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Freestyle 130
User guide
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Please open this page for an ÔAt a glanceÕ guide to your Freestyle 130.
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Z S O Y R C F I V L X N H Q E B U K W M G D A P T J At a glance Aerial Does not extend, do not pull out. Volume control buttons Channel seeker button Adjusts the handset ringer volume Selects the best alternative radio and earpiece speech volume. frequency if interference occurs see page 11 during a call. see page 11 Talk button (and light) For making and receiving calls. Battery low light see page 10 Flashes when the handset BATT LOW battery is low. Intercom button (and light) see page 8 TAL
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Telephone line Mains power 12V AC cord socket PHONE LINE socket see page 7 see page 7 Base unit telescopic aerial Back-up battery compartment Microphone Holds 1 x PP3 alkaline battery. In use light see page 6 Comes on when the MIC handset is in use. Power light see page 10 INTERCOM Lights up red when the IN USE POWER mains power is on. Intercom button see page 7 and light CHARGING Press to make or Intercom volume answer an intercom button call. Light flashes when Press to lower or raise an inte
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In this guide At a glance 1 Introduction 4 Setting up 5 Using your Freestyle 130 10 BT Select Services 18 Freestyle 90/130/1200 20 Additional Handsets Help 23 Technical information 26 Maintenance 29 Index 32 Wall mounting 34 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 130 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 F
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Setting up Follow these steps to get your Freestyle 130 ready for use. Check that your Freestyle 130 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 130 handset. operation. While this is entirely safe, • Freestyle 130 base unit with we advise against placing this product telephone line cord attached. on antique, veneered or wooden surfaces as damage may occur. • Mai
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Setting up Like all cordless phones, your Freestyle 3 Insert battery in base 130 handset will need charging for 24 unit (for back-up only) hours before use. 1 Handset aerial 9V 6 To fit the back-up battery, release the retaining clips, lift off the battery compartment cover and insert one new PP3 alkaline battery Your Freestyle 130 uses a compact (not supplied) as shown in the aerial which does not pull out. diagram above. Replace the battery compartment cover. 2 Check your telephone A good qual
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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 POWER When the power is switched on at 12V AC PHONE LINE the mains, the red POWER light on the base unit will light up. Mains power adaptor The Freestyle 130 must only be used with the adaptor supplied. Using any other adaptor will result in non-compliance with EN60950:1992, and will invalidate the approval given Plug the adaptor cable into the to this apparatus. socket o
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Setting up As a rule, placing the handset on Battery care the base unit overnight will keep The battery cannot be overcharged. the battery fully charged for all However, leaving the handset on the normal use. base unit all the time can deteriorate a rechargeable battery. To get the longest Automatic Quickcharge possible life from your battery, take the When the handset batteries start to handset off the base unit for a few run low, your Freestyle 130 will hours each day. automatically switch
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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 34.) aerial on your Freestyle 130 (as To plan the location of the base unit shown below) to ensure the best Your Freestyle 130 works by sending possible signal and reception. 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 the ba
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Using your Freestyle 130 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 unit. 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 call.
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Using your Freestyle 130 To adjust the speech volume To use the channel seeker button VOLUME CHANNEL SEEKER During a conversation you can Your Freestyle 130 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 CHANNEL SEEKER b
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Using your Freestyle 130 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 130 handset can store location code you have used for each up to ten separate phone numbers. number. You can then dial each number by You can take out the label by removing pressing just two buttons. the handset battery compartment cover and sliding out the label’s clear plastic To store a number in the memory. cove
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Using your Freestyle 130 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 store a number
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Using your Freestyle 130 Using the Secrecy button Using the Intercom During a call, you may want to say Your Freestyle 130 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 is a call on
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Using your Freestyle 130 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 if not answ
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Using your Freestyle 130 • 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 130 is set to T-TB 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 exchange. Set the swi
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Using your Freestyle 130 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 supplier for f
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BT Select Services If you are connected to a digital To withhold your own number exchange, you can subscribe to a Dial 141 before you dial the number range of BT Select Services. If you you want. You will need to do this even wish to subscribe to any of these if you are ex-directory. services contact us on Freefone 0800 800 152 business, 150 residential, 8am to 6pm, Monday to Call Waiting Friday. If an incoming call arrives while you are already engaged on a telephone Call Return (1471) call you
