British Telecom Graphite 2500 manual

Us er Guide BT Graph ite 2 500 Think bef ore you print! This new inter active user guide lets you navigate easily through the pages and allows you to be direct ed straight to any websites or email addr esses that are r efer enced. Simply hover the cursor over the page number , website or email ref erence and click when the icon changes to the icon.[...]

2 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on F reephone 0808 100 6556* or visit www .bt.com/produc thelp Got every thing? • BT Graphit e 2500 handset • BT Graphit e 2500 base • Batter y compartment cover (already tted) • 2 x AAA NiMH 550mAh rechar geable batteries (already in handset) • Mains power adaptor (Item code: [...]

3 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on F reephone 0808 100 6556* or visit www .bt.com/produc thelp In this guide Getting star ted Location 6 Setting up 6 B T Graphite 2500 multipack users only 7 Set the date and time 8 Getting to know your phone Handset buttons 9 Standby scr een 10 Handset display icons 10 Navigating the menu[...]

4 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on F reephone 0808 100 6556* or visit www .bt.com/produc thelp Caller Display and the calls list Caller Display 24 Calls list 24 View the Calls list 25 Dial a number in the Calls list 25 Copy a number from the Calls list to the phonebook 25 Delete an entr y in the Calls list 25 Delete the e[...]

5 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on F reephone 0808 100 6556* or visit www .bt.com/produc thelp Additional handsets Register a new B T Graphite 2500 handset to your B T Graphit e 2500 base 38 Register a diff erent manufact urer’ s handset to your B T Graphit e 2500 base 38 De-register a handset 39 Change master PIN 39 Re[...]

6 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on F reephone 0808 100 6556* or visit www .bt.com/produc thelp W ARNING Do not place your BT Gr aphite 2500 in the bathroom or other humid areas. Handset range The BT Gr aphite 2500 has a r ange of 300 metres outdoors when ther e is a clear line of sight between the base and the handset. An[...]

7 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on F reephone 0808 100 6556* or visit www .bt.com/produc thelp W ARNING Never use non-rechar geable batteries. Only use the approved batteries. Using unappr oved batteries will invalidate your guarant ee and may damage the telephone. T alk/Standby time Under ideal conditions, the handset ba[...]

8 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on F reephone 0808 100 6556* or visit www .bt.com/produc thelp For each additional handset and charger: 1 . Plug the mains power adaptor (item code 052300) into the power socket on the back of the char ger and secure the cable behind the retaining clip. Plug the other end into the mains pow[...]

9 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on F reephone 0808 100 6556* or visit www .bt.com/produc thelp Getting to know your phone Calls Redial Secrecy Menu C o n f Handset buttons Phonebook Press to open the phonebook, page 18. Redial / V olume + Press to open the r edial list and scroll back through r edial numbers, page 16. Pre[...]

10 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on F reephone 0808 100 6556* or visit www .bt.com/produc thelp S tandby screen HANDSET 1 Internal Call Indicates signal link. Flashes when handset is not r egistered or is out of r ange of the base. Displayed when on a call. Flashes when ther e is an incoming call. Handsfree speak er in us[...]

11 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on F reephone 0808 100 6556* or visit www .bt.com/produc thelp Navigating the menus Y our BT Gr aphite 2500 handset feat ures an easy to use menu system. Have a look at the menu map on the next page. When the handset is switched on and in standby mode: Press Menu to enter the main menu. Pr[...]

12 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on F reephone 0808 100 6556* or visit www .bt.com/produc thelp Menu map PHONEBOOK * (M enu only ap pear s whe n entries are s tored. When phoneboo k is empt y , pres s Menu agai n to add entr y ). NEW ENT R Y EDIT ENTRY DELE TE ENTRY DELE TE ALL CLOCK / A L ARM DA TE / TIME TIME FORMA T AL[...]

13 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on F reephone 0808 100 6556* or visit www .bt.com/produc thelp Answering machine base Skip Skip Del. Find Stop V ol. Answer On Off Play Stop Press to stop playback, page 31. Message indicator Shows the number of messages. If new messages have been received, the number of new messages will [...]

14 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on F reephone 0808 100 6556* or visit www .bt.com/produc thelp Out of range warning During a call, if you star t to move the handset out of range of the base, the ashes and you hear a beep in the earpiece ever y 3 seconds. Move closer to the base or you will lose the call. Call timer Af[...]

15 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on F reephone 0808 100 6556* or visit www .bt.com/produc thelp Impor tant Storing security code inf ormation in the phonebook may allow other people access to your personal details. Chain dialling Chain dialling is a convenient way of entering long sequences of numbers during a telephone c[...]

16 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on F reephone 0808 100 6556* or visit www .bt.com/produc thelp Answer a call handsfree When the phone rings: 1 . Press to answer the call then press again. The call is transf erred to the loudspeak er . Swit ch to handsfree during a call 1 . During a call: press to put the call on the loud[...]

17 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on F reephone 0808 100 6556* or visit www .bt.com/produc thelp Delete a number from the r edial list 1 . Press Calls Redial then scroll Calls Redial or Calls Redial to the entr y you want. 2 . Press Menu and scroll Calls Redial to DELETE EnTRy . 3 . Press Menu . Display shows DELETE? 4 . P[...]

18 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on F reephone 0808 100 6556* or visit www .bt.com/produc thelp Each name can be up to 12 charact ers long and each number up to 24 digits long. If you enter a name that already exists the display shows EnTRy ExIsTs for 2 seconds. T o enter a dialling pause Press and hold until P appears in[...]

19 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on F reephone 0808 100 6556* or visit www .bt.com/produc thelp Y ou can have up to 5 GAP compatible handsets registered t o your BT Graphite 2500 base, see page 38. Edit an entry in the phonebook 1 . Press Menu . PHOnE BOOK is displayed. Press Menu . nEW EnTRy is displayed. 2 . Scroll Call[...]

20 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on F reephone 0808 100 6556* or visit www .bt.com/produc thelp If there is an incoming call while you are on an internal call you will hear a beep in the handset earpiece (or via the speaker if using handsfree mode) to alert you. T o answer the incoming call press , the internal call will [...]

21 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on F reephone 0808 100 6556* or visit www .bt.com/produc thelp Settings Handset and base ringer volume Choose from 5 levels and Off . 1 . Press Menu , scroll Calls Redial to sETTInGs . 2 . Press Menu to display HAnDsET TOnE and press Menu or scroll to BAsE TOnEs and press Menu . 3 . Displa[...]

22 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on F reephone 0808 100 6556* or visit www .bt.com/produc thelp Default Handset name = HAnDsET Handset name Y ou can give your handset a name, up to 10 characters, eg. MICHAEL or KITCHEn . The name appears in the display . 1 . Press Menu , scroll Calls Redial to sETTInGs and press Menu . 2 [...]

23 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on F reephone 0808 100 6556* or visit www .bt.com/produc thelp The alarm clock melodies are diff erent from the handset and base ringer melodies. Default alarm clock melody = MELODy 1 Selec t alarm clock melody There ar e 3 melodies to choose from. 1 . Press Menu , scroll Calls Redial to C[...]

24 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on F reephone 0808 100 6556* or visit www .bt.com/produc thelp For this f eature t o work you must subscribe to a Caller Display Service from you network pr ovider . A quar t erly fee may be payable. For mor e information on Caller Display and BT’ s other Calling Feat ures, call B T on F[...]

25 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on F reephone 0808 100 6556* or visit www .bt.com/produc thelp View the Calls list 1 . Fr om standby , press Calls Redial to open the Calls list. 2 . Press Calls Redial or Calls Redial to scroll thr ough the list. 3 . If the name is displayed, press to display the number . Press again to s[...]

26 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on F reephone 0808 100 6556* or visit www .bt.com/produc thelp IMPORT ANT T o use BT Services and BT Calling Feat ures you must rst subscribe (if requir ed) to the relevant service from your network pr ovider . A fee may be payable. For mor e details on BT’ s Calling Feat ures, call B[...]

27 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on F reephone 0808 100 6556* or visit www .bt.com/produc thelp T o set up or edit your voicemail number 1 . Press Menu , scroll Calls Redial to BT sERvICEs and press Menu . 2 . Scroll Calls Redial to vOICE MAIL . Press Menu . 3 . Scroll Calls Redial to EDIT nUMBER . Press Menu . 4 . Enter [...]

28 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on F reephone 0808 100 6556* or visit www .bt.com/produc thelp Call W aiting With Call W aiting, during a call, if another caller is tr ying to reach you, you will hear a sof t beep every 5 seconds. If you have also subscribed to a Caller Display Ser vice, the caller’ s number (or name i[...]

29 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on F reephone 0808 100 6556* or visit www .bt.com/produc thelp Ring Back Off This feat ure allows you to cancel an aut omatic ring back request. 1 . Press Menu , scroll Calls Redial to BT sERvICEs and press Menu . 2 . Scroll Calls Redial to RInGBACK OFF and press Menu . 3 . CALL is display[...]

30 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on F reephone 0808 100 6556* or visit www .bt.com/produc thelp Y ou will need to set the 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 ser vice, the dat e and time is set auto[...]

31 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on F reephone 0808 100 6556* or visit www .bt.com/produc thelp Each message is played back with the day and time of the call announced. After the las t message you will hear “End of messages”. If there ar e no messages, you will hear , “Y ou have no messages” when you press Play . [...]

32 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on F reephone 0808 100 6556* or visit www .bt.com/produc thelp U sing the answering machine from the handset Set answer mode and switch on / off Y ou can set your answering machine on or off from the handset. When switching on, select Answer & recor d or Answer only mode. See below for[...]

33 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on F reephone 0808 100 6556* or visit www .bt.com/produc thelp Selec t male or f emale pre-recorded out going message voice 1 . Press Menu . Scroll Calls Redial to Ans MACHInE . Press Menu . 2 . Scroll Calls Redial to OUTGOInG MsG and press Menu . 3 . Scroll Calls Redial to OGM vOICE and p[...]

34 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on F reephone 0808 100 6556* or visit www .bt.com/produc thelp Only played messages will be deleted. Message playback 1 . Press Menu , scroll Calls Redial to Ans MACHInE . Press Menu . 2 . PLAy is displayed. Press Menu to play your messages. Messages are played on the handset loudspeak er [...]

35 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on F reephone 0808 100 6556* or visit www .bt.com/produc thelp Answer Settings Ring delay & Time sa ver 1 . Press Menu , scroll Calls Redial to Ans MACHInE . Press Menu . 2 . Scroll Calls Redial to sETTInGs and press Menu . 3 . RInG DELAy is displayed. Press Menu . 4 . Scroll Calls Red[...]

36 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on F reephone 0808 100 6556* or visit www .bt.com/produc thelp The default setting is off . R emote access When switched on, you can call in from another phone t o listen to your messages and operat e your answering machine. R emote access on / off Y ou can switch remote access on or off .[...]

37 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on F reephone 0808 100 6556* or visit www .bt.com/produc thelp Y ou can now use the keypad to oper ate your answering machine. Follow the announcements and instructions you hear: Play all messages Play new messages Skip back during messages Delete during messages Skip forward during messag[...]

38 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on F reephone 0808 100 6556* or visit www .bt.com/produc thelp Handsets that were supplied with your BT Gr aphite 2500 base are already r egistered to it as HAnDsET 1 , HAnDsET 2 etc. Each additional handset you buy must be registered with the base. IMPORT ANT Befor e registration, mak e s[...]

39 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on F reephone 0808 100 6556* or visit www .bt.com/produc thelp Default settings H/S Ringer V olume LEVEL 4 H/S Ringer Melody MEL ODY 1 B/S Ringer V olume LEVEL 5 B/S Ringer Melody MEL ODY 1 H/S Earpiece V olume VOLUME 3 H/S Speaker V olume VOLUME 3 H/S Key Beep ON Auto Answer ON Handset Na[...]

40 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on F reephone 0808 100 6556* or visit www .bt.com/produc thelp Help Phone does not work • Have you activated the batteries corr ectly? See page 7. • Check that the mains power is correctly connected. No dial tone • Is the telephone cord of the base plugged int o the phone socket? •[...]

41 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on F reephone 0808 100 6556* or visit www .bt.com/produc thelp icon ashes • Is the handset register ed correctly to the base, see page 38. • Check that the mains power is correctly connected. • Check that the handset is within range of the base. • The batteries are low , place t[...]

42 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on F reephone 0808 100 6556* or visit www .bt.com/produc thelp Base unit does not ring, but the lights are on • Have you connected the telephone line corr ectly? • Is the base ringer set to off ? • Y ou may have a faulty line or socket. T r y using another sock et or line. Call B T o[...]

43 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on F reephone 0808 100 6556* or visit www .bt.com/produc thelp Gener al inf ormation IMPOR T ANT This equipment is not designed for making emer gency telephone calls when the power fails. Alternative arr angements should be made for access to emer gency ser vices. This product is intended [...]

44 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on F reephone 0808 100 6556* or visit www .bt.com/produc thelp • If the keylock is swit ched on, it is still possible to make calls to the emer gency numbers (999/112/9999/9112). • Radio signal transmitt ed between the handset and base may cause inter f erence to hearing aids. • It i[...]

45 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on F reephone 0808 100 6556* or visit www .bt.com/produc thelp Pr oduct disposal instructions The symbol shown here and on the pr oduct means that the product is classed as Electrical or Electronic E quipment and should not be disposed with other household or commercial waste at the end of[...]

46 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on F reephone 0808 100 6556* or visit www .bt.com/produc thelp Within the 12 month guar antee period: If you experience difculty using the product, prior to r eturning your pr oduct, please read the Help section beginning on page 40 or contact the B T Graphite Helpdesk f or assistance o[...]

47 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on F reephone 0808 100 6556* or visit www .bt.com/produc thelp R& TTE This product is intended f or use within the UK for connection to the public telephone network and compatible switchboards. This equipment complies with the essential requir ements for the Radio E quipment and T elec[...]

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