Response 125 Userfriendly Guide
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Please open this page for an ‘At a glance’ guide to your Response 125.
At a glance Memory label For one touch buttons. Memory buttons Use to store and dial one touch telephone numbers. Page 8 Quickdial Enables two touch dialling of up to 10 stored numbers. Page 8,9 Redial Press to redial the last number called or to enter a pause in the memory. Page 9 Secrecy Allows you to talk to someone in the same room, without the person on the other end of the line hearing your conversation. Page 10 Store Use when storing one touch and Quickdial telephone numbers.
Stop/OGM Checks your current outgoing message, records a new outgoing message and stops playback of messages. Page 12 Handset park Handset catch When wall mounted you can hook the handset on this if you need to temporarily move away from the phone. Page 26 Retains handset if wall mounted. Page 26 Switches the answering machine on and off, lets you skip backward through your messages and memos, sets answer delay. Page 13-16 Battery Low Indicator Memory label For two touch buttons.
Contents At a glance 1 Introduction 4 Setting up 5 Using your telephone 8 Using the answering machine 11 Remote access 19 Help 22 Technical information 23 Index 25 Wall-mounting template 26 Hints and tips boxes In this user guide, we’ve included helpful tips and useful notes. They are shown in a white box like this.
Introduction Your Response 125 telephone answering machine is designed for ease of use and made to the high standards set by BT Thank you for choosing a BT product. You can expect your phone to give you many years of quality service. Please read the instructions carefully before use, and keep this User Guide for future reference.
Setting up Follow these steps to get your Response 125 ready to use I M P O R TA N T Check that your Response 125 is complete. When you unpack you must have: Response 125 Telephone answering machine with telephone line cord attached ✓ Mains power adaptor plug ✓ Situating your Response 125 Situate your Response 125 close enough to a mains power socket so that the cables will reach. Do not cover or enclose the machine; allow a free flow of air to its surfaces.
Check your telephone wall socket Plug the mains adaptor in the back of the machine Place the adaptor cord in the channel provided to prevent it being pulled out accidentally. If you do not have a modern-style socket, call Freefone 0800 800 150 and ask for a BT engineer to come and fit the correct socket. This is a chargeable service.
Electrical storm warning Insert back-up battery BT recommends that you insert an alkaline PP3 9V battery (not supplied) to provide up to 6 hours back-up. This will ensure messages are saved in the event of power failure. Place the back-up battery in the compartment under your Response 125 memory label, clip the battery connector cap to the terminals of a PP3 9V battery (not supplied). Replace the cover. Note 1 Your Response 125’s battery low light comes on when the back-up battery is running low.
Using the telephone 4 Press the STORE Storing and dialling numbers Your Response 125 allows you to store up to 10 telephone numbers in its Quickdial memory. A further three numbers can be stored using one-touch memory buttons M1, M2 or M3. Each stored number can be up to 16 digits long. To store a telephone number under the memory buttons M1, M2 and M3. button again. 5 Press the memory button (M1, M2 or M3) under which you want to store the number.
To dial a telephone number using the Quickdial memory To dial a telephone number longer than 16 digits 1 Lift the handset. 1 Lift the handset. 2 Press the QUICKDIAL 2 Dial the first 16 digits button. 3 Press the keypad button (1-0) under which the number you want to dial is stored. 4 The number is dialled.
1 Pressing the REDIAL button will enter a pause. 2 Release the SECRECY button to talk to your caller again. 2 To enter a pause when storing a telephone number, press the REDIAL button. When you dial the stored number, your Response 125 will automatically insert the stored pause. Using the Secrecy button The SECRECY button allows you to talk to someone in the same room whilst on a call, without the person at the other end of the line hearing your conversation.
Using the answering machine To adjust playback volume Press + to increase the volume. Press - to decrease the volume. As you press, a beep sounds at the level you have selected. When the volume is at its highest or lowest, you will hear two beeps. Beep! If you adjust the volume during playback, the beep does not sound, but the volume changes accordingly. If you set the volume below mid-level, it will automatically return to its middle setting when any buttons are pressed on the answering machine.
To record your outgoing message, speak clearly, 15 to 20 cm from the built-in microphone. Built-in microphone Read all the steps before you begin recording. 1 Press and hold down Your Response 125 will automatically play back your message, then beep to confirm the recording. It then returns to ‘answer on’ mode. 1 Press and release the STOP button. Your To re-record your outgoing message, repeat these steps. 2 While the message is To check your outgoing message the stop button.
3 When you hear the To set the correct day and time Your Response 125 will announce the day and time that an incoming message or memo was recorded. 1 Press and hold down the DELETE button. Your Response 125 will announce the day currently set. correct day, release the DELETE button. Your Response 125 will announce the day you have set. Friday set You can now set the current hour 1 Press and hold down the DELETE button. Saturday Your Response 125 announces the hour currently set.
Your Response 125 announces the currently set minute. 0, One 2 Still holding down the DELETE button, press either the 䊴 SKIP button to move backwards through the minutes, or the SKIP 䊳 button to move forwards. After setting the time and day, your machine will automatically return to ‘answer on’ mode. To switch the answering machine on and off 1 Press the ANSWER ON/OFF button. Your To check the answer delay setting Response 125 announces...
Time saver Your Response 125 is preset to TIME SAVER. This means that during remote access, if any messages have been recorded your Response 125 will answer after only 2 rings. If there are no messages, it will answer after 6 rings, thereby allowing you the option of hanging up before your Response 125 answers, to avoid paying for the call. 1 Press and hold down the ANSWER ON/OFF Time Saver, 2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 When you hear the setting you want, release the ANSWER ON/OFF button.
You have x messages. Message One The messages are then played back, each one has an announcement of the day and time it was received. Message x, Sunday 2.13pm To skip forward or backward through your messages When playing back messages, you can skip forward to the next message or backward to the start of the current message and previous messages. 1 Press the SKIP 䊳 Messages are played back in the order they were received. When in ‘answer on’ mode, the display flashes to indicate you have messages.
When you have finished deleting and your Response 125 has finished playing all messages, you will hear ‘End of messages’. If you press the STOP button within 8 seconds of hearing this message, you can cancel all deletions and retain all your messages. If you accidentally delete all messages, you can still save them provided you press the STOP button within 8 seconds of the announcement ‘end of messages’. built-in microphone.
To use call screening Your Response 125 can answer an incoming call for you, allowing you to identify the caller and decide whether to take the call. 1 Make sure that the volume is set to an audible level. (See ‘To adjust the volume’, page 11) 2 Allow the incoming call to be answered by your Response 125 as normal. You will hear the caller begin to leave their message. 3 If you decide to take the call, lift the handset and you can speak to the caller. Recording will stop automatically.
Remote access Control your Response 125 from another telephone using a Touchtone™ keypad. You can turn your Response 125 answering machine on, and listen to your messages from any Touchtone™ telephone. To protect your privacy, messages can only be accessed by keying in a 2 digit security code. For your security code, look on the underside of your Response 125’s base unit. (You cannot change the currently set code). 3 Enter the first digit of your security code. You hear a beep.
To replay all your messages To skip forward to the next message To delete all recorded messages Press 2 on your telephone keypad within 8 seconds of hearing the announcement ‘End of messages’. While a message is playing, press 6. The next message is played. You can delete all messages immediately after listening to the final message. All messages are replayed. You can skip forward two messages by pressing the 6 button twice, or press it three times to skip forward three messages.
If the memory is full, you have to delete some of your messages before your Response 125 will switch to ‘answer on’ mode. After you hear the ‘Memory full’ announcement, you have 8 seconds to enter your security code. You can then delete messages. (See ‘To delete messages’ page 20.
Help If you have a problem, the following simple solutions may provide the answer No dialling tone Make sure your telephone line cord is plugged into the phone socket. Phone does not ring Check that the ringer volume switch (on the base) is not set to off. Do you have too many phones in your home? Please see ‘How many phones can you have?’ in the Technical Information section for details about the number of phones you can use.
Technical information Environment If the power fails Your Response 125 should be kept free of dust, moisture, high temperature and vibration, and should not be exposed to direct sunlight. Do not stand it on carpets or other surfaces which generate fibres, or place it in locations which prevent the free flow of air over its surfaces. If the battery warning light was off when the power was lost, all information should be retained for at least 1 hour (up to 6 hours for a fresh alkaline battery).
Connection information Guarantee Your Response 125 may be connected to public networks in the United Kingdom. If you own your Response 125 – under BT’s guarantee. It may also be connected to switching systems that use tone (MF) signalling, with timed break recall. If in doubt, your switchboard supplier or maintainer should be able to offer help. Advice on connection to BT switching systems can be obtained by dialling BT Freefone 0800 800 152.
Index Answer delay At a glance Battery inserting warning Call screening 14,15 1 7 7 18 Cancel any procedure 18 Day and time check set 13,14 Dial numbers 8,9 Guarantee 24 Help 22 Helpline 12 4,23 Incoming message deleting all 17 delete individual 16 playback 15,16 receive messages 15 skip backward 16 skip forward 16 Mains adaptor Memo Memory buttons storing dialling 6 17 Messages checking deleting record outgoing On/off Pause Playback volume Quickdial memory changing numbers dial storing numb
Wall-mounting Your Response 125 can be wall-mounted using the screws and wall plugs provided. Use the wall-mounting template opposite as a guide for the drill holes. Before you wall-mount your Response 125, check that: • the wall can support the weight of the phone; • the position you choose leaves sufficient space so that the phone is clear of any obstruction on the wall, such as a shelf or cupboard.
Offices in Europe, North America, Japan and Asia Pacific. The Telecommunications services described in this publication are subject to availability and may be modified from time to time. Services and equipment are provided subject to British Telecommunications plc’s respective standard conditions of contract. Nothing in this publication forms any part of any contract. Touchtone™ is a registered trade mark of British Telecommunications plc in the UK. ©British Telecommunications plc 1999.
