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Response 75 – Issue 2 – Edition 1 – 7/10/03 User Guide BT RESPONSE 75 This product is intended for connection to analogue public switched telephone networks and private switchboards in the United Kingdom.
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Response 75 – Issue 2 – Edition 1 – 7/10/03 Please open this page for an ‘at a glance’ guide to your BT Response 75...
BT Response 75 – Issue 2 – Edition 1 – 7/10/03 Key features Offers the benefits of digital recording. Helps you to follow instructions more easily. Sets your answering machine to answer calls silently but allows designated callers to alert you with a beep tone.
BT Response 75 – Issue 2 – Edition 1 – 7/10/03 In this guide Answering machine controls Outgoing message Receiving messages Audible message alert Call screening VIP feature 1471 feature Your security code Menu for remote access Guide to the display...
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BT Response 75 – Issue 2 – Edition 1 – 7/10/03 Introduction You can expect your BT Response 75 to give you many years of trouble-free service. Please read the instructions carefully before use and keep this User Guide for future reference.
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BT Response 75 – Issue 2 – Edition 1 – 7/10/03 Setting up Situate your BT Response 75 close enough to the phone and mains power sockets so that the cables will reach. If you do not have a modern phone...
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The LED will light up when the battery is low. It also remains lit when no back-up battery is inserted. BT Response 75 – Issue 2 – Edition 1 – 7/10/03 You will now be able to use your telephone as normal.
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BT Response 75 – Issue 2 – Edition 1 – 7/10/03 Use the template on page 27 to drill holes in the wall. Leave a small gap between the screw heads and the wall. Place your BT Response 75 over the screw heads and slide down.
BT Response 75 – Issue 2 – Edition 1 – 7/10/03 Safety instructions • Simply clean your BT Response 75 with a damp (not wet) cloth, or an antistatic wipe. Never use household polish as this may damage the product. Never use a dry cloth as this may cause static shock.
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BT Response 75 – Issue 2 – Edition 1 – 7/10/03 Using your BT Response 75 You can switch your answering machine on and off or set it to Answer Only mode so callers are unable to leave messages. Press buttons in the order shown...
When the day setting you require is announced, release button. BT Response 75 – Issue 2 – Edition 1 – 7/10/03 The time on your BT Response 75 is announced using the 12-hour clock. Be sure to hold down the long enough for your machine to say whether it is am or pm.
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BT Response 75 – Issue 2 – Edition 1 – 7/10/03 The outgoing message is the message a caller hears when your BT Response 75 answers a call. Your BT Response 75 comes with 2 pre-recorded outgoing messages. When set to Answer On your BT Response 75 will announce, “Hello, your call cannot...
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BT Response 75 will return back to the pre- recorded outgoing message BT Response 75 – Issue 2 – Edition 1 – 7/10/03 button. The Time Saver setting can avoid you the cost of a call when accessing your machine remotely from an external telephone.
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BT Response 75 – Issue 2 – Edition 1 – 7/10/03 Your BT Response 75 announces the current ring delay and the message counter displays the selected answer delay setting. Keep holding the button. Your BT Response 75 announces and displays the answer delay options.
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Your BT Response 75 stores memos and treats them in the same way as incoming messages. BT Response 75 – Issue 2 – Edition 1 – 7/10/03 To play back, delete or skip forward or to toggle backward through memos, follow the instructions for playing back messages (see below).
BT Response 75 – Issue 2 – Edition 1 – 7/10/03 During message playback press the Your BT Response 75 announces “Message deleted”. By pressing the during the 8 second countdown at the end of all message play, the messages selected for deletion will be saved.
The VIP code numbers range from 00 to 59. BT Response 75 – Issue 2 – Edition 1 – 7/10/03 The 1471 feature is pre-set to on. After each incoming message your BT Response 75 is set to dial the free 1471...
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BT Response 75 – Issue 2 – Edition 1 – 7/10/03 The free 1471 service announces the day and time that the call was left. Your BT Response 75 will automatically record this announcement immediately after receiving a call. Consequently the day of the call will be recorded as ‘today’.
BT Response 75 – Issue 2 – Edition 1 – 7/10/03 Remote access To keep your messages private, your BT Response 75 requires you to enter a 2-digit security code before you can play back your messages. For your security code, look at the swing out label on the underside of the machine.
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BT Response 75 – Issue 2 – Edition 1 – 7/10/03 If the memory is full, you will have to delete some messages before your BT Response 75 will switch to ‘answer on’ mode. After you hear the ‘memory full’...
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“Answer Only on” or “Answer Only off”. Press again to change the setting. BT Response 75 – Issue 2 – Edition 1 – 7/10/03 When you hear “End of messages” or “You have no messages”, within 8 seconds, press twice.
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BT Response 75 – Issue 2 – Edition 1 – 7/10/03 Help Check that your BT Response 75 is correctly connected to the mains and that the power cable is inserted correctly into the back of your BT Response 75.
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This is normal operation. BT Response 75 – Issue 2 – Edition 1 – 7/10/03 You may have accidentally pressed the checking your outgoing message, and recorded a short silent outgoing message.
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BT Response 75 – Issue 2 – Edition 1 – 7/10/03 Power off Power up or reset (about 8 seconds) Power on – answer-off mode Answer-on mode –no messages – after reset Answer-on mode, 0-9 messages – normal use Answer-on mode, more than...
BT Response 75 – Issue 2 – Edition 1 – 7/10/03 General information Your BT Response 75 is guaranteed for a period of 12 months from the date of purchase. Subject to the terms listed below the guarantee will provide for the repair of, or at BT’s or its agent’s discretion the...
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BT Response 75 – Issue 2 – Edition 1 – 7/10/03 All items of telephone equipment have a Ringer Equivalence Number (REN), which is used to calculate the number of items which may be connected to any one telephone line. Your BT Response 75 Plus has a REN of 1.
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BT Response 75 – Issue 2 – Edition 1 – 7/10/03 If the battery warning light was not lit before the power was lost, all information should be retained for at least one hour (up to 6 hours for a fresh alkaline battery).
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BT Response 75 – Issue 2 – Edition 1 – 7/10/03 Visit us at www.bt.com The telecommunications services described in this publication are subject to availability and may be modified from time to time. Services and equipment are provided subject to British Telecommunications plc’s respective standard conditions of contract.
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