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Freestyle 1050
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.
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Please open this page for an ‘at a glance’ guide to your Freestyle 1050.
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Please open this page for an ‘at a glance’ guide to your Freestyle 1050.
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E T P © E l I S Y P K L A a I c E S L K i d r D § P S k At a glance Aerial Does not extend. See page 5 Talk Press to get a dialling tone and to end a call. In Use / Battery Low See page 8 Comes on when the handset is in use or, if the handset is on Channel standby, to indicate the battery Enables you to change the needs recharging. channel if there is interference on your call. See page 9 Secrecy / Screen For Secrecy: when pressed P during a call, the caller cannot Inserts a pause when dialling
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VIP e g w t e n o s i L g e U 1471 Base unit aerial Extend fully for best reception. To set the 1471 call return See page 7 feature on or off. See page 18 OGM Used when recording and Volume playing back your own outgoing Adjusts the loudspeaker volume. message. See page 14 See page 13 Quickdial reference label VIP F1050 Automatically alerts you to your Lists the names of up to 10 numbers stored in the quickdial memory. most important callers. See page 10 See page 19 OGM Delete Page Deletes reco
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In this guide At a glance 1 Introduction 4 Setting up 5 Using your Freestyle 1050 telephone 8 Making and receiving calls 8 Using the memory to store and dial numbers 9 Using your Freestyle 1050 answering machine 12 Outgoing messages 12 Message display 12 Incoming messages 14 Answer delay 17 Call screening 17 Using the 1471 feature 18 Using the VIP feature 19 Memos 20 Operating your answering machine from the cordless handset 21 Remote access 23 Help 27 Technical information 30 Maintenance 32
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E E T T P © E E I l S P K L L I c a S E E VIP K i d r D D § S e k e g w c i n e t o u s i e L g e U r Introduction Your Freestyle 1050 is designed for ease of use and made to the high standards set by BT Thank you for making the right choice. You can If your Freestyle 1050 is connected to a PBX expect your Freestyle 1050 to provide many years (switchboard), you may have to dial an access of quality service. Please read the instructions number before 999 to contact the emergency carefully before
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SETTING UP Setting up Follow these steps to get your Freestyle 1050 ready for use Insert a new PP3 9V alkaline 1 Handset aerial 3 back-up battery in the base unit 6 The back-up battery is available separately and ensures your Freestyle 1050 retains messages, Your Freestyle 1050 uses a compact aerial which settings and stored phone numbers if there is a does not pull out. mains power failure. If no battery is installed, the BATT LOW light comes on when the mains power is switched on. 2 Check you
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Plug the mains adaptor cord into Mains power adaptor 4 the back of the base unit The Freestyle 1050 must only be used with the adaptor supplied. To prevent the cable being pulled out by Using any other adaptor will invalidate the approval accident, route it through the channel on the given to this apparatus. underside of the base. Charge the handset battery for at 6 least 12 hours 12V AC PHONE LINE When you first use your Freestyle 1050, the rechargeable batteries in the handset need charging f
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SETTING UP To plan the location of the Battery Care 9 base unit Batteries cannot be overcharged. However, leaving the handset on the base unit all the time can Your Freestyle 1050 works by sending and deteriorate rechargeable batteries. To get the longest receiving radio signals between the base unit possible life from your batteries, take the handset off and the handset. the base for a few hours each day. The strength of the signal depends on where you site the base unit and how the aerial is
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Using your Freestyle 1050 telephone Making and receiving calls To receive a call The handset range is up to 200 metres from the When the phone rings: base unit in ideal conditions. If you start to go out of range while using the phone, you will If your handset is on the base unit, hear warning beeps. If you do not come back in simply pick it up to answer the call. range, your call will be cut off. Or If your handset is off the base, press the To make a call TALK button to answer the call. Press
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USING YOUR PHONE l l S a a c i i d d r k k Using the memory to store To ensure the best sound quality and dial numbers Your Freestyle 1050 automatically Your Freestyle 1050 handset can store up to ten scans available radio channels between separate phone numbers, each up to 16 digits the handset and base for the best quality long. You can then dial each number by pressing signal. However, if you hear noise or just two buttons. interference during your call: Press the CHANNEL button. To store a
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l l l l l l l a a a a a a a i i i i i i i d d d d d d d k k k k k k k To store a number of more than To dial a stored number 16 digits Press the TALK button. Press the QUICKDIAL button. Press the QUICKDIAL button Press one of the 0-9 buttons to set the location code under which your phone Press the 0-9 location code under number will be stored. which the number you want is stored. The number is dialled automatically. DIAL Dial the first 16 digits. Press the QUICKDIAL button. You hear Did you k
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USING YOUR PHONE To page the handset If you misplace the handset, you can use PAGE to find it again. Press the PAGE button on the base. The handset will beep. The IN USE light on the base flashes. Stop the handset beeping either by pressing the PAGE button again or the TALK button on the handset. To insert a pause With some switchboards, after dialling the access code you may have to wait for a moment while the switchboard picks up an outside line. If so, press the PAUSE button to insert a 2.5
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Using the Freestyle 1050 answering machine Outgoing messages Message display Your Freestyle 1050 can digitally record up to Display Definition 14 minutes of messages, with each incoming message lasting a maximum of 2 minutes. (Blank) Power off. Ñ The outgoing message is the message a caller Ñ Power up or reset. Ñ hears when your Freestyle 1050 answers a call. Ñ Power on – answer off mode. The Freestyle 1050 has a pre-recorded outgoing 0-30 Answer-on mode, 0-30 messages. message which announces.
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ANSWERING MACHINE e t e To record your outgoing message To delete your outgoing message You can delete your outgoing message Press buttons in order shown and return to your Freestyle 1050’s OGM Press and hold down the OGM button. pre-recorded outgoing message. Your Freestyle 1050 will beep and r OGM Press the OGM button. flashes on the message counter. OGM “Your message” Keep holding down the OGM button and say your message into the microphone. Your outgoing message is played back OGM to you. W
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Incoming messages To adjust the loudspeaker volume Your Freestyle 1050 will automatically record an Press buttons in order shown incoming message when it is connected to your phone socket and is set to ‘Answer On’. Your Freestyle 1050 has a volume range of 0-8 (0 = Off, 8 = Loud). While a message is being recorded, the display The pre-set level is 3. flashes r. It will stop recording if the caller stops Volume speaking for longer than 6 seconds. Press VOL + to increase the volume. Volume Two m
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ANSWERING MACHINE Using the 1471 feature with your To play back a message answering machine Press the PLAY/MEMO button. Your Play When using your answering machine, if Memo Freestyle 1050 announces “You have X the 1471 feature is switched on, your messages”. Freestyle 1050 will automatically record the time of each call and the caller’s The message will then be played back number (if available). followed by the 1471 details(if the service is switched on) e.g. “Telephone When the message is playe
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e e t t e e To skip forward or backward NOTE through messages To cancel deletions and retain your messages, press the STOP/ANSWER ON/OFF button during Press buttons in order shown the 8 to 0 countdown at the end of your messages. When playing back messages, you can skip forward to the next message or backward to the start of the current or To delete all messages previous message. While the message is being played back. Following playback of messages, your Freestyle 1050 will count down from Ski
