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BT Diverse 5450 User Manual

BT Diverse 5450 User Manual

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  • Page 2 Please open this page for an ‘At a glance’ guide to your BT Diverse 5450.

  • Page 3: At A Glance

    At a glance Used to make internal calls and access the call barring options. Green phone Used to make and answer calls. Switches from handsfree mode back to handset. Handsfree Use to answer calls or make a call in handsfree mode. Directory Opens the main directory.
  • Page 4 Use to switch the answering machine on or off. Use to register handsets. Use to page a handset.
  • Page 5 Please refer to the separate Using SMS User Guide for instructions on using the SMS functionality.
  • Page 6 In this user guide, we’ve included helpful tips and important notes. They are shown in boxes like this. If you experience any difficulties with your BT Diverse 5450, please call the BT Diverse Helpline on...
  • Page 9 When you have Directory entries stored: Press the button. is displayed followed by an alphabetical list of all directory entries. to scroll to the entry you want and then press list of options. (main directory only) (main directory only) Press to open your Mailbox, then press messages), (Answering machine) or...
  • Page 10 Hold down. Hold down. then then then is selected, press enter date Hold down. to scroll through the list to display display shows to name or number you want to dial to display Display shows display shows to select handset to select handset .
  • Page 12 Enter your system PIN code here: For more information on your system PIN, see page 53. If you experience any dif ficulties with your BT Diverse 5450, please call the BT Diverse Helpline on...
  • Page 13 Do not expose your product to fire, explosive or other hazardous conditions. There is a slight chance that your phone could be damaged by an electrical storm. We recommend that you unplug the power and telephone line cord during an electrical storm.
  • Page 14 Plug the power supply cable into the power socket on the underside of your base. Do not connect the telephone line cord to the phone socket until your handset is fully charged. This will prevent the risk of the phone being answered before the battery is charged.
  • Page 15 Hydride (NiMH) rechargeable batteries with a minimum capacity of 700 mAh.Using inappropriate batteries will invalidate your guarantee and may damage the telephone. Batteries and accessories are available from or call To register your handset, place it in the base station with the display facing upward.
  • Page 16 All additional handsets you purchase will need to be individually registered with the base station before they will work with the BT Diverse 5450. Leave the handset for approx. 16 hours in the base station to charge the batteries, as they are not charged in the factory.
  • Page 17 Ensure that each end of the line cord is fitted into the correct socket. Fit the belt clip onto the back of the handset. Your BT Diverse 5450 is now ready for use. If you subscribe to a Caller Display service the time and date will be set with the first incoming call.
  • Page 18 The control button lets you open menus and gives you shortcuts to different functions such as Voice Dialling. These are the two buttons directly underneath the display. The functions vary according to how you are using the phone. The display shows the current function is shown directly above each button. Lets you access the last 10 numbers dialled.
  • Page 19 For example, Press to open the main menu. Press to scroll to Press or the display button. Confirm Handset Volume by pressing display button. Press the volume. Press to confirm. Press to the idle display. Alternatively: Press the twice. Press the volume.
  • Page 20 Your hands are left free, for example, to take notes. You can test the handsfree function by dialling the BT speaking clock on 123. display button. button to Dial the number.
  • Page 21 When the phone rings: Press the You can switch to handsfree at any time during a call. Press the The call is transferred to the loudspeaker. Press and switch back to private conversation again by pressing the button. If you need to replace the handset in the base station during a call, for example, because the battery is flat, hold down the...
  • Page 22 Press the handset number you want to call on the keypad. Select handsets registered to the base and press the call will be taken by the first handset user to answer. You can also page all handsets by pressing the button on the base station.
  • Page 23 Press the handset number you want to call on the keypad to the base and press the button. You can now speak with the other handset user. To return to your external call: Press You are re-connected. While you are talking to an external caller, another handset user can join in.
  • Page 24 29. Press the Display shows Press the with a Enter the telephone number. Scroll Enter the name. Entering names: to return Enter the name using the letters on the keypad. For...
  • Page 25 The first letter of each name, and the first letter after a punctuation mark are automatically shown as capitals. Letters are always added to the left of the cursor. Press to switch between capitals and lower case. Press to move the cursor. Press to delete from right to left.
  • Page 26 Press the list. Scroll you want Enter the first letter of the name you want, e.g. for Emma, press twice to search for names beginning with E Press the button. The number is dialled. Press the Press to the entry name you want. Press to see the entry details.
  • Page 27 You can save birthdays in the directory along with a reminder alarm to help you remember them. When the birthday date and time you have set arrives, the handset will automatically alert you. Press the button. Scroll to scroll to the entry name you want. Press to see the entry details.
  • Page 28 This is an additional directory where you can store up to 10 of your most important and/or frequently dialled names and numbers. Press the button. Display shows Press the Enter the telephone number. Scroll Enter the name. button. to scroll to scroll to display button.
  • Page 29 Press the Press to the entry name you want. Press Press to scroll to Press the display button. Display asks Press to confirm or to exit. This Extra directory does not “name and number match” when used with Caller Display. To mark a directory/Extra directory entry as a VIP.
  • Page 30 When the Redial or Calls list telephone number is displayed: Press Scroll Press the A new directory entry is opened. Scroll If you wish, enter a name to go with the number. Scroll Enter birthday details if required. Press the Press to the idle display.
  • Page 31 Press the button. Press to open the SMS list. Scroll to the SMS you want. Press to open the menu. Scroll Press Scroll Use the keypad to enter the name. Press to open the menu. Display shows Press to confirm. Press to return to the idle display.
  • Page 32 Press the Press to the idle display. VIP settings or voice commands cannot be copied. Your handset automatically saves the last 10 telephone numbers dialled into a redial list. to open the to the entry you to open the display button.
  • Page 33 Display shows Press the button to return to the idle display. Your BT Diverse 5450 can automatically redial a number for you every 20 seconds until the called number rings. If the called person does not answer, the call will be terminated after approx.
  • Page 34 You can make calls by speaking the name of the person you want into your handset. Up to four different users can record names for voice dialling. A total of 29 names can be recorded for voice dialling. Remember that your Diverse 5450 will only respond to voice that has made the original recording.
  • Page 35 Instead of having to remember which user you are – User 1-4 – you can set your own name for Voice dialling. Press to open the directory. Scroll to the entry you want. Press If necessary scroll select the User you want. Press Press to delete the...
  • Page 36 Press the directory. Scroll you want. Press If necessary, press scroll to the user you want. Press . Voice dialling entries have a Press Menu. Scroll down to Press . Display shows If you have recorded a Voice dialling name with a directory entry, when that number calls, your Diverse 5450 will announce the name you have recorded.
  • Page 37 The memory is shared by the main and Extra directories. The total memory available is displayed. Press the directory. Scroll to any entry. Press to open the Options list. Scroll Press . The number of entries available is shown. Press to the idle display.
  • Page 38 To use Caller Display and Call Waiting you must first subscribe to the Services from your Network Provider. For more information on BT’s Calling Features call BT free on If you subscribe to a Caller Display service you can see who is calling on...
  • Page 39 To select the option you want: Press Press to the idle display. You can arrange for your BT Diverse 5450 SMS phone to automatically send an SMS notification to your mobile, or other SMS device, when it receives a new call or a new answering machine message.
  • Page 40 Press the Scroll Press . Details of the most recent incoming call are displayed. Press entry and see the next one. Press number displayed. Press through the list. To exit the Calls list at any time, press the you reach the idle display. Press the Scroll Press...
  • Page 41 Press the button to open the menu. Press the button to scroll to Press highlighted. Press Enter the telephone number you want to call. Press The number is dialled and your number is withheld from this call.
  • Page 42 The default setting is on. Press the open the menu. Press the scroll to Press Press the scroll to Press Press the scroll to Press Press between Press to the idle display. If you make a call and the number is engaged you can set your phone to ring you back once the number is free by pressing .
  • Page 43 Press Press the button to scroll to Press Press to select Scroll Press . Display shows Enter the telephone number to which you want calls diverted. Press the button. Press to save the entry. Scroll Press to select Press to return...
  • Page 44 IF Network Mailbox is selected: Enter the telephone number of your messaging service. For example, to access the ‘BT Answer’ voice mail service. Press the options button. Display shows Press the button until you reach the idle display.
  • Page 45 When set up it will take you into your message service. If during the set up you entered your security PIN as well as the telephone number you will be taken quickly into your messages. If the security PIN was not included you will have...
  • Page 46 12 and 24 hour clock. Press to confirm. Press the idle display. Providing the date and time has been set, your BT Diverse 5450 provides alarm clock functions. button to open to scroll to to scroll to and enter to switch...
  • Page 47 When the alarm goes off, it will ring for 30 seconds. Press the button to switch the alarm off. The alarm clock will ring only if the handset is in idle mode. It will not ring if the handset is being used as a room monitor or while a call is being made.
  • Page 48 Enter the name or place, up to 16 characters. Press Press to confirm. Press to the idle display. If you do not enter a name, the display will show Appointment when you receive the reminder call. You can set a different ringer melody and volume for appointment reminder calls, see page 48.
  • Page 49 Press Scroll through the list. A missed appointment has a symbol. A missed birthday has a symbol. Press to delete the entry. Press to the idle display. If there is a new appointment in the list, the display shows press this display button to open the list of appointments and birthdays.
  • Page 50 You can choose from: • 5 ringer volumes (original setting = ). • Crescendo ring (increasing volume). • 10 ringer melodies. You can also set time controls where your handset will ring more e.g. during the night. You can choose different settings for: •...
  • Page 51 Press to switch between Scroll Enter the start time e.g. for 11.30pm. Scroll Enter the end time e.g. for 7.30am. Scroll Press to set the volume. Press to confirm the time control. Press to confirm the full setting. Press to return to the idle display.
  • Page 52 The first ringer tone of an incoming SMS text message is automatically switched Off. You can change this to On. However, if the first ringer tone is switched on, and you answer an SMS call on the first ringer tone, the SMS text message will be lost as your phone will not have had the time to receive it all.
  • Page 53 When you receive a call, you can answer it simply by lifting the handset off the base station. This is called auto-talk. When you switch auto-talk off, you answer all calls by pressing button. Press the button to open the menu. Press to scroll to Press...
  • Page 54 You can restore a handset to its factory settings. The handset’s registration, the main Directory, Extra directory, SMS directory and the Calls list are not affected. To cancel the reset at any time, press Press the open the menu. Press Press .
  • Page 55 Your Diverse 5450 is supplied with as the system PIN but you may want to change this to prevent unauthorised use of the handset(s). If you change your PIN, keep a record of the new number by writing it in the space provided on page 10.
  • Page 56 Enter the system PIN (original setting Press . The Call Barring options are displayed. Scroll highlight the option you want. Press shows it has been selected. Press to the idle display. You can still dial emergency numbers on a handset even if all other external calls have been barred.
  • Page 57 Press the button. Press the display button. If only one emergency number is set, it is dialled. If there is more than one number: Scroll through the numbers to highlight the one you want. Press to dial. The original names for base stations are Base station 1-4.
  • Page 58 Press to reset or cancel. The settings after a reset will be: Name of handsets Call barring Listening in Own emergency numbers Call list type Prefix Pause after prefix Pause after Dialling mode Extra directory button You can use a repeater to boost the range and reception of your base station.
  • Page 59 The outgoing message is the greeting a caller first hears when the answering machine picks up their call. Your BT Diverse 5450 gives you a choice of 2 outgoing messages, one for ‘Answer and Record’ mode and one for ‘Answer Only’...
  • Page 60 See, ‘To record your own outgoing message’, below. When the answering machine takes a call, your BT Diverse 5450 will play your Answer Only announcement but will not allow your caller to leave a message. The minimum outgoing message length is 4 seconds and maximum length is 2 minutes and 50 seconds.
  • Page 61 Press when you’ve finished recording. The display shows , you hear a confirmation tone and your message is played back to you. Press and hold the to return to the idle screen. To cancel recording at any time, press the button or press In Answer and Record mode –...
  • Page 62 You can choose between However, you must have recorded an message in order to select mode, see page 58. Press the Press Press Press Press Press Press . The display shows To select Answer and Record: Press Answer and Record is selected.
  • Page 63 Press to scroll to Press . The display shows Press to scroll to Press . Display shows Enter the time you want to start, e.g. for 8am Scroll Enter the time you want to finish, e.g. for 5pm Scroll Press whether the Answer Mode you have set is switched ON or OFF during this time.
  • Page 64 The display shows Press to confirm. The display shows Press and hold the to return to the idle screen. While a message is being recorded, you can listen in via the loudspeaker of any handset or on the loudspeaker of the base station (this is the factory setting).
  • Page 65 Your BT Diverse 5450 comes preset so that you can quickly access your answering machine messages by pressing the button. If you have Call Minder or a Network Messaging Service set up on your BT Diverse 5450 you may want to change...
  • Page 66 You can specify the time limit your callers have to leave a message. The choices are 30 seconds, 60 seconds, 120 seconds (this is the factory setting) or Maximum (remaining recording time). Press the Press Press Press Press . Display shows Press Press the setting you want –...
  • Page 67 Press Press and hold the screen. Available recording time: After you switch your BT Diverse 5450 answering machine on, you will hear the remaining memory time announced. Memory full: If the memory becomes full, and an Answer Only message...
  • Page 68 off. You must delete old messages (see page 67) to free up more memory. If you have a new message stored on your answering machine, the on the handset display will flash to alert you. This will still happen even when the answering machine is switched off.
  • Page 69 To play the message after next: Press twice. To delete the current message: Press To delete all messages: You can only delete old messages, so you must listen to your messages – for at least 3 seconds – before you can delete them.
  • Page 70 You can set up to 3 individual mailboxes and record an announcement that tells callers which mailbox to select for their message. For example, an announcement could be ‘Hello, your call cannot be taken at the moment. To leave a message for John, press 1, for Suzy press 2, for Alan press 3 and then speak after the tone’.
  • Page 71 You can use voice commands to control message playback. Four different users can save their commands, so that the BT Diverse 5450 answering machine can recognise their voices. The functions available are: • •...
  • Page 72 Providing you have switched voice commands on (page 69), a user who has pre-recorded their commands (page 69) can control playback by giving one-word commands. Press the Press shows, e.g. Press to begin playback. (Press playback.) During playback: Press and hold beep speak your command.
  • Page 73 You can record a message from your handset which can be listened to and deleted just like other received messages. If your BT Diverse 5450 answering machine has mailboxes in use, you must select the mailbox where you want to save a message.
  • Page 74 For more advanced functions, you will need to refer to the instructions in the section ‘Using the BT Diverse 5450 answering machine via the handset’, page 65. Press the button to switch ON or OFF.
  • Page 75 If you have a new message stored on your answering machine, the button light on the base flashes to alert you. This will still happen, even when the answering machine is switched off. Press the If you have set mailboxes: Press to play messages on Mailbox 1.
  • Page 76 You can operate your answering machine from any external Touchtone phone by phoning your BT Diverse 5450 and entering your base station PIN. Using this code prevents other people from accessing your answering machine functions without your permission. You must change the base station PIN from the original setting of your remote access to function.
  • Page 77 To repeat the current message. Press twice to skip back to the previous message. To pause/resume playback. To skip forward to the next message. Press twice to skip to the following message. To delete the current message. To play new messages only. If you are using the machine’s mailboxes: To switch between mailboxes.
  • Page 78 Up to six handsets can be registered and operated from the BT Diverse 5450 base station. This allows you to make internal calls between two handsets while a third is making an external call. Each handset can be registered on up to four bases.
  • Page 79 19. Providing your handset is GAP (Generic Access Profile) compliant, you can register it to your BT Diverse 5450 base. Place your handset into registration mode according to the instructions in its user guide. When the handset is in...
  • Page 80 After a short period of time the handset will be registered. The BT Diverse 5450 will be allocated the next available handset number. To check that the handset has been registered successfully to the base, press the PAGE button, all handsets will ring.
  • Page 81 Room Monitor setting. Scroll Press to set the sensitivity Press to confirm. The room monitor function is now switched on. You can select another telephone to use as a listening device. Press Scroll Press Press Room Monitor setting. Scroll Press Press current number.
  • Page 82 You can use any two BT Diverse 5400 handsets as walkie talkies providing they are registered to the same base station. The walkie talkie function...
  • Page 83 Press Scroll Press Scroll Press . Display shows Press to switch the walkie talkie function off. When in Walk and Talk mode, you can use one handset as a room monitor. Press to open the menu. Scroll Press Press switch Room Monitor On. Scroll Press to select...
  • Page 84 Try these solutions to the most common problems.
  • Page 86 Your BT Diverse 5450 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 option to replace the BT Diverse 5450,...
  • Page 87 The BT Diverse 5450 (with up to 6 handsets) has a total REN of 1. Any other instrument provided by BT may be assumed to have a REN of 1 unless stated otherwise.
  • Page 88 If you are using pulse dialling with your switchboard but need tone dialling to use certain functions on your BT Diverse 5450 you can switch to tone dialling during the call. During your call: Press the open the menu.
  • Page 89 Press to return to the idle display. You can insert a pause to allow your switchboard time to get a line before your BT Diverse 5450 dials the number. Press the button to open the menu. Enter the code Enter the number for the pause length (e.g.
  • Page 90 Providing you have already saved a dialling prefix e.g. . The original pause setting is 3 seconds. If you need to change this: Press the open the menu. Enter the code Enter the number for the pause length (e.g. = 1 second = 2 seconds = 3 seconds = 6 seconds...
  • Page 91 dditional handset and bases Alarm clock Announcing the caller Answering machine answer and record answer delay answer only call screening copy number to directory delete outgoing message mailboxes memo message length new message indicator on/off one-touch access outgoing messages playing messages remote access record outgoing messages recording quality...
  • Page 92 secrecy three-way transferring Character map Copying numbers ate set Delete all directory numbers Calls list call complete Calls list directory entry extra directory entries outgoing messages redial list De-register handset Dialling mode Directory – main and extra birthday alert signals character map copy entry to another handset...
  • Page 93 Secrecy Setting up Shortcut buttons 66, 73 SMS Notification SMS (text messaging) Switchboard compatibility echnical information Telephone line cord Three-way conversation Time – set Tone dialling Transferring calls IP ringing Voice commands answering machine Voice dialling Voice Mail...