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    Us er Guide BT St udi o 4 5 0 0 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 addresses that ar e ref erenced. Simply hover the cursor over the page number , website or email ref erence and click when the hand icon changes to the [...]

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    2 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on F reephone 0800 218 2182* or email bt.helpdesk@ v techeur ope.com Got ever y thing? • B T St udio 4500 handset • B T St udio 4500 answering machine base • 2 x NiMH AAA 500mAh rechar geable batteries (already tted) • Batter y compartment cover (already tted) • Mains power [...]

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    3 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on F reephone 0800 218 2182* or email bt.helpdesk@ v techeur ope.com In this guide Getting star ted Location 5 Setting up 5 Set the time format: 24 or 12hr 6 Set the date and time 7 Setting up the charger 8 Getting to know your phone Handset 9 Handset display icons 10 Base 11 Navigating the[...]

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    4 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on F reephone 0800 218 2182* or email bt.helpdesk@ v techeur ope.com Base settings Base ringer melody 27 Base ringer volume 27 Change PIN code 28 Delete handset 28 Caller Display and the Call list Call list 29 View/dial a number 29 T o copy a Call list number to the phonebook 29 View Call d[...]

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    5 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on F reephone 0800 218 2182* or email bt.helpdesk@ v techeur ope.com W arning Do not place your BT S tudio 4500 in the bathroom or other humid ar eas. Handset range The BT S tudio 4500 has a range of 300 metres outdoors when ther e is a clear line of sight between the base and the handset. [...]

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    6 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on F reephone 0800 218 2182* or email bt.helpdesk@ v techeur ope.com Battery low warning If the symbol is ashing, you will need to rechar ge your handset befor e using it. If the battery icon is ashing and scrolling digits the battery is ver y low and you will need t o charge it for 2[...]

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    7 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on F reephone 0800 218 2182* or email bt.helpdesk@ v techeur ope.com Set the date and time 1 . Pr ess the button to open the main menu. 2 . Pr ess or until the display shows hS SeTTingS and press the sof t k ey . DaTe & TiMe is displayed, press the sof t k ey again. 3 . Pr ess or until [...]

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    8 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on F reephone 0800 218 2182* or email bt.helpdesk@ v techeur ope.com B T St udio 4500 multiple pack owners only Location Y ou need to place your BT S tudio 4500 char ger close enough to a mains power socket so that the cable will r each. Setting up the charger 1 . Plug the power adapt or ca[...]

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    9 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on F reephone 0800 218 2182* or email bt.helpdesk@ v techeur ope.com Getting to know your phone Handset Lef t soft key/Menu Use with icons displayed above the key . Press t o open the menu, page 12. Press t o select menu options. Up/R edial list Press t o display the Redial list, page 16 an[...]

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    10 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on F reephone 0800 218 2182* or email bt.helpdesk@ v techeur ope.com Handset display icons These are the symbols you will see on your handset’ s display . Battery Batter y full Batter y 2/3 full Batter y 1/3 full Low batter y , needs charging Handset Steady – handset in use Flashing ?[...]

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    11 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on F reephone 0800 218 2182* or email bt.helpdesk@ v techeur ope.com Base Find Press t o page/ locate a handset. Delete Delete messages during playback. Press and hold to delete all old messages. St op St op message during playback. Ans. on/ off Swit ch answering machine on/off . Skip Repe[...]

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    12 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on F reephone 0800 218 2182* or email bt.helpdesk@ v techeur ope.com Navigating the menus Y our BT S tudio 4500 handset f eatures an easy t o use menu system. Have a look at the menu map on the next page. When the handset is switched on and in standby: 1 . Pr ess the button to open the mai[...]

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    13 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on F reephone 0800 218 2182* or email bt.helpdesk@ v techeur ope.com Menu map AN S MACHI NE PL AY ME SS AGE DE LE TE A LL MEMO AN S ON/OF F AN S SE T TIN GS C AL L LIS T * D E TA IL S S TORE N UMBE R DELETE DE LE TE A LL PHONEBOOK* ADD VIE W EDIT DELETE DEL E TE AL L C AP ACIT Y BS S ET T [...]

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    14 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on F reephone 0800 218 2182* or email bt.helpdesk@ v techeur ope.com Default Y ou can reset your BT S tudio 4500 back to the default settings. This will not delete your phonebook entries. T o delete your phonebook, see page 22 “Delete all phonebook entries”. 1 . Pr ess the button to op[...]

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    15 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on F reephone 0800 218 2182* or email bt.helpdesk@ v techeur ope.com Call timer Y our handset automatically displays the duration of every external call. The call time will remain on the display until 5 seconds after the call has ended. Press Right soft key to delete an incorrect digit whe[...]

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    16 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on F reephone 0800 218 2182* or email bt.helpdesk@ v techeur ope.com Earpiece volume Adjust the volume during a call: T o increase the volume, pr ess . T o decrease the volume, pr ess . The rst press will show the current volume level, subsequent presses will adjust the level from 1-5. [...]

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    17 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on F reephone 0800 218 2182* or email bt.helpdesk@ v techeur ope.com T o delete a number from the redial list 1 . Press to display the Redial list. 2 . Pr ess or to display the number to be deleted and press Left sof t k ey . 3 . Pr ess or to display DeleTe and press Left sof t k ey to sel[...]

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    18 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on F reephone 0800 218 2182* or email bt.helpdesk@ v techeur ope.com Page the handset(s) Y ou can aler t handset users that they are wanted or locate a missing handset. 1 . Pr ess on the base. The handset(s) will beep and display Paging . 2 . Pr ess on the base again or press any button on[...]

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    19 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on F reephone 0800 218 2182* or email bt.helpdesk@ v techeur ope.com 3-W ay conf erence calls If you are using a B T Studio 4500 multi-pack, you can hold a 3-way confer ence call with an external caller and another internal handset. 1 . During an external call, pr ess and the display will [...]

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    20 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on F reephone 0800 218 2182* or email bt.helpdesk@ v techeur ope.com If there ar e no stored entries, liST eMPTY will be displayed. If you tr y t o store a new entry and the phonebook is full, you will hear an error tone and PB FUll will be displayed. If the number you store has more than [...]

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    21 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on F reephone 0800 218 2182* or email bt.helpdesk@ v techeur ope.com See page 20 for help with entering names. Dial/view a number 1 . Pr ess to open the phonebook. The rst entr y is displayed. 2 . Pr ess or to scroll thr ough the phonebook to the entr y you want. Or , sear ch alphabetic[...]

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    22 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on F reephone 0800 218 2182* or email bt.helpdesk@ v techeur ope.com Delete a phonebook entry 1 . Pr ess to open the phonebook. The rst entr y is displayed. 2 . Pr ess or to scroll thr ough the phonebook to the entr y you want. 3 . Pr ess Left sof t key then or to display DeleTe and pre[...]

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    23 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on F reephone 0800 218 2182* or email bt.helpdesk@ v techeur ope.com Y ou can also turn the handset ringer off by pressing and holding the button. Handset settings Handset ringer melody There ar e 5 differ ent ringer melodies to choose fr om for both internal and external calls. 1 . Pr ess[...]

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    24 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on F reephone 0800 218 2182* or email bt.helpdesk@ v techeur ope.com Handset tones on/ off Y our BT S tudio 4500 has a series of tones designed to alert you to cer tain sit uations. A tone will sound: when the battery is low; when you move out of range of the base and ther e is no cover ag[...]

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    25 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on F reephone 0800 218 2182* or email bt.helpdesk@ v techeur ope.com Use any k ey to disable the alarm when it is activated. Display Y ou can choose to display the handset name or the time in the standby screen. 1 . Pr ess the button to open the main menu. 2 . Pr ess or until the display s[...]

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    26 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on F reephone 0800 218 2182* or email bt.helpdesk@ v techeur ope.com The default setting is Auto answer ON. The alarm setting is is for a single event, so once the alarm ringer has been deactivated the alarm time will need to be set again if requir ed. Auto answer If auto answer is on (set[...]

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    27 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on F reephone 0800 218 2182* or email bt.helpdesk@ v techeur ope.com Base settings Base ringer melody There ar e 5 differ ent ringer melodies to choose fr om. 1 . Pr ess the button to open the main menu. 2 . Pr ess or until the display shows BS SeTTingS and press . 3 . BaSe ringer is displ[...]

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    28 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on F reephone 0800 218 2182* or email bt.helpdesk@ v techeur ope.com Y ou cannot delete the handset you are using to carry out this action. Default PIN is 0000. Change PIN code Y our System PIN can help pr event unauthorised users from changing the settings on your phone. 1 . Pr ess the bu[...]

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    29 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on F reephone 0800 218 2182* or email bt.helpdesk@ v techeur ope.com IMPORT ANT T o use Caller Display you mus t rst subscribe to your network provider’ s Caller Display ser vice. A quarterly fee may be payable. For mor e information on BT Calling F eatures, call BT fr ee on 0800 800 [...]

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    30 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on F reephone 0800 218 2182* or email bt.helpdesk@ v techeur ope.com View Call details 1 . Pr ess to display the Call list, then press or to scroll to the entry you want and press to select. 2 . DeTailS is displayed press to select. 3 . The dat e and time details of the call will be displa[...]

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    31 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on F reephone 0800 218 2182* or email bt.helpdesk@ v techeur ope.com If you have not already set the date and time, you will need to do this so that you will know when each message was received, see pages 6-7. Answering machine Y our BT S tudio 4500 can digitally recor d up to 12 minutes o[...]

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    32 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on F reephone 0800 218 2182* or email bt.helpdesk@ v techeur ope.com Call screening Via the base: Y ou can lis ten t o a caller leaving a message via the base speaker . Once they star t leaving a message if you decide you want to speak to the caller simply pick up the handset and answer th[...]

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    33 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on F reephone 0800 218 2182* or email bt.helpdesk@ v techeur ope.com Answer and R ecord This allows your caller to leave a message f or you. The pre-r ecorded message is “Hello, your call cannot be tak en at the moment, so please leave your message af t er the tone.” Answer Only This d[...]

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    34 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on F reephone 0800 218 2182* or email bt.helpdesk@ v techeur ope.com 5 . Pr ess or to recOrD MSg and press to recor d your message. The voice prompt played thr ough the earpiece will tell you when to star t your message. 6 . The display shows recOrDing , press when you have nished speak[...]

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    35 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on F reephone 0800 218 2182* or email bt.helpdesk@ v techeur ope.com Message playback When you have new messages stored on your B T Studio 4500 answering machine the icon will ash in the display and the screeen will show X neW MSgS . Playing messages via the handset 1 . Press the button[...]

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    36 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on F reephone 0800 218 2182* or email bt.helpdesk@ v techeur ope.com T o record a memo Y ou can record a memo on the answer machine f or another member of your household. 1 . Press the button, the display shows anS Machine , pr ess . 2 . Scr oll or to MeMO and press . 3 . A voice pr ompt p[...]

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    37 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on F reephone 0800 218 2182* or email bt.helpdesk@ v techeur ope.com Answer delay Answer delay sets the number of times your B T St udio 4500 will ring befor e the answering machine picks up your call. The default setting is 6 rings. Y ou can change this setting from between 2-9 rings or t[...]

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    38 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on F reephone 0800 218 2182* or email bt.helpdesk@ v techeur ope.com Change remote access security PIN code 1 . Press the button, the display shows anS Machine , pr ess . 2 . Pr ess or until anS SeTTingS is displayed and press to select. 3 . Pr ess or to display change Pin and press . 4 . [...]

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    39 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on F reephone 0800 218 2182* or email bt.helpdesk@ v techeur ope.com R emote access commands When you have accessed your answering machine, you can operat e it using the keypad numbers on the phone you ar e using. The commands are: Play remote access menu Play/St op all messages Repeat/Ski[...]

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    40 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on F reephone 0800 218 2182* or email bt.helpdesk@ v techeur ope.com 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 provider . A quarterly fee may be payable. For mor e details on BT’ s Calling Fe[...]

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    41 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on F reephone 0800 218 2182* or email bt.helpdesk@ v techeur ope.com Y ou can also scroll through the menu to eDiT , and edit any stored names or numbers. Call Diver t off / check 1 . Pr ess the button and scroll to BT SerViceS , press . 2 . Scr oll to either DiVerT OFF or DiVerT checK . 3[...]

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    42 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on F reephone 0800 218 2182* or email bt.helpdesk@ v techeur ope.com If registration is not successful rst time, please repeat the pr ocess again in case the base registration period ran out of time. If there ar e already 5 handsets registered t o the base, the registration will fail. Y[...]

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    43 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on F reephone 0800 218 2182* or email bt.helpdesk@ v techeur ope.com Help If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on 0800 218 2182* or email bt.helpdesk@v techeur ope.com. Additional answers to F requently Ask ed Questions can be found by visiting www .bt.com/producthelp H[...]

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    44 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on F reephone 0800 218 2182* or email bt.helpdesk@ v techeur ope.com Y our caller cannot hear you • Check to see if the display says SecrecY On . If so, the secrecy f eature is switched on. Press the right soft key to speak to your caller again. Incoming caller’ s number is not displa [...]

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    45 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on F reephone 0800 218 2182* or email bt.helpdesk@ v techeur ope.com Gener al inf ormation IMPOR T ANT The B T St udio 4500 cordless telephone is not designed f or making emergency telephone calls when the power fails. This product is intended f or connection to analogue public switched te[...]

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    46 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on F reephone 0800 218 2182* or email bt.helpdesk@ v techeur ope.com Environmental Do not expose to direct sunlight. The B T St udio 4500 handset may become warm when the batteries are being r echarged. This is normal. W e recommend that you do not place the product on antique/veneer ed wo[...]

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    47 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on F reephone 0800 218 2182* or email bt.helpdesk@ v techeur ope.com Connecting to a switchboar d Swit chboard compatibility This telephone may be connected to most types of switchboar d, however in the event of any difculties, consult your switchboard Service Provider . R ecall (R) Rec[...]

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    48 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on F reephone 0800 218 2182* or email bt.helpdesk@ v techeur ope.com Within the 12 month guar antee period: If you experience difculty using the product, prior to r eturning your product, please read the Help section beginning on page 43 or contact the B T St udio Helpdesk for assistanc[...]

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    49 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on F reephone 0800 218 2182* or email bt.helpdesk@ v techeur ope.com T echnical information How many telephones can you have? All items of equipment have a Ringer Equivalence Number (REN) which is used t o calculate the number of items that may be connected to any one t elephone line. The [...]

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    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 provided subject to British T elecommunications plc’s respective standard conditions of contract. Nothing in this publication f orms any part of any contract. © British T elecommunications p[...]