Using the vip feature – BT 1050 User Manual

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To check VIP code and setting

Press the

VIP

button.

Your Freestyle 1050 will announce if the
setting is on or off and the code number.

Using the VIP feature

Your Freestyle 1050 has a VIP feature which
sets your answering machine to answer calls
silently but allows designated callers to alert you
with a beep that they are trying to contact you.
The VIP feature will only operate with the
answering machine in ‘Answer On’ mode.

While the VIP feature is switched on, you will
not be disturbed by any other callers and your
answering machine will take messages silently.

To switch the VIP feature on and off

VIP is pre-set to off.

Press and release the

VIP

button to turn

it on.

By pressing the

VIP

button, the

Freestyle 1050 announces “VIP on, thirty”.

Press

VIP

button again to switch off.

ANSWERING MACHINE

VIP

To allow VIP callers to signal their
call

Press buttons in order shown

Give your special callers the VIP code.
Your pre-set code is 30. Tell them to
key in the code when they hear your
outgoing message. The VIP alert beeps
last for 30 seconds.

If a caller wishes to cancel the alert,
they press the

button on their phone.

Your Freestyle 1050 will give a long
beep at the end of the outgoing
message and the caller can leave their
message after the beep.

To change the VIP code

Press and hold down the

VIP

button.

The machine announces the current
VIP code e.g. “Thirty”. Continue to hold
down the VIP button and press the

SKIP >

button to move forward through

the numbers or press

SKIP <

to move

backward.

When the number you want is
announced, release the

SKIP

and

VIP

buttons. The machine announces e.g.
“VIP on/off Twenty five set”

NOTE

The code numbers available run from 00 to 39.

They are announced by your Freestyle 1050.

VIP

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