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Quartet 1500 User Guide ~ 3rd Edition ~ 27th November ’01 ~ 4197
Quartet 1500
Combined Cordless Telephone & Digital Answering Machine
User Guide
This equipment is not designed for making emergency telephone calls when the power fails.
Alternative arrangements should be made for access to emergency services.
This product is intended for connection to analogue public switched telephone networks
and private switchboards in the United Kingdom.
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Quartet 1500 User Guide – 3rd Edition – 27th November ’01 ~ 4197 Please open this page for an ‘at a glance’ guide to your Quartet 1500
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Quartet 1500 User Guide ~ 3rd Edition ~ 27th November ’01 ~ 4197 Please open this page for a further ‘at a glance’ guide to your Quartet 1500
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Z S e O Y t V R C I F L e y p p X l N i i a H U e E k k Q B K l l D P S S a i u d W w n M T J D Quartet 1500 User Guide ~ 3rd Edition ~ 27th November ’01 ~ 4197 At a glance Aerial Can be extended to obtain the best signal and reception available. In Use/Battery Low light Indicates when the handset rings, is in use or, if the handset battery needs recharging, see page 8. Intercom/Channel button Enables communication between the handset and M1/M2 buttons base unit. Selects an alternative radio All
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Quartet 1500 User Guide – 3rd Edition – 27th November ’01 ~ 4197 Mains power socket Telephone line cord socket Intercom Stop Skip Press to make or answer an intercom call. To stop message Lets you skip backward and In use light flashes when an intercom call playback, forward through your memos is ringing and during the call, see page 11. see page 23. and messages, see page 24. Delete Deletes recorded messages and memos, see page 24. Play/Pause Lets you play - Quartet 1500 and pause - your
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Z Z S Z S O Y S V O Y R C L I F V O Y R C L I F V X R N C L I F H U X E K B Q N H U l X E K B Q N a H U i l E K B Q W d a w M T D J G i l A M1 M2 1 2 3 4 56 78 9 0 k Redial R Secrecy 1471 o P c W d L a w i M T D J G i u Quartet 1500 User Guide ~ 3rd Edition ~ 27th November ’01 ~ 4197 Key features Digital answering machine VIP facility No tape to worry about. You can give important Up to a maximum of 15 callers your VIP code. minutes recording time, including When a VIP calls, a different rin
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Quartet 1500 User Guide ~ 3rd Edition ~ 27th November ’01 ~ 4197 In this guide Call screening 27 At a glance 1 Memos 27 Key features 3 Voice mailboxes 28 Introduction 5 VIP access 29 Safety information 6 Remote access 31 Time saver 32 Setting up 7 Operating the answering Using your Quartet 1500 10 machine 32 Making and receiving calls 10 Using additional handsets 35 Internal call 11 Registering your handset 35 Last number redial 12 Transferring calls 37 Secrecy / Music on hold 12 General informa
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Z S O Y V R C L I F X N H U E K B Q l a i W d w M T D J G A M1 M2 1 2 3 4 56 78 9 0 k Redial R Secrecy 1471 o P c L i u y r e Q t Quartet 1500 User Guide ~ 3rd Edition ~ 27th November ’01 ~ 4197 Introduction Your Quartet 1500 is designed for Unpacking your ease of use and made to the high Quartet 1500 standards set by BT. You can expect your Quartet 1500 to Check that your Quartet 1500 is provide many years of quality service. complete. If anything is missing, Please read the instructions c
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Quartet 1500 User Guide ~ 3rd Edition ~ 27th November ’01 ~ 4197 Safety information General Environmental Only use the power supply Do not expose to direct unit included with the product. sunlight. Using an unauthorised power supply unit will invalidate your The product may heat up guarantee and may damage the when the batteries are being telephone. The item number recharged. This is normal. for the power supply unit is However, to avoid damage, 872264. Radio signals we recommend that you do
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Quartet 1500 User Guide ~ 3rd Edition ~ 27th November ’01 ~ 4197 Setting up Follow these steps to set up your Quarter 1500 ready for use. Plan the location 1 Handset aerial Situate your Quartet 1500 close enough to the mains power socket and telephone socket so that the cables will reach. Make sure it is at least 1 metre away from other electrical products to minimise interference. Your Quartet 1500 handset uses a Do not situate the product in the compact aerial which we recommend bathroom or ot
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Quartet 1500 User Guide ~ 3rd Edition ~ 27th November ’01 ~ 4197 The charging light will remain 3 Connect the power constantly lit while the handset is supply unit to a placed on the base unit, even when the power socket handset batteries are fully charged. Note When fully charged and in good condition, the handset will provide up to 7 hours continuous talktime or 72 hours standby. There will be a voice prompt If the handset battery is running announcing the default settings when low, the IN US
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Quartet 1500 User Guide ~ 3rd Edition ~ 27th November ’01 ~ 4197 6 The telephone line cord WARNING and power supply Under no circumstances should cable need to be fed into non-rechargeable batteries be used. the channels before Only use the approved batteries. attaching the plinth Using unapproved batteries will invalidate your guarantee and may damage the telephone. 5 The base unit is supplied with one end of the telephone line cord already attached. Once the handset has been charged for 24 ho
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w w o o L L Quartet 1500 User Guide ~ 3rd Edition ~ 27th November ’01 ~ 4197 Using your Quartet 1500 Making and receiving To receive a call calls When the phone rings: To make an external call If your handset is on the base unit, simply pick it up to answer the call. Press the buttons in the order Or shown: If your handset is off the Lift the handset off the base unit then the handset base unit. IN USE/BATTERY LOW Press the TALK button. light will flash, press the In use The IN USE light on
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Quartet 1500 User Guide ~ 3rd Edition ~ 27th November ’01 ~ 4197 If the call is not answered To use the channel button after 60 seconds the base will return to standby. Your Quartet 1500 From the handset to the base: automatically scans the When the Quartet 1500 available radio channels and handset is off the base, press selects the best quality the CHANNEL/INTERCOM reception to use. button on the Quartet 1500 If you experience handset. interference during a call, The user at the base should pre
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l l a a i i d d Quartet 1500 User Guide ~ 3rd Edition ~ 27th November ’01 ~ 4197 Last number redial Note The music on hold volume will Your Quartet 1500 stores the last be quieter for you, but louder for number called which enables quick your caller. and easy redialling. A redial number can be no longer than 32 digits. You can now talk to someone in the room without your caller hearing you. To redial the last number The handset will beep every called minute until SECRECY is turned off. Press the
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l l l a a a i i i d d d Quartet 1500 User Guide ~ 3rd Edition ~ 27th November ’01 ~ 4197 Quickdial memories Note Storing a number in the memory You can store a further ten telephone automatically overwrites any numbers in the Quickdial memory. previous number stored under the Please note that the numbers can be same location code. no longer than 20 digits. Stored numbers can include switchboard and network services Note that use the and buttons as ✱ # well as PAUSE and RECALL You can mix manual
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l l l a a a i i i d d d Quartet 1500 User Guide ~ 3rd Edition ~ 27th November ’01 ~ 4197 To delete stored numbers Note There is a QUICKDIAL MEMORY k LABEL included in your packaging. Press the QUICKDIAL You can use this to keep a record of button. which location number you have Enter the location number, used for each telephone number. 0-9 from 0 to 9, that you want Remove backing from MEMORY to delete. LABEL and place centrally into k Press the QUICKDIAL handset cradle on base unit as button. s
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l l a a i i d d Quartet 1500 User Guide ~ 3rd Edition ~ 27th November ’01 ~ 4197 To adjust the handset To adjust the earpiece ringer volume volume You can adjust the handset During a call you can adjust ringer volume when the the earpiece volume using handset is not in use. the UP and DOWN buttons. There are 3 settings, HIGH, There are 4 levels, where LOW and OFF. 1 is the lowest and 4 is the highest. The default setting is HIGH. The default setting is 2. Press the DOWN button to reduce
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l l a a i i d d Quartet 1500 User Guide ~ 3rd Edition ~ 27th November ’01 ~ 4197 Instead of the engaged tone, the To adjust the base ringer second caller will hear an volume announcement to hold as you are aware that there is a second call. There are 3 levels to choose from, HIGH, LOW and OFF. To use Call Waiting 1=HIGH, 2=LOW and 3=OFF. The default setting is HIGH. k You can answer the second Press the QUICKDIAL call, without disconnecting button. your first caller, by pressing R Press the bu
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Quartet 1500 User Guide ~ 3rd Edition ~ 27th November ’01 ~ 4197 Using the Quartet 1500 answering machine Your Quartet 1500 can digitally Message display on the record up to 15 minutes of messages, base station with each message lasting a maximum of 3 minutes. As well as The table below provides an recording incoming messages, you explanation of what is shown on the can record memos for other users. base station display. There is also the option to leave messages and memos in one of the Message
