How to set up answering machine to correct time and date as my bt freestyle 750 tells the wrong day and time on messages.

Here is the answer to your question from BT help

http://bt.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/10835/~/why-does-my-cordless-phone-keep-showing-searching%2C-base-or-range-out%3F

Assuming you do not have 5 handsets already, make sure that the new handset is fully charged. Carry it over to the base and press Find on the base unit. (This sends out a signal to the handset.) On the handset, press Menu and use the Up arrow to go to the line marked Settings. Press Menu to access this sub-menu. The line H/Settings should be highlighted. If it isn't highlighted, use the Up/Down arrows to navigate to this line. Press Menu to access this menu. Use the Up/Down arrows to navigate to the line Register. Press Menu again. Use the Up/Down arrows to select the base to which you want the handset to be registered. Press Menu again to confirm that base registration. Enter the system PIN for this base; the initial PIN is mentioned in the manual on page 35 and on page 54. Wait for the handset to indicate that it has been registered; it will say Registering until the process is finished. If you take too long to do the steps at the handset, the signal will stop and you will need to start over.

If you already have 5 handsets, you will need to de-register one of them. If the registration process does not properly occur and the issue wasn't taking too long, either the base or the handset is not communicating properly. If other handsets work, I'd suspect that the new handset is faulty.

BT Systems has the manual on the Freestyle 750 product site: http://btbusiness.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/12103/~/bt-freestyle-750-user-guide . The direct link to the manual is http://btbusiness.custhelp.com/ci/fattach/get/223683/1232386209/redirect/1/filename/BT_Freestyle_750_user_guide.pdf . The procedure to register the handset is on pages 53-54 of the manual.

I hope this helps.

Cindy Wells

try going to menu, settings, date & time, and make sure the information is correct where it says "set date" and "set time." if either is wrong, enter the correct information. that should fix it.
what happened is your phone thought you were sending a message earlier or later in time than you actually were, while whoever you're texting was sending messages on time. soooo all of your messages end up clustering at the top or bottom depending on if your phone's date & time is set early or late.

The instructions say you change them using the answer phone menu in the base - you need to scroll to 'answer delay' and you can increase the rings to a maximum of 8

Hi, here are the instructions for setting the time on a 43-3825, which is a very similar model. They should work for your machine too.

1. Press and hold TIME SET/CHECK/>> until you hear it beep twice. 2. Press ANNC/DAY/<< and the machine will say a day. Keep pressing that button until you hear the correct day. 3. Press REC and the machine will say the hour. Keep pressing it until you hear the right hour. 4. Press >= (the play/pause button) until you hear the right minute. 5. Once you've gotten the correct day and time, press TIME SET/CHECK/>> to save it.
While you're doing this, you can't let the machine sit idle for more than 5 seconds at a time, otherwise it will exit the time setup and you'll have to start over again. Good luck!

There's some fault in your phone wiring please check that its not broken somewhere.

Setting the Clock
You’ll need to set the clock so that it can
announce the day and time that each
message is received. Press Play/stop to exit
Setting the Clock at any time.
1 Press and hold Clock until the
Message Window displays C, and the
default day is announced.
2 To change the day setting, hold down memo/repeat
or ANNC/Skip until the
correct day is announced. Then
release the button.
3 Press and release Clock. The current
hour setting is announced.
4 To change the hour setting, hold down memo/repeat
or ANNC/Skip until the
correct hour is announced. Then
release the button.
5 Press and release Clock. The current
minutes setting is announced.
6 To change the minutes setting, hold
down memo/repeat or ANNC/skip until the
correct minutes setting is announced.
Then release the button.
7 Press and release C. The new day
and time are announced.
To check the clock, press and release
Clock.
NOTE: In the event of a power failure,
see the instructions on the bottom of the
unit to reset the clock.
Record a memo /
Repeat all or part of a message


I hope this helps! here is the URL to the information provided

http://telephones.att.com/docMgt/public/art/162/1717_manual.pdf

Hello,


One thing Radio Shack's answering machine [model number 43-3829], is NOT, is intuitive. But I guess you know that already. ;-)

To set the date and time, perform each of the steps below in quick succession, otherwise the machine will drop you out of the process and you’ll have to start over. You have about five seconds between each step, so try and make a mad dash for the finish line (Steps 4.-5.).

Setting Date and Time on Your Answering Machine:

(To set Day…)

1. Turn the answering machine on and hold down the TIME SET/CHECK/>> button until it beeps twice.

2. Press ANNC/DAY/<< repeatedly until the correct day displays / is indicated.

(To set Hour…)

3. Press REC repeatedly until you reach/hear the correct hour.

(To set Minutes…)

4. Press >|| (PLAY) repeatedly until you hear the correct minute(s).

(To Review/Confirm...)

5. Press TIME SET/CHECK/>> once. The machine will play the time and day you entered.


Note:

To exit/cancel the time- and date-setting mode, press ON/OFF/STOP once.

Hope this helps! If you have additional questions, please let me know and I’ll do my best to help.

Gail

Set the correct date and time by pressing "time/set." Then, follow the voice prompts. Press "time/set" again. Use "change" button to advance day. Press "time/set" again to adjust hour. Use "change" button to advance hour. Press "Time/set" again to adjust minutes. Press "change" button to advance the minutes. Press "time/set" when finished.

on some phones the beep refers to a voice mail message that has been left on your answerphone which will be left at the BT server, you can dial 1571 to retrieve the message. Other than that if you have re registered the phone correctly following the instructions on page 22 of the below manual, return the set as faulty. http://media.venda.com/btshop/ebiz/btshop/invt/cay222/freestyle2200.pdf