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If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on Freephone 0800 218 2182* or visit www.bt.com/producthelp
If you have not already set the date 
and time, you will need to do this 
so that you will know when each 
message was received, see pages 6-7.
Answering machine
Your BT Concero 1400 can digitally record up to 30 minutes 
of messages. Each message can be up to a maximum of 3  
minutes long. 
You can operate your BT Concero 1400 from:
•  the handset
•  the base
•  remotely from any external Touchtone™ telephone.
Your BT Concero 1400 comes with two pre-recorded male and 
female outgoing messages each for Answer and Record and 
Answer Only mode. You can also record your own outgoing 
message.
Your BT Concero 1400 gives clear voice prompts to help you when 
using the answering machine.
Operating the answer machine via the base
Switch answer machine on/off
1.  Press 
Ans.
on off
. When the answer machine is off, the base counter  
will show 
––
.
Playing messages
1.  Press 
Play
. The number of recorded messages will be shown 
on the message counter. If there are new messages, the total 
number of new messages will be shown and the counter 
display will flash.
During playback:
  press once to repeat current message, twice to play 
   previous message.
  press to play next message.
Delete
 press to delete current message.
Adjust volume
1.  Press 
Vol.
 or 
Vol.
 to increase or decrease the volume.
If you see flashing  –– on the base 
counter, this indicates that the time 
and date has not been set. You can 
set the time and date via the handset 
or alternatively an incoming call will 
automatically set the time and date.