User manual BT DECOR 500

[. . . ] User Guide BT DECOR 500 This product is intended for connection to analogue public switched telephone networks and private switchboards in the United Kingdom. Please open this page for an `at a glance' guide to your BT Decor 500 Please open this page for a further `at a glance' guide to your BT Decor 500 At a glance Telephone buttons Quickdial button Allows you to dial up to ten numbers stored in the Quickdial memory at the touch of two buttons. Store button Use to store numbers in the memory and to change the ringer and pitch volume. (R) Recall button For use with a switchboard/PBX and BT Calling Features. Please contact your switchboard supplier for more information. [. . . ] You will hear a beep and then the prerecorded outgoing message will be played back to you. Press and hold down the SKIP button. Your Decor 500 will announce, `Please speak after the tone. To end recording, release the button'. 16 Skip St op Answer delay Answer delay sets the number of times your Decor 500 will ring before the answering machine picks up your call and starts playing the outgoing message. You can change this setting to between 2 and 9 rings or time saver. Time Saver The time saver feature is useful if you are out and want to ring in and check if you have received any new messages. If your answering machine is set to time saver you can check whether you have new messages or not before your answering machine actually answers your call. If you have new messages your answering machine will answer after 2 rings, if you do not have any new messages, it will not answer until 6 rings. This enables you to hang up before you are connected, saving you time and the cost of the call. To change the answer delay setting Press and hold down the SKIP button to skip through the answer delay settings. Release the button when you hear the setting you want. The new answer delay setting will be announced. Skip Memos You can use your Decor 500 to record memos that can be played back by another user. Memos are stored on the answering machine like caller's messages and can be any length up to the maximum recording time available (12 minutes). Memos can be played back in the same way as answering machine messages, see page 18, `To playback messages and memos'. Skip To check the answer delay setting Press the SKIP button. The current answer delay setting will be announced. Skip St op To record a memo Skip Skip Press and hold down the SKIP button. Your Decor 500 will announce, `Please speak after the tone. To end recording, release the button'. The message light will flash during recording. Skip St op St op Skip To end recording, release the SKIP button. 17 Skip St op Receiving messages In order to receive messages your Decor 500 answering machine should be: Switched ON (See, `To switch the answering machine on and off', on page 14). Set to Answer and Record (See, `To select your outgoing message', on page 15). Callers can leave a message of up to 3 minutes long. However, your Decor 500 will terminate a call under certain conditions: · If a caller pauses for more than 4 seconds when leaving a message. · If the memory becomes full during recording. If the answering machine memory becomes full the message light will flash. Your Decor 500 will not record any more answering machine messages and you will not be able to record a new outgoing message or record memos. [. . . ] We recommend that you call the Helpline on 0870 605 8047 for information on our recommended repair agents. If you have to return your Decor 500 Pack the unit securely, preferably in the original packaging. All parts must be returned including the mains power adaptor. We cannot take responsibility for goods damaged in transit. 25 Technical information How many telephones can you have?All items of telephone equipment have a Ringer Equivalence Number (REN), which is used to calculate the number of items which may be connected to any one telephone line. [. . . ]