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Freestyle 1200
User guide
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Please open this page for an ÔAt a glanceÕ guide to your Freestyle 1200.
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Z S O Y E R C P F T I V L I E Y P K X N L A H I Q E B S U E K L K D P S § W M G D A P T J At a glance Volume control buttons Aerial Adjusts the handset ringer volume Does not extend, do not and earpiece speech volume. pull out. see page 11 Talk button (and light) Channel seeker button For making and receiving calls. Selects the best alternative radio see page 10 frequency if interference occurs during a call. Intercom button (and light) see page 11 Enables communication between the handset and
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PAUSE PLAY Day/hour/min Reset button buttons Resets the answering Sets the answering machine settings. MEMO machine’s internal clock. MAILBOX 1 MAILBOX 2 see page 26 see page 21 OGM button DAY HOUR MIN RESET Code/Set button Used to record and CODE/SET OGM VOLUME Sets the security code play your outgoing INTERCOM for remote access and message. MESSAGES DELETE sets the day and time. see page 20 see page 28 Back-up battery Memo button compartment Allows you to leave see page 6 memos for other membe
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In this guide At a glance 1 Introduction 4 Setting up 5 Using your Freestyle 1200 telephone 10 Using your Freestyle 1200 answering machine 18 Remote access 29 BT Select Services 32 Freestyle 90/130/1200 Additional Handsets 34 Help 37 Technical information 41 Maintenance 44 Index 47 Wall mounting 49 Hints and tips boxes In this user guide, we’ve included helpful tips and useful notes. They are shown in a grey box. 3
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Introduction Your Freestyle 1200 has been designed for ease of use and made to the very high standards set by BT. We thank you for making the right Emergency calls choice and expect that you will have The emergency services can be many years of quality service. contacted in the UK by dialling 999. You may also dial 112, which is valid Please read the instructions carefully in any country that is a member of the before use and keep this user guide European Community. for future reference. As the
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Setting up Follow these steps to get your Freestyle 1200 ready for use. Check that your Freestyle 1200 is Important complete. When you unpack, you As this product is rechargeable, it is should have: normal that a certain amount of heat will be produced in its day-to-day • Freestyle 1200 handset. operation. While this is entirely safe, • Freestyle 1200 base unit with we advise against placing this product telephone line cord attached. on antique, veneered or wooden surfaces as damage may occur. •
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Setting up Like all cordless phones, your Freestyle 3 Insert battery in base 1200 handset will need charging for 24 unit (for back-up only) hours before initial use. 1 Handset aerial 9V DAY HOUR MIN RESET 6 CO /S OG To fit the back-up battery, release the retaining clips, lift off the battery compartment cover and insert one new PP3 alkaline battery (not supplied) as shown in the diagram above. Replace the battery Your Freestyle 1200 uses a compact compartment cover. aerial which does not pull o
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Setting up 4 Plug the power cable 5 Connect the base unit into the back of the base three-pin adaptor to a unit power socket The unit will alternatively display -- and CL flashing slowly. The internal clock will automatically be set to 12V AC Saturday 12:01pm. To change the PHONE LINE day and time, see page 21. Mains power adaptor The Freestyle 1200 must only be used with the adaptor supplied. Using any other adaptor will result in non-compliance with EN60950:1992, and will invalidate the app
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Setting up As a rule, placing the handset on 7 Plug the phone into the the base unit overnight will keep BT socket the battery fully charged for all normal use. When fully charged and in good condition, the handset battery will provide up to 5 hours continuous talk time or 72 hours standby. If the handset battery is running low, You can now use the phone, store the BATT LOW light will flash every numbers in the memory and 10-15 seconds. change some of the settings as BATT LOW desired. If you
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Setting up 8 Extend the base unit 9 To wall mount your telescopic aerial product Extend the base unit telescopic (See ‘Wall mounting’, page 49.) aerial on your Freestyle 1200 (as To plan the location of the base unit shown below) to ensure the best Your Freestyle 1200 works by possible signal and reception. sending and receiving radio signals between the base unit and the handset. The strength of the signal depends on where you site the base unit and how the aerial is deployed. The higher th
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Using your Freestyle1200 telephone To end a call Making and receiving calls TALK The handset range is up to 250 • Press the TALK button. metres from the base unit in ideal Or conditions. If you start to go out of • Replace the handset on the base. range while using the phone, you will hear warning beeps. If you do To receive a call not come back in range, your call When the phone rings: will be disconnected. • If your handset is on the base unit, To make a call simply pick it up to answer the c
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Using your Freestyle 1200 telephone To adjust the speech volume To use the channel seeker button VOLUME CHANNEL SEEKER During a conversation you can Your Freestyle 1200 automatically adjust the volume of the incoming scans the available radio channels caller: for quality of reception, and selects the best one to use. • Press the + button (on the side of the handset) to increase the If you experience interference speech volume. during your call, press the • Press the - button to decrease the CHAN
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Using your Freestyle 1200 telephone Quickdial directory label Using the memory to Use the handset’s Quickdial directory store and dial numbers label to keep a record of which 0-9 Your Freestyle 1200 handset can location code you have used for each store up to ten separate phone number. numbers. You can then dial each You can take out the label by removing number by pressing just two buttons. the handset battery compartment cover To store a number in the memory and sliding out the label’s clear p
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Using your Freestyle 1200 telephone To dial a stored number To dial a stored number of more than 20 digits QUICKDIAL QUICKDIAL • Press the TALK button. • Press the TALK button. • Press the QUICKDIAL button. • Press the QUICKDIAL button, then • Press the 0-9 location code under the first 0-9 location code which the number you want is number. The number begins stored. The number is dialled dialling automatically. automatically. • When the first part of the number has been dialled, press the To sto
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Using your Freestyle 1200 telephone Using the Secrecy button Using the Intercom During a call, you may want to say Your Freestyle 1200 lets you hold a something to another person nearby conversation between the handset without your caller hearing you. and base unit. SECRECY To call the base unit from the handset • Press the SECRECY button. The At the handset: TALK light flashes. You can hear the caller, but they cannot hear you. • Every 7 seconds the handset beeps INTERCOM to let you know there
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Using your Freestyle 1200 telephone Ending an intercom call Ending an intercom call: • Press the INTERCOM button on • Press the INTERCOM button on the handset or base unit. Both the handset or base unit. Both INTERCOM lights on the handset INTERCOM lights on the handset and base unit go out. and base unit go out. You cannot use the intercom while a To call the handset from the call is in progress. The intercom will base unit beep for 60 seconds and then At the base unit: automatically cut off i
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Using your Freestyle 1200 telephone • T-E – This setting is for use if you Changing the telephone are connected to a tone dialling settings PBX (Private Branch Exchange) To set the base unit ringer volume that uses earth recall. (Located on the underside of the base unit) • P-E – If you dial a number when RINGER your Freestyle 1200 is set to T-TB VOLUME HI or T-E and you continue to hear LO OFF the dialling tone, you may be connected to an older pulse You can set the base unit ringer dialling ex
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Using your Freestyle 1200 telephone To insert a pause REDIAL 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 REDIAL button to insert a pause before keying in the telephone number. To use the recall button R This button signals either time break recall or earth recall depending on the setting of the TEL MODE switch. If you are connected to a PBX (Private Branch Exchange), contact your PBX sup
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Using your Freestyle 1200 answering machine You can operate your Freestyle 1200 answering machine from the handset the base unit or from another telephone. Your Freestyle 1200 can digitally The pre-set message is “Hello, your record up to 14 minutes of call cannot be taken at the moment messages, with each incoming so please leave your message after the message lasting a maximum of 3 tone.” minutes. Your Freestyle 1200 gives you two message mailboxes so that Using the message mailboxes you can s
