BT Caller Display 1500 User manual

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User Guide
Caller Display 1500
YOU MUST SUBSCRIBE TO THE CALLER
DISPLAY SERVICE OFFERED BY YOUR
NETWORK PROVIDER TO DISPLAY
CALLER INFORMATION.
A QUARTERLY FEE IS
PAYABLE
Please note that batteries
are not included. You will
need 4x AA batteries
This product is intended for connection to analogue public s itched
telephone net orks and private s itchboards in the United Kingdom.

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At a glance
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VIP
CD 1500
Select
Clear Menu
Exit
Dial
VIP calls indicator
Flashes to indicate that a VIP
is calling.
New calls indicator
Flashes to indicate that new
calls have been received since
you last viewed your Calls List.
Directory
Used to access names and
numbers you have stored in
the Directory.
Dial button
Press to automatically dial a
number shown on the display.
Select button
Used to choose settings.
Left and Right buttons
Used to scroll through the
Calls List and Directory.
Also, used to scroll through the
menu options.
Menu/Exit button
Used to access menu settings
and to stop automatic dialling.
lear button
Deletes individual or all
names and numbers stored
in the Calls List and Directory.
Display
Displays caller information,
including a caller’s phone
number and the date and time
the call was received. Also
displays directory names and
numbers, memo alarm, calls
count and VIP.
When the screen is idle, it
displays the day, time and date.
Also, indicates when the
batteries are nearing the end
of their useful life.

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In this guide
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At a glance 1
Introduction 4
For your records 4
Unpacking your
Caller Display 1500 4
Safety instructions 5
General 5
Environmental 5
Setting up 6
Caller Display 11
Using your
Caller Display 1500 12
Using the Calls ist 12
Caller information not
available 15
Using the Directory 16
VIP 19
Alarm and alarm memo 22
General information 25
Guarantee 25
Technical information 26
elp 27
Wall mounting 28
Index 29

VIP
NEW
CALL
88
ClearMenu
SelectDial
Exit
If anything is missing, please
contact your place of purchase
immediately.
Caller Display 1500
base unit
Telephone
line cord
User Guide
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Introduction Your Caller Display 1500
is desi ned for ease of use and made to the hi h
standards set by BT.
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Thank you for choosing BT’s
Caller Display 1500. You can
expect many years of quality
service.
Please read the instructions
carefully before use, and keep
this user guide for future
reference.
Please note
In this user guide we’ve included
helpful tips and useful notes. They
are shown in a white box like this.
Unpacking our
Caller Displa 1500
For our records:
Date of purchase:
Place of purchase:
Serial number (see base of unit):
Purchase price:
For guarantee purposes, proof of
purchase is required, so please
keep your receipt.
Please note that batteries
are not included. You will
need 4x AA batteries

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Safety instructions
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General
•Simply clean your Caller
Display 1500 with a damp (not
wet) cloth, or an antistatic
wipe. Never use household
polish as this may damage the
product. Never use a dry cloth
as this may cause static shock.
•Do not open the Caller Display
1500. This could expose you
to high voltages or other risks.
•Never dispose of batteries in a
fire. There is a serious risk of
explosion and/or the release
of highly toxic chemicals.
Environmental
•Do not expose to direct
sunlight.
•We recommend that
you do not place the product
on antique/veneered wood to
avoid damage.
•Do not stand your product on
carpets or other surfaces
which generate fibres, or
place it in locations preventing
free flow of air over it’s
surfaces.
•Do not submerge any part of
your product in water and do
not use it in damp or humid
conditions, such as in
bathrooms.
•Do not expose your product
to fire, explosive or other
hazardous conditions.

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Setting up
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Follow these easy steps to get
your Caller Display 1500 ready
for use.
Your Caller Display 1500 can be
wall mounted, see page 28 for
further instructions.
Position your Caller Display
1500 close enough to a phone
socket for the cable to reach.
Do not stand it on carpets or
other similar surfaces which
might generate fibres. The two
legs located at the rear should
be pulled out one stop to
provide a more secure stand.
Do not cover or enclose the
machine. Allow a free flow of
air to its surfaces.
1Plannin the
location of your
Caller Display 1500
You will need 4 x AA Alkaline
batteries. (not included).
Open the battery compartment
at the back of your Caller Display
1500 by pushing the battery
cover off in the direction of the
arrows, as shown in the diagram.
It is important to maintain the
batteries in your Caller Display
1500. If the battery low icon
appears on the display you will
need to replace the batteries.
It is important to do this as
soon as possible in order to
2Install the batteries

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Warning
When replacing batteries remember
to disconnect the telephone line cord
from the Caller Display base unit.
3Connect your
Caller Display 1500
to the wall socket
Connect the telephone line cord
supplied into the back of your
Caller Display 1500 and the
adaptor end into the telephone
wall socket.
Battery low warnin
When the batteries are nearing the
end of their useful life the display
will flash the battery low icon and
show
CHANGE BATTERIES when in
the idle screen. The display will be
blank if no batteries are fitted or
if the batteries are completely flat.
VIP
NEW
CALL
88
ClearMenu
SelectDial
Exit
retain information in the Caller
Display memory and for the
display features to work.
If no batteries are fitted the
display will remain blank.
4Connect your
telephone to the
Caller Display 1500
To connect your phone to the
Caller Display 1500, plug the
telephone line cord from your
phone into the socket located
on the back of the adaptor.

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You can set the whole
time and date manually
if you wish to.
To choose between the
12 or 24 hour clock:
Press the Menu/Exit
button.
Use the Left/Right
buttons to display the
current setting, either
12 HOUR or 24 HOUR .
Press the Select button
to change the current
setting.
To set the time:
Press the Menu/Exit
button.
Use the Left/Right
buttons to scroll to
SET TIME .
Press the Select button.
The display will flash
the hour.
Use the Left/Right
buttons to set the
correct hour.
Press the Select button
to confirm.
5To set the time
and date
Menu
Exit
Select
Warning
Never install telephone wiring
during a lightning storm.
Always disconnect the telephone
cord from the wall socket before
changing or relocating your
telephone connections.
Please note
Press the Menu/Exit button to enter
the menu or to exit and return to the
idle screen.
The date and time will
be set automatically
when your Caller
Display 1500 receives
its first call, provided
you have subscribed to
a Caller Display service.
However, the service
does not set the year
(this will default to 00)
so you will have to set
this manually, see below
for instructions.
Menu
Exit
Select
Select

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The display will flash
the year.
Use the Left/Right
button to set the
correct year.
Press the Select button
to confirm.
Please note
If you press and hold the Left/Right
buttons when setting the time or date
the setting will increase or decrease
quicker. You can also press the
Clear button to return to the previous
setting if you want to change it.
Select
The display will flash
the minute.
Use the Left/Right
buttons to set the
correct minute.
Press the Select button
to confirm.
To set the date:
Press the Menu/Exit
button.
Press the Left/Right
buttons to scroll to
SET DATE .
Press the Select button.
The display will flash
the day.
Use the Left/Right
buttons to set the
correct day.
Press the Select button
to confirm
The display will flash
the month.
Use the Left/Right
buttons to set the
correct month.
Press the Select button
to confirm.
Select
Menu
Exit
Select
Select
Select

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You can adjust the
contrast on the display
to make the screen
lighter or darker.
The levels range from
1-8.
Press the Menu/Exit
button.
Use the Left/Right
buttons to scroll to
CONTRAST .
Press the Select button
to confirm.
The display will show
the current contrast
level, for example
4 .
Use the Left/Right
buttons to adjust the
contrast to the level you
want. The Right button
will make the contrast
darker and the Left
button will make it
lighter.
Press the Select button
to confirm.
Menu
Exit
Select
Select
6To adjust the contrast
on the display

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Caller Display
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Your Caller Display 1500
receives and displays caller
information, which is transmitted
over your telephone network.
Your Caller Display 1500 can:
•Identify callers before you
answer the phone (providing
the number has not been
withheld).
•Store the time and date of
each incoming call.
•Save the last 60 incoming
calls in the Calls List.
•Store up to 70 names and
numbers in the Directory.
•Allow you to call back directly
from a received call or the
Directory.
To enable your Caller Display
1500 to show this information,
you will need to subscribe to
your network provider’s Caller
Display service. A quarterly fee
is payable.
For more details on BT’s Caller
Display service please call:
Freefone 0800 800 150 for
residential customers.
Freefone 0800 800 152 for
business customers.
Information displayed via
other UK networks
If you are connected to a
different network, you will first
have to subscribe to that
network’s Caller Display service.
Call your network provider for
more information.

Using the Calls List
Your Caller Display 1500
receives, stores and displays
caller information automatically.
This information includes a
caller’s phone number, the date
and time the call was received
and, any text message
associated with that number.
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Please note
Text accompanying the number from
the network, e.g.
RINGBACK will take
precedence over Directory names.
The New Calls
indicator light will flash
to tell you that new calls
have been received
since you last viewed
your Calls List.
As soon as you view the
calls list the New Calls
indicator will go out.
The number of new
calls received will also
be shown on the display.
New calls indicator
Using our
Caller Displa 1500
If the name of the person
calling has been stored in your
Caller Display 1500 Directory,
his or her name will be
displayed in the Calls List.
A maximum of 60 calls can be
stored. To make room for new
incoming calls a new call will
automatically replace the oldest
call in the memory. Your Caller
Display 1500 will store the
caller’s details whether the call
has been answered or not.
When a call is received, the
display will show the caller’s
information for 20 seconds after
the last ring.
Your Caller Display 1500
indicates:
In the idle screen:
Displays the day, time, date,
the number of new calls and the
number of total calls stored in
the calls list.

Use the Left/Right
buttons to scroll
through your Calls List.
Press the Select button
to scroll down to the date
and time information.
If the length of the
name or number is
longer than the display,
press and hold the
Right button to scroll
across the screen.
To view the Calls List
Please note
Your Caller Display 1500 will store
the caller’s details whether the call
has been answered or not. This is
shown in the calls list with the
icon for answered calls.
• NEW Displays the number of
calls that have not been viewed
yet. NEW is not visible if all calls
have been viewed. If you have
received new calls since you
last viewed the calls list the
new call indicator will flash to
indicate this.
• CALLS Displays the total
number of calls stored in the
calls list.
In the calls list:
Displays the caller’s number
and any text message associated
with it. Also records the time
and date the call was received,
and whether the calls were
answered or not. See example
below:
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JOHN SMITH
00 1-558- 1345
CALL
06
Select
THURS 11
.
.
02 A
19- 10-00
60
CALLS
06
NEW

Use the Left/Right
buttons to scroll to the
number you wish to
delete.
Press the Clear button.
The display will show
CLEAR? for 20 seconds.
Press the Clear button
again to confirm.
The number has been
deleted.
To delete a sin le
number in the Calls List
Clear
Clear
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Please note
If you dial the wrong number, or
wish to stop dialling press the
Menu/Exit button.
This allows you to dial
a number stored in your
Calls List at the touch
of a button.
Use the Left/Right
buttons to scroll to the
number you wish to call.
Press the Dial button.
The display will show
CONNECTING and the
digits will scroll across
the screen as they are
dialled.
The display will show
LIFT HANDSET .
Lift the handset of the
telephone connected to
your Caller Display
1500 within 6 seconds.
(If the handset is not
lifted within 6 seconds
the call will be cancelled.)
When the handset is
lifted the display will
show PHONE IN USE .
To dial a number
stored in the Calls List
Dial

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Caller information not
available
In this case, Caller Display 1500
provides you with some
explanatory information about
the type of call you have
received. This comes in the
form of a text message and will
be one of the following:
INTERNATIONAL
Call received from outside
the UK.
UNAVAILABLE
The caller’s exchange/network/
switchboard does not operate a
Caller Display service.
WITHHELD
The caller has not permitted his
or her number to be sent.
OPERATOR*
The call has been made via the
operator.
PAYPHONE*
The caller is ringing from a
payphone.
RINGBACK*
The telephone number you have
set on Ring Back is now free to
receive your call.
NO NUMBER
See the Help section on page
27. This message will not be
stored in the calls list.
With some incoming calls the
telephone number of the caller
is not available and cannot
therefore be displayed on your
Caller Display 1500.
Please note
If you decide not to delete the entry
or Calls List, wait 20 seconds until
the display returns to the idle screen,
or press the Menu/Exit button.
Press the Left/Right
buttons until TOP OF
LIST or END OF LIST is
displayed.
Press the Clear button.
The display will show
CLEAR ALL? for 20
seconds.
Press the Clear button.
All numbers in the Calls
List are now deleted.
The display will show
LIST EMPTIED .
To delete all numbers in
the Calls List
Clear
Clear

Select
Select
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To store a name and
number in the Directory
NUMBER and flashes the
number 0 .
Use the Left/Right
buttons to scroll through
and enter the digits of
the telephone number to
be stored. If you enter a
digit incorrectly use the
Clear button. Press the
Select button to confirm
each digit when it is
displayed.
When you have entered
all the digits, press and
hold the Select button to
confirm. The display
will show ENTER NAME
and flashes the letter A .
Use the Left/Right
buttons to scroll through
and enter the letters of
the name to be stored.
Press the Select button
to confirm each letter
when it is displayed.
When you have entered
all the letters, press and
hold the Select button
to confirm. The display
will show SAVED to
indicate that the name
Menu
Exit
Select
Clear
Select
Select
Your Caller Display 1500 can
store up to 70 names and
numbers in its Directory. You can
store them yourself by manually
entering the details or copy them
from the Calls List (see ‘To copy
a stored number from the Calls
List to the Directory’on page 19).
When a call is received and the
number corresponds to one
stored in the Directory, the
name of the caller will be shown
on the display.
Using the Director
* Some text messages can have numbers
associated with them. Your Caller Display
1500 will display the text message above
the telephone number.
Press the Menu/Exit
button. The display will
show DIRECTORY .
Press the Select button.
The display will show
the number of entries
stored, e.g. 10 ENTRIES
followed by ENTER

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Use the Left/Right
buttons to scroll to the
number you want.
Press the Dial button.
The number is dialled
automatically.
Or
Press and hold the
button. The display will
show SEARCH .
Use the Left/Right
buttons to scroll to the
first letter of the name
which has been stored
with the number you
want and then press the
Select button.
Press the Select button
to confirm. The display
will show the first name
starting with the letter
you entered. (If no
entries are found the
display will show NOT
FOUND .)
Use the Left/Right
buttons if necessary to
find the number you
want.
To view and dial a
number stored in the
Directory
Dial
Select
Please note
You can store a name and number
in the Directory as a VIP. For more
information see VIP on page 19.
Please note
If no action is taken for 20 seconds
the display will return to idle and
the new entry will not be stored.
and number has been
stored.
The display will then
show NEW ENTRY? . If
you want to add another
name and number
repeat the instructions
above. If not, press the
Menu/Exit button or
wait for the display to
return to standby.
Menu
Exit
Press the button.
The display will show
the most recently
viewed name in the list.
Select