Basic Operation
Call In Absence Indicator
If your phone is on and an incoming call is unanswered, CALL is displayed for 16 seconds. The display and keypad backlight will then extinguish to conserve the battery level. Pressing any key but CLR or END redisplays CALL to inform you of the call attempt. You must press CLR or END to cancel the message and clear the display.
NOTE Unless you have subscribed to Calling Line ID, the phone will not display or retrieve the phone number of the calling party.
Signal Strength Meter
The Signal Strength Meter (SSM) indicates the relative strength of the signal received by your phone. The SSM is displayed as shown below. The alone represents the lowest strength, with each additional representing a stronger signal.
Weak Signal | Strong Signal |
The SSM appears every time you turn your phone on. After the display blanks out (after about 16 seconds), the SSM will “strobe” to indicate that the phone is on. To redisplay the SSM press any key.
To best utilize the SSM, you should familiarize yourself with the relative signal strength levels and their associated call placement and
Any messages, such as Loc d, appearing in the display as a result of activation of a feature will take priority over SSM. You will not see the SSM displayed in these cases.
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