BT BT STUDIO 4500 manual

Us e r G uide BT St ud io 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 th[...]

2 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on F reephone 0800 218 2182* or email bt.helpdesk@ v techeurope.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 tt ed) • Batter y compar tment cover (already tt ed) • Mains powe[...]

3 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on F reephone 0800 218 2182* or email bt.helpdesk@ v techeurope.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 [...]

4 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on F reephone 0800 218 2182* or email bt.helpdesk@ v techeurope.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 de[...]

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

6 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on F reephone 0800 218 2182* or email bt.helpdesk@ v techeurope.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 to charge it for 24 [...]

7 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on F reephone 0800 218 2182* or email bt.helpdesk@ v techeurope.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 key . DaTe & TiMe is displayed, pr ess the sof t key again. 3 . Pr ess or until th[...]

8 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on F reephone 0800 218 2182* or email bt.helpdesk@ v techeurope.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 cab[...]

9 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on F reephone 0800 218 2182* or email bt.helpdesk@ v techeurope.com Getting to know your phone Handset Lef t sof t key/Menu U se with icons displayed above the k ey . 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 [...]

10 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on F reephone 0800 218 2182* or email bt.helpdesk@ v techeurope.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 St eady – handset in use Flashing ?[...]

11 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on F reephone 0800 218 2182* or email bt.helpdesk@ v techeurope.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 S top message during playback. Ans. on/ off Swit ch answering machine on/off . Skip R epe[...]

12 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on F reephone 0800 218 2182* or email bt.helpdesk@ v techeurope.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 . Press the button to open the main [...]

13 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on F reephone 0800 218 2182* or email bt.helpdesk@ v techeurope.com Menu map AN S M ACH INE PL AY ME S S AG E DE L E T E A L L MEMO AN S ON /OF F AN S SE T T IN G S C A L L L IS T * D E TA I L S S TO RE N UM BE R DELETE DE L E T E A L L PHONEBOOK* ADD VIE W EDIT DELETE DEL E T E AL L C AP [...]

14 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on F reephone 0800 218 2182* or email bt.helpdesk@ v techeurope.com Default Y ou can reset your B T St udio 4500 back to the default settings. This will not delete your phonebook entries. T o delete your phonebook, see page 22 “Delet e all phonebook entries”. 1 . Press the button to op[...]

15 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on F reephone 0800 218 2182* or email bt.helpdesk@ v techeurope.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 af ter the call has ended. Press Right soft key to delete an incorrect digit whe[...]

16 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on F reephone 0800 218 2182* or email bt.helpdesk@ v techeurope.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. S[...]

17 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on F reephone 0800 218 2182* or email bt.helpdesk@ v techeurope.com T o delete a number from the redial list 1 . Press to display the R edial list. 2 . Press or to display the number to be deleted and press Left sof t key . 3 . Press or to display DeleTe and press Left sof t key to select [...]

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

19 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on F reephone 0800 218 2182* or email bt.helpdesk@ v techeurope.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 ex ternal call, pr ess and the display will [...]

20 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on F reephone 0800 218 2182* or email bt.helpdesk@ v techeurope.com If there ar e no stored entries, liST eMPTY will be displayed. If you tr y to 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 mor e than 1[...]

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

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

23 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on F reephone 0800 218 2182* or email bt.helpdesk@ v techeurope.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 . Press t[...]

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

25 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on F reephone 0800 218 2182* or email bt.helpdesk@ v techeurope.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 . Press the button to open the main menu. 2 . Press or until the display show[...]

26 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on F reephone 0800 218 2182* or email bt.helpdesk@ v techeurope.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 [...]

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

28 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on F reephone 0800 218 2182* or email bt.helpdesk@ v techeurope.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 . Press the butt[...]

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

30 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on F reephone 0800 218 2182* or email bt.helpdesk@ v techeurope.com View Call details 1 . Press to display the Call list, then press or to scroll t o the entr y you want and press to select. 2 . DeTailS is displayed press to select. 3 . The date and time details of the call will be display[...]

31 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on F reephone 0800 218 2182* or email bt.helpdesk@ v techeurope.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 r ecord up to 12 minutes of[...]

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

33 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on F reephone 0800 218 2182* or email bt.helpdesk@ v techeurope.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 ter the tone.” Answer Only This doe[...]

34 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on F reephone 0800 218 2182* or email bt.helpdesk@ v techeurope.com 5 . Press 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 speakin[...]

35 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on F reephone 0800 218 2182* or email bt.helpdesk@ v techeurope.com Message playback When you have new messages stored on your B T S tudio 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[...]

36 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on F reephone 0800 218 2182* or email bt.helpdesk@ v techeurope.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 . Scroll or to MeMO and press . 3 . A voice prompt play[...]

37 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on F reephone 0800 218 2182* or email bt.helpdesk@ v techeurope.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 to[...]

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

39 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on F reephone 0800 218 2182* or email bt.helpdesk@ v techeurope.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 remot e access menu Play/St op all messages Repeat/Ski[...]

40 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on F reephone 0800 218 2182* or email bt.helpdesk@ v techeurope.com IMPORT ANT T o use BT Ser vices 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[...]

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

42 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on F reephone 0800 218 2182* or email bt.helpdesk@ v techeurope.com If registr ation is not successful r st time, please repeat the pr ocess again in case the base registr ation period ran out of time. If there ar e already 5 handsets register ed to the base, the registr ation will fail[...]

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

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

45 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on F reephone 0800 218 2182* or email bt.helpdesk@ v techeurope.com Gener al inf ormation IMPOR T ANT The B T St udio 4500 cordless telephone is not designed f or making emer gency telephone calls when the power fails. This product is int ended for connection to analogue public swit ched t[...]

46 If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on F reephone 0800 218 2182* or email bt.helpdesk@ v techeurope.com Environmental Do not expose to dir ect 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[...]

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

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

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

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