Using your Freestyle 1200 answering machine | BT manual

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 record up to 14 minutes of messages, with each incoming message lasting a maximum of 3 minutes. Your Freestyle 1200 gives you two message mailboxes so that you can separate your incoming messages. This is basically the equivalent of three answer machines in one unit, where callers are prompted to select the relevant mailbox in which to leave their message.

Using the standard setting

Your Freestyle 1200 has a preset outgoing message that callers will hear. You can use this preset message or record your own message for a more personal greeting; see page 20.

The pre-set message is “Hello, your call cannot be taken at the moment so please leave your message after the tone.”

Using the message mailboxes

Your Freestyle 1200 has two message mailboxes. For example, mailbox 1 could be for business messages and mailbox 2 for personal messages. Equally you could allocate one mailbox to a colleague or someone else in your family.

In your outgoing message you can tell callers which mailbox they should use. The caller simply presses 1 or 2 on their phone’s keypad after the tone. This selects either mailbox 1 or 2.

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BT manual Using your Freestyle 1200 answering machine

Contents

Freestyle Page At a glance Freestyle This guide For your records On the underside of the machine Electrical storm warning Handset aerial Check your telephone wall socket Charge the handset Plug the power cable into the back of the base unitConnect the base unit three-pin adaptor to a power socket Plug the phone into the BT socket See ‘Wall mounting’, Extend the base unit telescopic aerialTo wall mount your product Using your Freestyle1200 telephone Making and receiving calls Last number redial Using the memory to store and dial numbers To store a number in the memory To dial a stored number Using the Secrecy button Using the IntercomAt the handset At the base unit Ending an intercom call Changing the telephone settings To insert a pause Using your Freestyle 1200 answering machine Base Unit message display Display Definition Recording your outgoing message Display shows Stop recording by releasing Calling Setting the day and timeAdditional pre-set messages Switching the answering machine on and off Recording a memo Playing messages and memos During playback Play the message you want to delete Call screening and intercept Answer delayAdjusting the speaker volume Message alert Resetting the answer machineWhen the answering machine is switched off Operating the answering machine from the handset Announcement End of messages Remove the battery cover lid to Access the CODE/SET button Switching the answering machine on Accessing the answering machine Having already accessed the main menu Operating the answering machine Call Waiting BT Select ServicesCall Return Other services Freestyle 90/130/1200 Additional Handsets Registering your handset Setting the handset number Basic use of Freestyle additional handsets Transferring calls between handsets Telephone problems Possible cause Solution You have dialling tone but the telephone will not dial out Help Batt LOW light on the handset Answer machine problems Possible cause Solution General problems Technical information Transmission frequencies Connection information Maintenance Event of a power failure Guarantee Setting up Index Help Wall mounting Squeeze Inward TOP Offices in Europe, North America, Japan and Asia Pacific