelephone line cable

7Getting started

2. Plug the power adaptor into the mains wall socket and

switch the power on. The green Power light on the base comes on.

3. Install the 2 x AAA rechargeable batteries supplied. Then slide the battery compartment cover into place.

4. Charge the handset for at least 16 hours by placing the handset on the base. The red Charging light at the base comes on.

Once the batteries are partly charged the icon will flash briefly in the handset display and the icon will appear.

Once the handset links with the base, the icon stops flashing.

Talk/Standby time

Under ideal conditions, the handset batteries should give about 14 hours talk time or 350 hours standby on a single charge. (The base must still remain plugged in to the mains and switched on at all times.)

Note that new batteries do not reach full capacity until they have been in normal use for several days.

Battery symbols

– Battery charged

– Battery low

Battery low warning

If the battery charge becomes low during a call you will hear a warning beep once every minute. If the battery runs out you will be cut off.

You will need to recharge the handset before using it.

During charging, the icon will be displayed.

See ‘Battery performance’ on the following page.

8 Getting started

Battery performance

To keep your batteries in the best condition, leave the handset off the base for a few hours at a time Running the batteries right down at least once a week will help them last as long as possible.

The charge capacity of rechargeable batteries will reduce with time as they wear out, giving the handset less talk/standby time. Eventually they will need to be replaced. New batteries are available from the BT Studio 500 Helpline on 0870 605 8047.

After charging your handset for the first time, subsequent charging time is about 6–8 hours a day. Batteries and handset may become warm during charging.This is normal.

5. After the handset is fully charged, the icon will disappear from the display.

You can now plug the telephone line cord into the telephone wall socket.

Your BT Studio 500 is ready for use.

BT Studio 500 Twin owners only

Location

You need to place your BT Studio 500 charger close enough to a mains power socket so that the cable will reach.

Setting up the charger

1. Plug the power adaptor cable into the underside of the charger.

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

3. Install the 2 x AAA rechargeable batteries supplied into the second handset.

9Getting started

4. Place the handset in the charger and charge the handset

for at least 16 hours. The red Charging light on the charger comes on.

Once the batteries are partly charged, the icon will flash in the handset display and the icon will appear.

Once the handset registers with the base, the icon stops flashing.

Your BT Studio 500 Twin is ready for use.

BT Studio 500 additional handset

Your BT Studio 500 handsets are the same, so instructions throughout this guide apply to both.

Handset numbers

Once registered with the base, each handset will display its handset number, and respectively.

10 Getting to know your phone

Handset buttons

In-use light

Comes on when you make/receive a call.

Redial/P

Redials the last number, page 16.

Use to store and dial up to 10 phone

Opens the Calls list and lets you scroll

through the entries, page 18.

Delete characters, page 17.

Delete entries in the calls list, page 18.

During a call, press to stop your

caller hearing you, page 15.

Quickdial

numbers, page 17.

Calls list/Scroll

Del/Secrecy

Enters a Pause when storing numbers, page 17.

Vol

Adjusts the earpiece volume during a call, page 15.

Adjusts the handset ringer volume, page 15.

Talk

Press to make, receive and end calls, page 14.

R (Recall)/Calls list exit

Exits the Calls list, page 18.

Used when connected to a

switchboard/PBX and some

BT Calling Features, page 34.

Int

Use to make an internal call, page 19.

Or to transfer a call to an additional BT Studio 500 handset, page 20.

Sample standby screen – These are where the handset icons will appear.

11Getting to know your phone

Battery status

Handset number

Handset charging

External call

Talk

Internal call

Quickdial

Secrecy

Signal strength

New calls indicator

Handset display icons – These are the symbols you will see on your handset’s screen.

Battery charged

Battery low

Indicates when the battery is low.

Handset charging, page 7.

Talk

Indicates a call is in progress, page 14.

External call

Flashes when you receive an external call. Stays on during the conversation, page 14.

Internal call

Flashes when you have a call from another BT Studio 500 handset, page 19.

* For these features to work you must subscribe to your Network Provider’s Caller Display service.

Quickdial

Displayed when you are dialling or storing numbers in the Quickdial directory, page 17.

Secrecy on, page 15.

New calls*

Flashes when you have new calls in the Calls list. On when viewing the Calls list, page 18

Signal strength

In range. Flashes when the handset is out of range of the base.

12 Getting to know your phone

Base buttons

Ans On/Off

Switches the

answering machine

on/off, page 21.

Vol +–

Adjusts the

loudspeaker volume,

page 23.

Page

Press to page the handset(s), page 16.



Skip

Plays next message, page 23.

Stop

Stops playback and recording, page 23.



Skip

Replays current message and skips back to previous messages, page 22.

Deletes messages,

Del

page 23.

Play

Press to play back messages, page 22.

Base LEDs

13Getting to know your phone

Charging light (on base

and charger)

On = Handset charging

Messages light

On = Answering machine is switched on/

Playback in progress

Off = Answering machine is off

Short flashes then a break = No. of messages

Medium flashes every half a second = Memory full

Long flashes every second = Recording

Power/In use

On = Power connected

Flashes = During a call

Flashes = When the phone

On standby

rings

Using the phone

Make an external call

Dialling numbers quickly

Numbers can also be dialled using the Quickdial directory (page 17), and from the calls list (page 18).

Please note

The first digit of a telephone number you enter or receive via Caller Display, will not be shown on the screen. For example, the first 0 or 020 8123 4567 will not be displayed.

1. Press , listen for the dial tone then dial the number. The display shows the icon.

Preparatory dialling

1. Enter the number first. If you make a mistake, press to delete. Press to dial.

End a call

1. Press or place the handset back on the base.

Receiving calls

The base and handset will ring, the icon flashes on the display.

1. Press to answer the call or, if the handset is on the base, simply lift it and speak.

If you have subscribed to your network’s Caller Display service, the caller’s number will also be displayed.

See page 18 for more information.

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