BT 5500 manual

Us er Guide     [...]

• Display with blue backlight. • 250 Name and number phonebook. • Copy phonebook entries between other handsets or your mobile phone SIM card. • Answering machine with up to 12 minutes digital recor ding time. • Send and receive text messages. 1 • Caller Display shows you who’ s calling and see details of the last 30 callers in a Call[...]

  • BT S ynergy 5500 base • BT S ynergy 5500 handset • 2 x AAA NiMH rechar geable batteries • Mains power adaptor for the base (item code 040497) • T elephone line cor d    ?[...]

If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on  or email  4   Location .......................................................................... 7 Setting up ................[...]

5 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on  or email   Add a new event ............................................................ 32 Switch off agenda ring ......................................[...]

6 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on  or email  In this guide   [...]

If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on  or email  7  Do not place your BT S ynergy in the bathr oom or other humid areas.  The BT S ynergy has a r ange [...]

8 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on  or email  Getting star ted  If the icon ashes in the external display you will need to recharge the handset be[...]

9 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on  or email  Getting star ted 2. Activate the batt eries as described previously above. 3. Place the handset on the char ger to charge f or at least 24 hours. When the hands[...]

If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on  or email  10   In standby , press to open and scr oll through the Redial list, page 18. In talk m[...]

11 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on  or email  MENU NAMES SYNERGY 1   Getting to know your phone  Displa[...]

12 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on  or email  Getting to know your phone     Increase or decrease speak er volume during play back.  [...]

13 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on  or email  Getting to know your phone  Press to select the option displayed on the screen. MENU NAMES If no buttons are pressed [...]

14 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on  or email  Getting to know your phone  WRITE MESSAGE INBO X DRAFTS OUTBO X TEMPLA TES DELETE MESSAGES TEXT SETTINGS [...]

15 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on  or email  Getting to know your phone    DA TE & TIME ALARM TIME FORMA T  SET HANDSET RINGT ONE RINGER [...]

If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on  or email  16 When you make a call, the green In U se light on the base ashes.  Y our handset will automatically time the duration of all ex[...]

17 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on  or email  Using the phone  During a call, you can use the secrecy function to talk to someone nearby without your caller hearing. [...]

18 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on  or email  Using the phone  Y ou can lock the keypad so that it cannot be used accidentally while carrying it around. Y ou will be able t[...]

19 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on  or email  Using the phone Y ou can store up to 250 names and numbers in the phonebook. Names can be up to 12 characters long and numbers up to 24 digits. Y ou can also s[...]

20 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on  or email  Using the phone  Press Or Press names . searcH is highlighted. Pr ess select . The list of entri[...]

21 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on  or email  Using the phone When you have more than one handset registered to your B T Synergy 5500 base, you can copy entries between handsets. ?[...]

22 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on  or email  Using the phone While SIM copying is taking place do not replace the handset on the base as this will stop the transfer . However , if an incoming call is rece[...]

23 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on  or email  Using the phone  The Dialling Codes function automatically converts SIM entries beginning with international dialling codes to th[...]

If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on  or email  24 Y ou can set differ ent ringtones for external calls and internal calls. Select from 20 handset ringtones. Y ou will hear a sample ring for each one you highli[...]

25 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on  or email  Handset settings If you are using more than one handset with your BT S ynergy base, you can give each handset a personalised name to easily distinguish between[...]

26 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on  or email  Handset settings  1. Pr ess menU , scroll to settings and press select . 2. set HanDset is highlighted. Pr ess select . 3. Scr oll t[...]

If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on  or email  27 Select from 5 base ringtones. Y ou will hear a sample ring for each one you highlight (if the ringer is not switched off). [...]

28 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on  or email  Base settings When you have more than one handset registered to your base, you can set one handset to ring befor e the other handsets. This allows one handset [...]

29 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on  or email  Base settings If you have subscribed to your network’ s Caller Display service, your BT Syner gy does not ring until the caller information has been received[...]

If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on  or email  30 Y ou can set the time to either 12 or 24 hour format, see page 31.  If you subscribe to your network’ s caller display ser v[...]

31 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on  or email  Clock & alarm Set the time format to 12 or 24 hour setting.  Set the time format to 12 or 24 hour setting. 1. Pr ess menU [...]

If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on  or email  32 Use your B T Syner gy to remind you of details of up to ve events such as birthdays, anniversaries or appointments. The entry can be up to 24 characters lon[...]

33 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on  or email  Agenda  1. Pr ess menU , scroll to agenDa and press select . 2. S tored events ar e displayed. If requ[...]

34 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on  or email  Agenda  1. Pr ess menU , scroll to agenDa and press select . 2. S tored [...]

If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on  or email  35   T o use Caller Display you must rst subscribe to the service from your network provider . A quarterly fee may be payable. For m[...]

36 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on  or email  New calls in the calls list have a large dot next to them to indicate that they haven ’t been viewed yet. Calls list See ‘Entering names’ and ‘W riting[...]

37 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on  or email  Calls list 3. Scr oll to senD message . Press select . 4. W rite the message then press oPtions . 5. senD is highlighted. Then pr ess select . (Y ou can save, [...]

If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on  or email  38 Y ou must subscribe to your network’ s Caller Display service for Call W aiting to work. A quarterly fee may be payable. See page 40 for instructions on how [...]

If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on  or email  39   T o use BT Services and BT Calling F eatures you must rst subscribe (if required) to the relevant service from your network pro[...]

40 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on  or email  BT Services Call W aiting lets you know if another person is trying to contact you while you are on a call. If a second caller rings you will hear a beep in th[...]

41 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on  or email  BT Services  1. Pr ess menU then scroll to network services and press select . 2. Scr oll to the entr [...]

If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on  or email  42 Y our BT S ynergy can digitally record up to 12 minutes of messages or up to 59 messages. Each message can last up to a maximum of 3 minutes. As well as record[...]

43 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on  or email   The pre-set Answer and Recor d outgoing message, that allows your caller to leave a message, is “Hello, y[...]

44 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on  or email  Choose which outgoing message you want played to callers. Answering machine ?[...]

45 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on  or email  Answering machine R ecord a memo 1. Pr ess menU , scroll to answer macHine and press select . 2. Scr oll to recorD memo and press select . 3. The display shows[...]

46 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on  or email  Answering machine to pause and resume playback. to stop playback adjust the speaker volume or during playback At the end of playback pr ess and hold to delete [...]

47 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on  or email  Answering machine R emote access Y ou can operate your answering machine fr om any T ouchtone™ phone by calling your BT S ynergy 5500 and entering a 4 digit [...]

48 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on  or email   When you ring in to access your messages remotely , if your answering machine is set to time saver and you have new messages it [...]

If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on  or email  49   Y ou must subscribe to your Network Provider’ s Caller Display service so that you can use text messaging and you must not withh[...]

50 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on  or email    ?[...]

51 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on  or email  T ext messaging   There are thr ee pre-set templates Please call I’ll be there at What time will you be home? Y ou can edit the te[...]

52 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on  or email  T ext messaging Use nUmBer T o call the sender , press select . The display shows call . Press select to call the sender OR to save the number , scroll to save[...]

53 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on  or email   There are thr ee pre-set templates Please call I’ll be there at What time will you be home? Y ou can change the te[...]

54 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on  or email  Selecting all messages will delete all messages stored in your Inbox, Outbo x and Drafts box. T ext messaging  1. Pre[...]

55 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on  or email  When you receive a text message, the message alert tone will sound. These beeps can be switched on or off . T ext messaging ?[...]

If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on  or email  56 Default PIN code = 0000 If registration is not successful rst time, please repeat the process again incase the base registration period r an out of time. If[...]

57 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on  or email  Using additional handsets Use one handset to de-r egister another . Y ou cannot de-register the handset you are using. Default PIN code = 0000 ?[...]

58 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on  or email  Using additional handsets  When an internal call is received, the display shows Interna[...]

If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on  or email  59  • Have you ins talled the batteries correctly? • Check that the mains power is correctly connecte[...]

60 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on  or email  Help  • The batteries may be at, dead or incorrectly inser ted. R echarge or replace the batt eries. ?[...]

61 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on  or email  Help   • Have you subscribed to a Caller[...]

62 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on  or email  Help Possible pr oblems with text messaging Y ou must subscribe to your network provider’ s Caller Display ser vice for text messaging to work and you must n[...]

63 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on  or email  Help   ?[...]

64 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on  or email  Help 3. Use the keypad to type in the f ollowing commands (depending upon what you want to do): Opt out from r eceiving voice text messages. T urns off the opt[...]

If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on  or email  65 I M P O R TA N T This equipment is not designed for making emergency telephone call when the power fails. Alternative arrangements should be made f or access t[...]

66 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on  or email  General inf ormation Produc t dispo sal ins truc tions The symbol shown here and on the product means that the product is classed as Electrical or Electronic E[...]

67 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on  or email  General inf ormation    If the Helpline is unable to remedy your problem they will ask you to re[...]

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