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BEFORE YOU BEGIN
About Home Area Code and Local Area Codes
Always program your home area code, and, if you need them, up to four local area codes (see “Set Home Area Code” and “Set Local Area Codes” on pages 11 and 12). Programming these area codes changes how numbers are displayed in the call history, and allows for correct operation of the Display Dial feature.
Refer to the chart below to determine whether you will need to program Local Area Codes after you install your phone.
If you dial… | For… | Then, in Steps |
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11 digits | All calls outside | Make no entry |
(1+ area code + phone number) | your own area code |
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10 digits | Some calls outside | Enter area codes that |
(area code + phone number) | your own area code | do not require a “1” |
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10 digits | All calls within your | Enter your own area |
(area code + phone number) | own area code | code |
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