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Synergy 1500 User Guide

User Guide
October 1998 (published)
Artist/Maker
British Telecom (publisher)
The Art and Design Partnership Ltd (designers)
Place of origin
China (printed)
England (published)

BT user guide for the Synergy 1500 digital cordless telephone, with full user set up and operating instructions. Folded pamphlet, print on paper.

A photograph of front elevation of the BT Synergy 1500 digital cordless telephone, but on the final prototype, rather than a finished production model all have '12' in messages.

Object details

Category
Designs
Object type
User guide
TitleSynergy 1500 User Guide (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Black and white printed on paper
Paper
Printed
Brief description
BT user guide for the Synergy 1500 digital cordless telephone, designed by The Art and Design Partnership Ltd, published by BT in England, printed in China, 1998
Physical description
BT user guide for the Synergy 1500 digital cordless telephone, with full user set up and operating instructions. Folded pamphlet, print on paper.

A photograph of front elevation of the BT Synergy 1500 digital cordless telephone, but on the final prototype, rather than a finished production model all have '12' in messages.
Dimensions
  • Height: 21cm
  • Width: 21cm
  • Depth: 0.3cm
Production typeMass produced
Marks and inscriptions
  • Photograph of BT Synergy 1500 telephone and cradle. (centre of front cover; printed; paper; British Telecommunications Ltd; 1998)
  • 'Synergy 1500 / Digital cordless telephone answering machine / User guide' (Textual information; English; front cover, underneath photograph of telephone; printed; paper; British Telecommunications; 1998)
  • 'This equipment is not designed for making emergency telephone calls when the power / fails. Alternative arrangements should be made for access to emergency services.' (Textual information; English; bottom edge, front cover; printed; paper; British Telecommunications; 1998)
  • British Telecom logo (Trade mark; front cover, top left hand corner; printed; paper; British Telecommunications Ltd; 1998)
Credit line
Given by Vtech Communications Ltd.
Production
Reason For Production: Retail
Subject depicted
Telephone
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.150-2000

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Record createdDecember 19, 2001
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O63859/synergy-1500-user-guide-user-guide-british-telecom/
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