Remote Access - BT DIVERSE 5250 User Manual

BT Diverse 5250 ~ 5th Edition ~ 20th May '03 ~ 5187

Remote access

You can operate your answering
machine from any external Touchtone
phone by phoning your BT Diverse 5250
and entering your base station PIN.
Using this code prevents other people
from accessing your answering machine
functions without your permission.
IMPORTANT
You must change the base station
PIN from the Original setting of
for your remote access to function.
See 'To change the base station PIN',
page 37/38.
To switch on your answering
machine from another phone
If you forget to switch your
answering machine on, you
can do it from another phone.
Dial your telephone number
and let the phone ring for
approximately 1 minute.
When you hear the
announcement 'Please enter
PIN'. Enter the base PIN
(must be changed from
The recording time left will be
announced. Any messages are
played back to you.
TM
0000
0000 ).
BT Diverse Helpline – 08457 908 070
When you end the call, your
answering machine will be
switched on.
To access and play your
answering machine messages
from another phone
Dial your telephone number.
When you hear your outgoing
message:
Press the 9 button.
9
WXYZ
Enter your base PIN.
Your machine tells you
whether you have any new
messages. The messages are
now played back.
To control the answering machine
functions during playback:
To repeat the current message.
Press twice to skip back to
1
previous message.
To pause/resume playback.
2
ABC
To skip forward to the next
3
DEF
message.
Press twice to skip to the
following message.
To delete the current message.
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