BT8500 phone set - time display

Harry Bloomfield, Esq. · 2019-10-30T17:39:59+00:00

Where do these phones get there time from?I remember setting them once around three years ago, when I installed them, but not touched their time/date since.Late yesterday evening, I spotted the time on the display was exactly 1 hour slow or behind, as if on BST. I made a mental note to check if there might be a DST setting in the phone, but later today I noticed the time was correct.The only thing I can think of, is that that phone line has not been rung since the change to GMT on Sunday. except it rang at 09:30 this morning with a call. Maybe the incoming call corrected the clock?

Oct 30, 2019 Last reply: 6 years ago 21 Replies

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Chris Green 6 years ago

Must be just on the borderline. Ours is a C475IP and does know how to talk NTP. We've had it a long time, my guess would be that it's older than your C460IP.

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Allan 6 years ago

As others have noted, BT seem to update the time on devices based on the incoming call.

However, I occasionally look at the call logs on BT's Call Protect for my BT landline, and I notice that the timestamp has not adjusted to the clock change last w/e, but Mechanical Meg on 1471 does give the correct timestamp.

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