Q u i c k S ta r t G u i d e
Offices worldwide
The services described in this publication are subject to availability and may be
modified from time to time. Services and equipment are supplied subject to
British T elecommunication’ s plc’s respective standard conditions of contr act.
Nothing in this publication forms any part of a contract.
© British T elecommunications plc 2008.
Registered Office: 81 Newgate S treet, London EC1A 7AJ.
Registered in England No. 1800000.
Designed and produced by The Art & Design Partnership Ltd.
Printed in China / Issue 2 / ADP01-08
Answering machine
After following the Getting star ted section, your B T Aqua answering machine will be set to
‘ Answer and Record’ and is r eady to star t receiving messages.
Y ou can select one of the pre-recor ded outgoing messages – Answ er & Recor d or Answer
Only or you can r ecord your own personalised outgoing message. Y ou can also record m emo
messages f or other users, screen calls and you can operat e the answering machine remo tely .
All answering machine feat ures are accessed via the handset menu. See the Answer
Machine menu shown in Section 2. For detailed instructions on all the answering machine
feat ures see the online user guide at www .bt.com/help/userguides
Switch answering machine on/ off
When the answering machine is on, the icon is shown in the handset display .
1. Press
Menu, scroll to
Ans wer ing Ma chi ne
and press Select .
2. Scroll to
Ans wer O n / O f f
and press Select .
3. Press or to highlight
On
or
Of f
and press Select .
Listening to your messages/memos via the base
When you have new messages or memos the icon will be displayed showing the
number you have recieved.
1. Press
Menu, scroll to
Ans wer ing Ma chi ne
and press Select .
2.
Play
is highlighted. Press Select to choose which messages you want to play or scr oll
to
Play All
and press Select to play all messages. During playback, press:
to pause to resume
to repeat to play the to delete the
the message previous message current message
to play next message
SIM card r eader/writer
Y our BT Aqua has a SIM car d reader/writer which allows you t o copy individual or all entries
from a SIM car d to the Aqua phonebook and from the Aqua phonebook to a SIM car d.
Copy all phonebook entries to or from a SIM car d
1. Inser t the SIM card into the SIM READER slot on the side of the base.
2. At the handset, pr ess
Names. Then scroll to
Cop y Pho neb ook
and press Select .
3. Scroll to either
F rom S IM
or
T o S IM
and press Select . If requested, enter your SIM
card PIN then pr ess
OK. Display shows
Cop yin g
and the name of each entr y .
4. When copying is complete the display will show the number of entries. Press
Back to
return t o the previous menu level or close the handset.
T ex t messaging
Befor e you can send and receive text messages you need to subscribe to the text messaging
ser vice (no subscription charge) and to Caller Displa y (a quar terly fee ma y be payable, check
with your network provider). Please see the online full user guide f or details.
T o subscribe to the text messaging ser vice
Y ou will be automatically register ed when you send your first tex t message or you can send
the word ‘R egister’ to
00000. Y ou will receive a welcome message back as confirmation.
T o access the text messaging menu:
T o quickly send a text message, press
. Or to access the text menu press Menu .
T ex t
Mes sa gi ng
is displayed, press Select . Now use or to scroll through the menu
options: W rite Message, Inbo x, Drafts, Outbox, T emplates, Delete Messages, T ext Settings.
F or a full explanation of featur es and instructions, please see the main
user guide online at www .bt.com/help/userguides
For inf ormation on safety instructions,
cleaning, technical inf ormation or
connecting to a switchboar d, please refer t o
the ‘General Inf ormation ’ section in the full
user guide at www .bt.com/help/userguides
Guarant ee
Y our BT Aqua is guarant eed for a period of
12 months from the date of pur chase.
Subject to the terms listed below , the guarantee
will provide f or the repair of , or at BT’ s or its agent’s
discretion the option to r eplace the BT Aqua, or any
component thereof , (other than batteries), which is
identified as faulty or below standard, or as a result
of inferior workmanship or materials. Pr oducts
over 28 days old from the date of pur chase may be
replaced with a r efurbished or repaired product.
The conditions of this guarantee ar e:
• The guarantee shall only apply t o defects that
occur within the 12 month guarantee period.
• Proof of pur chase is required.
• The equipment is returned t o BT or its agent
as instructed.
This guarantee does not cover any faults or def ects
caused by accidents, misuse, fair wear and tear ,
neglect, tampering with the equipment, or any
attempt at adjustment or repair other than through
approved agents.
This guaran tee doe s not aff ect y our stat utory rights.
For further information within and outside the 12
month guarantee, please r efer to the full user guide
at www .bt.com/help/userguides
Product disposal instruc tions
The symbol shown here and on the pr oduct means
that the product is classed as Electrical or Electr onic
Equipment and should not be disposed with other
household or commercial waste at the end of its
working life.
The W aste of Electrical and Electronic Equipment
(WEEE) Directive (2002/96/EC) has been put in
place to recycle pr oducts using best available
recovery and recycling techniques to minimise the
impact on the environment, tr eat any hazardous
substances and avoid the increasing landfill.
Product disposal instruc tions for residential users
When you have no further use for it, plea se rem ove
any b atteries and dis pose of t hem and t he pro duct
as pe r your lo cal autho rity’ s r ecycling proce sses. F or
mor e inf ormation please contact your loc al autho rity
or th e reta iler wher e the produc t was pur chased .
Product disposal instruc tions for business users
Business users should contact their suppliers and
check the terms and conditions of the purchase
contract and ensur e that this product is not mixed
with other commercial waste f or disposal.
R& TTE Directive & Declaration
of Conformity
This product is intended f or use within the UK for
connection to the public telephone network and
compatible switchboards.
This equipment complies with the essential
requir ements for the Radio Equipment and
T elecommunications T erminal Equipment Directive
(1999/5/EC).
The Declaration of Conf ormity is published on
the website http://www .suncorptech.com/bt
Ge ne r al i nfo rm at io n
A full user guide can be downloaded in PDF format
from www .bt.com/help/userguides
Please consider the environment bef ore printing.
BT Aqua
T r ou b le sh oo ti n g
Mo st p ro ble ms ar e c aus ed by som eth ing very sim ple an d c an be fix ed wit h a f ew sim ple ch eck s:
• Make sur e both the mains power adaptor cable and telephone line cord ar e plugged into
the correct sock ets and plugged in at the wall.
• Make sur e you use all the cables and batteries that came in the box, not those fr om a
previous pr oduct.
• If you experience poor speech quality or interference, mak e sure the product is not
located too close to other electrical appliances. This can also help impr ove the handset
range fr om the base.
• Make sur e you charge the batteries f or at least 24 hour s bef ore first use to ensure
maximum battery per formance. The charge capacity of the batt eries will decrease
over time.
Using your BT Aqua on a br oadband Internet enabled line?
Remember t o plug the phone into the wall socket via an ADSL micr ofilter if you have
broadband Internet on your phone line, otherwise you may have problems with this
product and your br oadband ser vice. Additional BT ADSL micr ofilters can be purchased
from www .shop.bt.com
This gu ide can
be r ecycled.
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