BT PARAGON 400 User Manual

BT PARAGON 400 User Manual

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Paragon 400

User Guide

This product is intended for connection to analogue public switched telephone networks and private switchboards in the
United Kingdom.

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  • Page 1: User Guide

    Paragon 400 User Guide This product is intended for connection to analogue public switched telephone networks and private switchboards in the United Kingdom.
  • Page 2 Please open this page for an ‘at a glance’ guide to your Paragon 400.
  • Page 3 Please open this page for a further ‘at a glance’ guide to your Paragon 400.
  • Page 4: At A Glance

    Directory label Recall For use when Microphone connected to a switchboard For recording memos and or BT Select Services. your outgoing message. Redial/Pause Monitor Shift Redial the last 5 numbers called. Allows you to dial and Lets you store and dial...
  • Page 5 Mode switch Default to TB Handset socket MODE HANDSET Battery compartment Takes one LR61 battery Telephone line cord socket (not supplied). CAUTION DISCONNECT FROM PHONE LINE BEFORE REPLACING BATTERY 9V power socket...
  • Page 6: Table Of Contents

    In this guide At a glance Introduction Setting up Using the telephone Using the answering machine Optional settings Help General information Wall-mounting template Index...
  • Page 7: Introduction

    Introduction You can expect your Paragon 400 to give you many years of trouble-free service. If anything is missing, please contact your place Please read the instructions carefully before use of purchase immediately. and keep this User Guide for future reference.
  • Page 8: Setting Up

    • Do not use your Paragon 400 in damp, humid conditions such as bathrooms. The apparatus is designed to be operated in a •...
  • Page 9 25 hours back-up and ensure your messages are saved HANDSET in the event of a mains power failure. Ensure the Paragon 400 is disconnected from the telephone line. To fit the battery. Lift the cover.
  • Page 10 Use the dialling mode switch on the underside of your Paragon 400. Your Paragon 400 should be pre-set to TB which gives you Tone dialling. This ensures the phone will work with all modern digital exchanges. MODE HANDSET If you do not have a modern phone socket, call...
  • Page 11 Turn around the handset clip to prevent the If you use your Paragon 400 as a desk phone handset from falling when the product is you will need to fit the stand on to the base. wall-mounted. Ensure all the cables on the underside of the base are in their respective channels.
  • Page 12 Press buttons in the order shown Press until TIME and DAY is shown on Menu the display. The prompt says “Please enter the day ” . Dial /OK Display the current day: MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY To confirm the day setting. The prompt Dial /OK says “Please enter the time using the 24 hour clock”.
  • Page 13: Using The Telephone

    Using the telephone Your Paragon 400 has an inductive coupler in Replace the handset or press the its handset, to improve sound quality for people button. The light goes out. MONITOR using hearing aids. Switch your hearing aid to and adjust the position of the phone until you obtain the best sound.
  • Page 14 If number is being stored as 2 touch (M11-M20) then: Enter the number to be stored. Press the button. Redial REDIAL Press and release the button SHIFT Shift and then press and hold until To select the entry for deletion. M1-M10 prompt begins.
  • Page 15 You may find it helpful to keep a note of the location number you set for quickdial numbers. Use the directory label between the memory locations. Press buttons in the order shown Press the location to be deleted, or shift M1-M10 M1-M10 Press the...
  • Page 16: Using The Answering Machine

    Using the answering machine Your Paragon 400 also has two mailboxes which enable you to divide your messages for added convenience, for example, into personal and business messages or for two individual people. To use the mailboxes, your outgoing message...
  • Page 17 When your answering machine is switched on, Press buttons in the order shown the pre-recorded message will automatically greet callers with: Press until the display shows Menu “Hello, your call cannot be taken at the moment, OUTGOING MESSAGE. so please leave your message after the tone.” Dial /OK Callers can skip this message by pressing Outgoing message is played.
  • Page 18 Your Paragon 400 has a total recording capacity of 40 minutes. Your outgoing message Hold the button down the prompt says is limited to a maximum of 2 minutes. Memo “Please speak after the tone.” Speak your memo. Release the...
  • Page 19 Answer prompt says, “Message deleted” and the on off in error. next message is played. Pauses playback. Press again to resume. Play If you pause playback for more than 60 seconds, your Paragon 400 will automatically return to normal mode.
  • Page 20 During playback: You can let your Paragon 400 answer a call and have the loudspeaker switched on so you can hear the caller. This Adjust the loudspeaker volume. The gives you the option of picking up the level is shown at the bottom of handset and speaking to them or letting the display.
  • Page 21 Switching VIP on has the effect of: The code is displayed for 3 seconds and then the Paragon 400 returns to • Reducing the call screening volume the idle state. to OFF.
  • Page 22 Ring your answering machine from To help keep your messages private, your another phone Paragon 400 requires you to enter a 4-digit PIN. After 20 rings, your Paragon 400 will automatically answer the call. The pre-set code is 0000.
  • Page 23 Press buttons in the order shown Ring your answering machine as normal. Press during the outgoing message. You hear two beeps. Use the keypad to enter your security PIN. Wait to hear the confirmation beep after each digit. After the last digit, the prompt says “You have X messages”...
  • Page 24: Optional Settings

    Display shows current setting. Dial /OK have any messages. With Time Saver set, your Paragon 400 will answer your Switch between the options. Display call after 6 rings if there are no shows TONE 1, TONE 2 or TONE 3 messages, or after 2 rings if you have and a sample of the tone is played.
  • Page 25 Press buttons in the order shown While your phone is idle: Press to decrease or increase the contrast.
  • Page 26: Help

    The emergency services can be contacted in the UK by dialling which is valid in any If your Paragon 400 will not respond to any country that is a member of the European button presses, remove the back-up battery and community.
  • Page 27: General Information

    Subject to the terms listed below the guarantee If your product needs repair after the guarantee will provide for the repair of, or at BT’s or its period has ended, the repair must meet the agent’s discretion the option to replace the...
  • Page 28 400 has a REN of 1. Any other instrument Directive/1999/5/EC. provided by BT may be assumed to have a REN The Declaration of Conformance for the of 1 unless otherwise stated. A total REN of 4 is Paragon 400 is published on the website allowed.
  • Page 29: Wall-Mounting Template

    Wall-mounting template If wall-mounting your Paragon 400, drill two holes for the screws using this template and insert the wall plugs provided (if required).
  • Page 30: Index

    Index daptor cord layback messages Answering machine uickdial memory delete personal OGM delete/change number mailboxes make a call male/female OGM store a number message/ring indicator ecord on/off memo playback messages memo directly into mailbox pre-recorded OGM own OGM record memo Redial record own OGM last number...
  • Page 31 © British Telecommunications plc 2001. Registered Office: 81 Newgate Street, London EC1A 7AJ. Registered in England No. 1800000. Designed by: The Art & Design Partnership Limited. CE compliant to R&TTE Directive (1999/5/EC) Printed in China. Paragon 400. Issue 1 (5/01) 7...

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