BT Freelance XD 5500 User manual

BT Freelance XD5500 – Issue 2 – Edition 1 – 22.01.07 – 8011
BT Freelance XD 5500
User Guide
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•13 Minutes digital recording time.
•Access your messages remotely from any other Touchtone™ phone.
•50 Name and number phonebook for storing your mostfrequently
used numbers.
• Caller Display shows you who’s calling before you answer the
phone1and stores a list of your last 40 callers. You can also dial
numbersdirect from the Calls list.
• Handsfree lets you makeand receive calls using the built-in
handset loudspeaker so your hands are free for other tasks
during a call.
• Redial up to 10 of the last numbers called.
• Choose from 10 different ringtones for internal and external calls
and numbers stored in the phonebook
• Use up to 5 handsets with your BT Freelance XD 5500 base2.
• Make internal calls and transfer external calls between handsets.
1Requires subscription to your network’s Caller Display service.
Aquarterly fee may be payable.
2Requires more than one handset.
Welcome…
to your BT Freelance XD 5500 Digital
Cordless Telephone Answering Machine
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This User Guide provides you with all the
information you need to get the most from
your phone. Before you make your first
call you will need to set up your phone.
Follow the simple instructions in ‘Getting
Started’, over the next few pages.
Need help?
If you have any problems setting up or using your BT Freelance XD
5500 please contact the Helpline on 0870 605 8047
or email [email protected]
Alternatively, you may find the answer in ‘Help’ at the back of
this guide.
IMPORTANT
Only use the telephone line cord supplied.
Got everything?
• BT Freelance XD 5500 handset
• BT Freelance XD 5500 base
• 2 x AAA NiMH rechargeable
batteries
• Mains power adaptor
(Item code: 032763)
•Telephone line cord
In addition, if you have
purchased a BTFreelance XD
5500 multipack you will also
have the following for each
additional handset:
• BT Freelance XD 5500 charger
• 2 x AAA NiMH
rechargeable batteries
• Mains power adaptor for the
charger (Item code: 035929)
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If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on 0870 605 8047 or email [email protected]
In this guide
Getting started
Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Connect the base to mains power. . . . . . . . . 6
Preparing your handset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Connect to the telephone line. . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Set the day and time using the handset. . . . 8
Check the current day and time setting . . . . 9
BT Freelance XD 5500 multipack users only
Connect the charger(s) and charge
the handset(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Getting toknow your phone
Handset buttons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Handset display icons ..................12
Using the menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Menu map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Base . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Using your phone
Switch the handset on/off...............16
Make a call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Preparatorydialling ....................16
End a call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Receiving calls ........................17
Secrecy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Handsfree ............................17
Make a handsfree call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Answer a handset call handsfree. . . . . . . . . . 18
Adjusting the volume. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Redial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Delete a number from the redial list . . . . . . . 19
Delete the entire redial list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Copy a redial number to the phonebook . . . 19
Keypad lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Find/page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Using the phonebook
Add an entry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Dial from the phonebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Edit an entry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Delete an entry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Internal calls
Make an internal call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Receive an internal call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Transfer an external call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
3Way call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Caller Display & the calls list
Caller Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Calls list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
View the Calls list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Dial a number in the Calls list . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Copy a number to the phonebook . . . . . . . . 28
Delete an entry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Delete the entire Calls list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
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Using the answering machine
Switch the answering machine on / off . . . . 29
Listening to your messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Outgoing messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Select and play outgoing message . . . . . . . . 32
Record your own outgoing message(s) . . . . 33
Re-instate the pre-recorded
outgoing message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Adjust answer delay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Change the security PIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Check the security PIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Record a memo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Memoryfull during a call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Call screening .........................36
Remote access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Handset settings
Handset ringer volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Handset ringer melody . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Auto answer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Handset name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Handset language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Keypad lock via the menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Switch handset beeps on/off. . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Set the date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Set the clock. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Set the alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Base settings
Base ringer volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Base ringer melody . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Change PIN code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Dial mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Reset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Default settings .......................45
Additional handsets and bases
Register a new handset to base . . . . . . . . . . 46
Register a different manufacturer’s
handset to your base . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Selecting a base .......................47
De-register a handset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
General information
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Environmental . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Product disposal instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Connecting to a switchboard. . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Dialling mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Access code and entering a pause . . . . . . . . 53
Recall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Technical information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
R&TTE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Guarantee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
5In this guide
BT Freelance XD5500 – Issue 2 – Edition 1 – 22.01.07 – 8011
If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on 0870 605 8047 or email [email protected]
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