BT verve 450 User manual

Userfriendly
Guide
Duet 450 Clock Telephone

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Contents
At a glance 2
Introduction 4
Installing your Duet 450 5
Clock Telephone
Using the Telephone 8
Using the clock 11
Technical information 12
Index 14
In this user guide, we’ve
included helpful tips and
useful notes.
Hints and tips
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Introduction
Your Duet 450 Clock Telephone is
designed for ease of use and made to
the high standards set by BT
We thank you for
making the right
choice and expect
that your machine
will give you many
years of quality
service.
Please read
the instructions
carefully before
use, and keep this
User Guide for
future reference.
Date of purchase:
Place of purchase:
Serial number:
(on base of answering
machine)
Purchase price:
(for warranty purposes,
proof of purchase is
required, so please keep
your receipt)
For your records

The emergency services
can be contacted in the
UK by dialling 999. You
may also dial 112, which
is valid in any country
that is a member of the
European Community.
You may not be able to
make an emergency call
in certain situations:
• If the telephone line is
disconnected.
• If there is a fault on the
line from your phone or
on the network.
If your Duet 450 Clock
Telephone is connected to
a switchboard, you may
have to dial an access
number before 999 or 112
to contact the emergency
services.
Emergency calls
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Installing your
Duet 450
Clock Telephone
IMPORTANT
Check that your Duet 450 Clock
Telephone is complete. When you
unpack you must have:
Telephone Handset
with attached
line cord.
Clock Telephone base with attached
mains power cable and
3-pin plug
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A Backup battery will
ensure your clock
settings are retained in
the event of a mains
power failure. Your
telephone will function
as normal even when
the mains power is off.
Loosen the screw on
the battery
compartment door.
Connect and insert a
9 volt battery (not
included).
Install backup
battery
Replace the cover.
Tighten the screw on
the battery
compartment door.
Situate your Duet 450
Clock Telephone close
enough to a phone and
mains socket so that
the cables will reach.
Do not stand it on
carpets or other
similar surfaces that
generate fibres.
Do not cover or
enclose the machine;
allow a free flow of air
to its surfaces.
Situating your
phone
Your Duet 450 Clock
Telephone is only
designed to be operated
in a normal office or
domestic environment.
It should not be used in
bathrooms or near water.
Warning If you do not have a
modern style socket,
call Freefone
0800 800 150
and ask for a BT
engineer to come and
fit the correct socket.
This is a chargeable
service.
Check your
telephone wall
socket
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Plug the telephone
cord into wall
socket
Set the
ringer volume
Plug the attached 3
pin plug into the
mains power
socket
Your Duet 450 is
now ready for use
The ringer volume
switch is located on
the side of the handset.
There are three
settings:
HI
A loud ring; your Duet
450 is preset to this
position.
LOW
A quiet ring.
OFF
no ring
OFF LO HI

Using the
Telephone
Storing and dialling
numbers
Your Duet 450 Clock
Telephone has three
one-touch memory
buttons M1, M2 or M3.
You can store a further
10 telephone numbers
in the two-touch
Quickdial memory.
Each stored number
can be up to 16 digits
long.
Lift the handset.
Press the STORE button.
Dial the number you
want to store using the
keypad.
Press the STORE button.
Press the memory
button (M1, M2 or M3)
under which you want
to store the number.
Replace the handset.
The number is stored.
Lift the handset.
Press the one-touch
memory button
(M1, M2 or M3) you
want to dial.
The number is dialled
automatically.
To store a phone
number in the one-
touch memory
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2
3
Lift the handset.
Press the STORE button.
Dial the number you
want to store using the
keypad.
Press the STORE button.
Press the keypad
button (0-9) under
which you want to
store the number.
Replace the handset.
The number is stored.
To dial a number
stored in the one-
touch memory
1
2
3
4
5
To store phone
numbers in the
Quickdial memory
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5
1
2
STORE
STORE
STORE
STORE
M1
M1
One touch memory label
Use the label by the M1, M2
and M3 button to keep a
record of the stored numbers.
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Lift the handset.
Dial the first 16 digits
by pressing the M1,
M2, M3 or Quickdial
button under which
the second part of the
number is stored.
The whole number is
stored automatically.
Lift the handset.
Press the REDIAL
button.
The last number
called is redialled
automatically.
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Some switchboards
can take a short time
to pick up an outside
line. You can insert a
pause as required to
allow for this delay.
Press the REDIAL
button at the required
point when storing a
number. The pause is
stored in the memory.
When dialling
normally, pressing the
REDIAL button will
enter a pause in the
number
Lift the handset.
Press the QUICKDIAL
button.
Press the 0-9location
under which the number
you require is stored.
The phone number is
dialled automatically.
Telephone numbers
longer than 16 digits
can be stored by
entering the first 16
digits in one memory
location, then storing
the remaining digits
under a second
memory location.
1
2
3
1
2
1
2
To redial a number
1
2
To dial numbers
longer than 16
digits To store a pause
To dial a number
stored in the
Quickdial memory
QUICKDIAL
Storing numbers
longer than 16
digits
REDIAL
REDIAL
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If your Duet 450 Clock
Telephone is
connected to a
switchboard, the R
button enables you to
use the switchboards
special features.
Please contact your
communications
manager or
switchboard supplier
for further details.
The Rbutton is also
used in connection
with BT Select
Services. For more
information contact
BT Free on 152 for
residential customers
or 154 for business
customers 8am-6pm,
Monday to Friday.
The secrecy button
allows you to talk to
someone whilst on a
call, without the
person at the other
end of the line hearing
your conversation.
During a call, press
and hold down the
SECRECY button. Your
caller will not be able
to hear you.
Release the SECRECY
button to talk to your
caller again.
Using the R (Recall)
button
1
2
Please note:
If you are using the R
button as part of a stored
number, it must be
followed by a pause. See
‘To store a pause’
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Using the Secrecy
button
SECRECY
R