User manual BT STRATUS 1500

[. . . ] User Guide BT Stratus 1500 Welcome to your BT Stratus 1500 Digital Cordless Telephone Answering Machine · Answering machine with up to 12 minutes digital recording time and helpful voice prompts. · Call screening lets you hear callers leaving a message and pick up the call if you want. · 100 Name and number phonebook to store all your contact numbers for easy dialling. · Send and receive text messages. 1 · Speed dial ­ assign a number stored in the Phonebook to a 2-9 keypad button for dialling with one touch. [. . . ] The maximum incoming message can be up to 3 minutes. You can operate your answering machine from: · the handset. · remotely, from any other TouchtoneTM telephone, see page 43. Your BT Stratus 1500 comes with two pre-recorded outgoing messages, Answer and Record or Answer Only, alternatively you can record your own version of each. You will need to set the day, date and time (if you have not already done so) so that you will know when each message was received. If you have subscribed to your network's Caller Display service, the date and time is set automatically when you receive your first call. To set the date and time manually, see page 27. 37 Using the answering machine from the handset Set answer mode and switch on / off You can set your answering machine on or off from the handset. When switching on, select Answer & record or Answer only mode. See next page for further information on answer mode and outgoing messages. Press SeleCt. to AnSwer MoDe and press SeleCt. or to: AnSwer & reCorD ­ press SeleCt to switch on and allow callers to leave a message. AnSwer only ­ press SeleCt to switch on and enable callers to hear an outgoing message only. AnSwer off ­ press SeleCt to switch answering machine off. Press BACk to return to the previous menu level. If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on 0808 100 6556* 38 Answering machine Answer and Record The pre-set Answer and Record outgoing message, that allows your caller to leave a message, is "Hello, your call cannot be taken at the moment, so please leave your message after the tone". Your Answer and Record outgoing message will replace the pre-recorded message. To reinstate the pre-recorded messages, delete your own recorded outgoing message, see below. Answer Only The pre-set Answer Only outgoing message, where callers hear an announcement but cannot leave a message, is "Hello, your call cannot be taken at the moment and you cannot leave a message, so please call later". When recording your Answer Only message, remember to advise your caller that they will not be able to leave a message. Your own Answer Only message will replace the pre-recorded message. Outgoing messages The outgoing message is the message a caller first hears when the answering machine picks up their call. There are 2 pre-recorded outgoing messages to choose from (see note left), or you can record your own. Press SeleCt. to outgoing MSg and press SeleCt. 3. Press SeleCt or scroll to AnSwer only and press SeleCt. Scroll to reCorD ogM and press SeleCt. 5. [. . . ] 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. If the total REN of 4 is exceeded, the telephones may not ring. With different telephone types there is no guarantee of ringing, even when the REN is less than 4. Any additional handsets and chargers that you register should have a REN of 0. [. . . ]