BT 5500 Telephone User Manual


 
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Answering machine
Record a memo
1. Press menU, scroll to answer macHine and press select.
2. Scroll to recorD memo and press select.
3. The display shows Please sPeak after tHe tone.
4. After you hear the tone, speak your memo then press save to end recording.
5. Your memo is played back. If you want to delete it, press Delete during
playback. If you press
save or wait for the message to play back, it will be
saved.
6. Press Back to return to the previous menu level.
Call screening
1. When your BT Synergy rings, wait for the answering machine to take the call.
When the caller begins leaving a message, the display shows recorDing.
Press
screen to hear the caller.
2. To interrupt and speak to the caller directly, press talk. Or, after the caller has
hung up, and the display shows You have a new message, press
PlaY to play
new messages.
3. Press Back to return to the previous menu level.
Message playback via the base
1. Press . New messages are played rst.
During playback:
to delete the current message.
once to repeat the message.
twice to play the previous message.
to play the next message.
Memos can only be recorded via the handset.
When the answering machine is on and takes a
call, you can use the loudspeaker to listen to the
caller leaving a message. You can then identify
the caller and decide whether to take the call
in person.
While screening, you can adjust the volume
by pressing
or .