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BT BIG Button phone manual

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    Use r fr i e n dl y Gu id e BIG Button phone[...]

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    1 2 3 45 6 7 8 9 0 Quickdial 14 71 Redial S (secrecy) button Held down, this button allows you to speak to someone in the same room without the person on the other end of the line hearing your conversation. 2 At a gl a nc e R (recall) button Recall button for use with some BT Select Ser vices and switchboards. Memory label For making a note of name[...]

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    3 I nt r oduct i o n Y ou r BIG Bu tt o n p ho ne is de si g ne d f o r e a s e o f us e a nd m a de t o t h e h i g h st a nda r ds s et b y BT W e thank you for making the right choice and expect that your phone will give you many years of quality ser vice. Please read the instr uctions carefully before use, and keep this User Guide for future re[...]

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    4 I n s ta l li ng y o u r BIG Bu tt o n p h o n e The emergency ser vices can be contacted in the UK by dialling 999. Y ou may also dial 112, which is valid in any countr y that is a member of the European Community . Y ou may not be able to make an emergency call in cer tain situations: • If the telephone line is disconnected. • If there is a[...]

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    5 Plan wher e you will put your BIG Button phone It should be within two metres of a phone socket. Do not stand it on carpets or other similar sur faces that generate fibres as this may r educe the ringing sound and clog inside mechanisms. Y our BIG Button phone can be positioned in three alter native ways: Flat on a table sur face. Raised position[...]

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    6 Ringer volume Switch found on base of phone. Set the volume of the ringer to Either High, Low or Of f. Ringer tone select Switch found on base of phone. This switch allows you to select the pitch requir ed for the ringer . R1: For a low pitched tone. R2 : For a medium pitched tone. R3: For a high pitched tone. Installing[...]

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    7 Usi n g t h e Am pl ify b utt on w i l l in c re a s e th e vo lum e of al l s o u n ds t hat e nt er t h e mic rop hon e, so i f you ca n, r educ e a n y b ac kg r o u nd n o is e wh e ne v e r y o u us e thi s fe a ture. Y our BIG Button phone is now ready for use Amplify selection Switch found on base of phone. Choose between either incoming o[...]

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    8 Us i n g y o u r BIG Bu tt o n p h o n e T o make a call Lift the handset and listen for a dialling tone. Dial the number you requir e. T o end the call, replace the handset. 1 2 T o r eceive a call When the phone rings pick up the handset and speak. 1 2 T o r edial the last number dialled Lift the handset. Press the REDIAL button. The phone will[...]

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    9 Y our BIG Button phone has three ‘one-touch’ memor y buttons. These allow you to store three numbers that may be dialled at the touch of a button. These should be your most commonly used numbers. Y ou can stor e a phone number under each of these buttons and dial the number by pressing just the one button; so there is no need to dial the digi[...]

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    10 Lift the handset. Press the ‘one-touch’ memor y button under which the phone number is stored. The phone number is dialled automatically . Each memor y location can store a maximum of 21 digits (numbers). Y ou can write the name of the person with which you wish to associate the number on the label provided or per haps inser t a small photo.[...]

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    11 Lift the handset. Press the QUICKDIAL button. Quickdial 6 Enter the number you want to store. Press the STORE button. The phone number is now stored. Please r eplace the handset. Repeat these steps for any other numbers you want to store, using a dif fer ent 0-9 location for each one. Stored numbers can include Select Ser vices using the ✱ and[...]

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    12 Press the 0-9 location under which the number you requir e is stored. The phone number is dialled automatically . 0...9 Y o u m a y h ea r t h e t e le p ho ne exc h a n g e s a y ‘ Pl e a s e ha n g u p a n d t r y aga i n ’ . Th is m es s ag e d o e s NOT ne c e s s a r i l y m e a n y o u r st or i n g o f nu mb ers h as f a il ed. T o ch[...]

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    13 T o use your Amplify button Press the Amplify button to tur n amplification on. Amplify – and + allows you to select an appropriate setting between nor mal and maximum. There ar e a total of four settings. The standard setting is for the amplify to be of f. The setting last used on Amplify will restor e each time you tur n amplify on. T o incr[...]

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    14 W al l- m o u nt i n g Y our BIG Button phone can be wall-mounted using the screws and wall plugs provided. Use the plinth of the BIG Button phone as your wall-mounting template to pencil on the wall a guide for the drill holes. Before you wall-mount your BIG Button phone, check that: • the wall can suppor t the weight of the phone; • the po[...]

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    Feed the phone line through the bottom of the wall mounted plinth to allow the cable to rest flat against the wall. 15 Rotate the handset hook 180°, so that you can hang up the handset when the phone is wall- mounted. Hang the holes on the back of the phone over the screwheads and gently pull the phone downward to make sur e it is securely in plac[...]

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    16 T ec h ni ca l i n for ma t i o n All items of telephone equipment have a Ringer Equivalence Number (REN), which is used to calculate the number of items that may be connected to any one telephone line. Y our BIG Button phone has a REN of 1.5. A total REN of 4 is allowed from a single telephone line. If the total REN of 4 is exceeded, the teleph[...]

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    17 The goods have not been tampered with or repair ed by anyone other than BT , its staf f or agents. If a fault does occur in this product, and you bought the unit yourself, provided that you r etur n it to the place of purchase and produce your r eceipt, it will either be repair ed or replaced fr ee of charge. The ter ms and conditions of this gu[...]

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    Index 18 Index Amplify 7,13 Dialling, one-touch 10 Dialling, Quickdial 11 Ear th Recall 7 Emergency numbers 4 Guarantee 17 Labels,Quickdial 11,19 Make a call 8 Memor y , Quickdial 10 Memor y ,changing 12 Memor y ,one-touch 9 Quickdial 10,11 R button 12 Receive a call 8 Redial 8 REN 16 Ringer tone 6 Storing numbers 9,10 Switchboards 16 T elephone so[...]

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    19 Quickdial[...]

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    20 Quickdial[...]

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    Off ic es i n Eu ro p e , N or t h Am eric a , J a pa n a nd Asia Pa cif i c . The Telecommunications ser vices described in this publication are subject to availability and may be modified from time to time. Ser vices and equipment are provided subject to British Telecommunications plc’s respective standard conditions of contract. Nothing in thi[...]