Quartet 3500 User Guide ~ 5th Edition ~ 17th January ’03 ~ 4393

1571 Voice mail indication

This feature will only work if you have subscribed to BT Answer 1571 or Call Minder and switched the 1571 feature ON.

BT Answer 1571 and Call Minder are automated answering services located at your local telephone exchange which will take messages when you are out, engaged on another call or on the internet.

To enable your Quartet 3500 to let you know you have messages you must first subscribe to a BT messaging service.

BT Answer 1571 is a basic answering service and is completely free of charge to BT customers. To activate the service, dial Freefone 0800 003 800.

For information on Call Minder, call BT on Freefone 0800 800 150. This is a chargeable service.

To switch 1571 voice mail indication ON/OFF

The 1571 feature is defaulted as OFF so you will need to switch the feature ON if you want your handset to indicate when you have new voice mail messages.

 

Press the UP or DOWN button

 

until the display shows Base

 

Settings.

 

Press the OK option button.

OK

 

Press the UP or DOWN button

 

until the display shows Check

 

1571 BT Answer.

 

Press the OK option button.

OK

 

The display will show 1571.

 

The current setting OFF or ON

 

will be highlighted.

 

Press either the OFF option

OFF

 

button or the ON option button

ON

 

to switch 1571 OFF or ON.

 

You will hear a confirmation

 

tone.

 

When switched ON the 1571

 

icon will remain steady on the

 

display to indicate that the

 

handset is ready to ‘check’ for

 

voice mail messages.

 

The 1571 icon on the handset

 

and the green light on the

 

base unit will flash to indicate

 

when you have new voice mail

 

messages and will keep

 

flashing until you have listened

 

to all of your messages.

 

Press the CLEAR button until

 

you return to the standby

 

screen.

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BT 3500 manual Voice mail indication, To switch 1571 voice mail indication ON/OFF, Settings, BT Answer