BT DECOR 1500 User manual

User Guide
BT Decor 1500
Ofces worldwide
The services described in this publication are subject to availability and may be
modied from time to time. Services and equipment are supplied subject to
British Telecommunications plc’s respective standard conditions of contract.
Nothing in this publication forms any part of a contract.
© British Telecommunications plc 2009.
Registered Ofce: 81 Newgate Street, London EC1A 7AJ.
Registered in England No. 1800000.
Designed and produced by The Art & Design Partnership Ltd.
Printed in China / Issue 1 / ADP01-09
1 Set up
2 Go!
General information
For information on safety instructions,
cleaning, technical information or
connecting to a switchboard, please
refer to the ‘General information’
section in the full user guide at
www.bt.com/producthelp
Guarantee
Your BT Decor 1500 is guaranteed for a period of 12
months from the date of purchase.
Subject to the terms listed below, the guarantee
will provide for the repair of, or at BT’s or its agent’s
discretion the option to replace the BT Decor 1500, or
any component thereof, which is identied as faulty or
below standard, or as a result of inferior workmanship
or materials. Products over 28 days old from the date
of purchase may be replaced with a refurbished or
repaired product.
The conditions of this guarantee are:
• The guarantee shall only apply to defects that
occur within the 12 month guarantee period.
• Proof of purchase is required.
• The equipment is returned to BT or its agent
as instructed.
This guarantee does not cover any faults or defects
caused by accidents, misuse, fair wear and tear,
neglect, tampering with the equipment, or any
attempt at adjustment or repair other than through
approved agents.
This guarantee does not affect your statutory rights.
For further information within and outside the 12
month guarantee, please refer to the full user guide at
www.bt.com/producthelp
Product disposal instructions
The symbol shown here and on the product
means that the product is classed as Electrical or
Electronic Equipment and should not be disposed with
other household or commercial waste at the end of its
working life.
The Waste of Electrical and Electronic Equipment
(WEEE) Directive (2002/96/EC) has been put in place
to recycle products using best available recovery and
recycling techniques to minimise the impact on the
environment, treat any hazardous substances and
avoid the increasing landll.
Product disposal instructions for residential users
When you have no further use for it, please remove
any batteries and dispose of them and the product as
per your local authority’s recycling processes. For more
information please contact your local authority or the
retailer where the product was purchased.
Product disposal instructions for business users
Business users should contact their suppliers and check
the terms and conditions of the purchase contract
and ensure that this product is not mixed with other
commercial waste for disposal.
R&TTE Directive & Declaration
of Conformity
This product is intended for use within the UK for
connection to the public telephone network and
compatible switchboards.
This equipment complies with the essential
requirements for the Radio Equipment and
Telecommunications Terminal Equipment Directive
(1999/5/EC).
The Declaration of Conformity is published on
the website www.bt.com/producthelp
Removing the base plinth
Your phone comes with the base plinth already attached. If you want to use your
phone on a at surface such as a table or desk then we advise you to leave the
plinth attached.
If you want to remove the base plinth, turn the plinth lock switch on the underside of
the phone to the ‘unlock’ position and unclip.
Please
turn
over
Important: Only use the line cord and power adaptor supplied in this box
or this product may not work.
Check box contents
You can also wall mount your phone if you prefer, please see the full online user
guide at www.bt.com/producthelp for details.
BT Decor 1500
Digital Answer Machine
Redial
Memo ry
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BT Decor 1500 corded telephone
with base plinth, handset and
telephone line cord attached
Mains power adaptor
Wall mounting
screws
Set date and time
Press and hold the
Del
button, the current day setting is announced.
Keep holding the
Del
button and press
Ski p
or
Ski p
to hear the days. When the correct
day is announced, release the
Del
button. An announcement will conrm the day is set.
Press and hold
Del
, the current hour setting is announced. Keep holding
Del
and press
Ski p
or
Ski p
to hear the hours. When the correct hour is announced, release the
Del
button. An announcement will conrm the hour is set.
Press and hold
Del
, the current minute setting is announced. Keep holding
Del
and
press
Ski p
or
Ski p
to hear the minutes. When the correct minute is announced, release
the
Del
button.
The newly set day and time are announced.
Your BT Decor 1500 is now ready for use.
Setting up is easy. Just follow the simple steps in this guide.
If you need further assistance, please visit our website www.bt.com/producthelp
to view our advanced user guide
1 Set up
1. Plug in the mains power adaptor and plug the other end into the wall socket and
switch the power on. The message counter will ash as it initialises, once done
it will show 0 .
2. Plug the end of the telephone line cord into the wall socket.
Mode
P
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TB
Ringer
R1
R2
R3
Ringer Vol.
Hi
Lo
Off
Lin e in
You must plug the phone into the wall socket via an ADSL microlter if you are
using broadband on the same phone line.
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2

Answering machine
Your answering machine is on and ready to record messages. The controls are shown
in the base diagram to your left. For detailed instructions of all the answering machine
features see the online user guide at www.bt.com/producthelp
Recording your own outgoing message
Press and hold
OGM
, after you hear the long beep speak your message clearly, close to
the phone. Only release
OGM
when you have nished recording. You will hear a long
beep and your message will be played back for checking.
Set the answer delay
This is the number of times your phone rings before the answer machine takes the call.
Settings are 2-9 rings, time saver (t) or answer only mode (o).
Press and hold
Skip
, the current answer delay setting is announced and displayed.
Keep holding
Skip
to hear the available settings. Release
Ski p
when you hear the
setting you require.
Playback messages
When new messages are received the message counter will show the number of
messages and the audible message alert will beep.
Messages will be played over the loudspeaker, or you can pick up the handset to listen
to them privately.
Press
P a us e
Pl ay
. The machine announces, “You have x new messages”, and your new
messages are played back.
Pause playback – Press
P a us e
Pl ay
. Press
P a us e
Pl ay
again to resume playback.
Skip backward – Press
Skip
to replay the current message.
Press twice to play the previous message.
Skip forward – Press
Skip
to skip to the next message.
Delete current message – Press
Del
.
Stop playback – Press
Stop
.
When all messages have been played back, the machine announces, “End of
messages”, and begins an 8 second countdown. At the end of the countdown, all
messages, except those selected for deletion are automatically saved.
2 Go!
Making calls
Lift handset and dial telephone number. To end the call, replace the handset.
Secrecy
Press and release during a call to activate secrecy mode. The button will illuminate
to indicate screcy is on.
Press and release again to return to your caller.
Redial
Press
Redial
. The last number called will be dialled automatically.
Adjust the earpiece volume
With the handset at your ear, press the
Vol.
or
Vol.
to increase or decrease the
earpiece volume.
Adjust the ringer volume
Turn the phone over and move the Ringer Vol. Switch to the volume you want:
Hi, Lo or Off. If the ringer is set to OFF, the call light will still ash to indicate
when someone is calling you.
Set the ringer melody
Turn the phone over and move the Ringer Switch to the position you want:
R1, R2 or R3.
Set the dial mode
Turn the phone over and move the Mode Switch to the position you want:
P, TE or TB.
Quickdial memory (up to 10 numbers)
If you are storing a long telephone number slowly, you may hear the message,
“Please replace the handset and try again”, through the handset. Ignore this message
and continue to enter the telephone number following the instructions below.
Store a quickdial memory number
Lift the handset and press
Store
. The secrecy light will ash.
Using the keypad, enter a memory location number between 0 and 9 under which you
want to store the number.
Enter the telephone number (up to 18 digits) you want to store including the area code.
Press
Store
. You will hear a conrmation tone. Replace the handset.
You can keep a note of your quickdial memory numbers on the label provided on the
underside of the handset.
Dial a quickdial memory number
Lift the handset and wait for the dial tone. Press
Memory
.
Using the keypad, enter the memory location number between 0 and 9 under which the
number is stored.
The number is dialled automatically.
Delete stored quickdial numbers
Lift the handset and press
Store
. The secrecy light will ash.
Press the memory location number (0–9) you wish to delete.
Press
Store
(without entering any digits). You will hear a conrmation tone.
Replace the handset.
Your telephone
answering machine
Find out more
• New Frequently Asked Questions available at www.bt.com/producthelp
• If you need more detailed instructions, a full user guide is available to
download from www.bt.com/producthelp
Turn the catch to use your phone
in a wall-mounted position.
Call light
Flashes when you receive an incoming call.
Help
Most problems can be xed with a few simple checks.
Problem Solution
No dial tone Only use the cables supplied.
Make sure both the mains power adaptor cable and
telephone line cord are plugged into the correct sockets.
No display Make sure the product is connected to the mains power
and switched on.
Using broadband on the same
phone line?
Make sure you plug the phone
into the wall socket via an ADSL
microlter (not supplied), otherwise
you may have problems with this
product and your broadband service.
Key tone not recognised when
following telephone menu
prompts, for example, during
telephone banking, i.e. when
‘pressing 8 to speak to an
advisor’ you hear the message
‘No option selected’.
Your phone may be in ‘pulse’ dial mode rather ‘tone’.
Please check your base and handset settings to ensure
‘tone’ is selected.
ADSL
microlter
BT Decor 1500
Digital Answer Machine
Redial
Memory
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On/Off
Del
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Stop
Messages
Pause
Play
Store
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Redial
Press to redial last
number called.
Microphone
When on a call use to talk to
someone in the same room,
without your caller hearing.
Secrecy light illuminates
when secrecy is on.
SkipSkip
Vo l.
Ans.
On/Off
Del
Vo l.
OGM
Stop
Messages
Pause
Play
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Del
Delete the message playing.
Use to delete all messages and
to set time and date.
Ans .
On/ Off
Switch answer machine on/off.
OGM
Check and record an
outgoing message.
Sto p
Stop message play back.
Ski p
Skip back and play last message.
Use to switch audible message on/off.
Ski p
Skip forward and play next message.
Use to select answer delay setting.
Displays number of messages
received. When the handset
is off-hook, message counter
will display ‘
H ’.
Pa use
Play
Play/pause messages.
Use to record a memo.
Vol.
Vol.
Increase or decrease
loudspeaker volume.
Answering machine control buttons
Mode
P
TE
TB
Ringer
R1
R2
R3
Ringer Vol.
Hi
Lo
Of
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Mode
P
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TB
Ringer
R1
R2
R3
Ringer Vol.
Hi
Lo
Of
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Mode
P
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TB
Ringer
R1
R2
R3
Ringer Vol.
Hi
Lo
Of
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Memory
Use to dial your
quickdial memory
numbers.
Store
Use to store
your quickdial
memory numbers.
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For use with a
switchboard/
PBX and BT
Calling Features.