Telephone Company Calling Features 33

Caller Information Display

When using Call Waiting, the display shows the caller information of the call you are connected to when you toggle between the first and seconds calls.

If a Caller Hangs Up

If you have an original call and a 2nd call from Call Waiting active and one of these callers hangs up, you may hear a dialtone when you reconnect to that caller. Press the FLASH button again to be connected to the remaining caller.

If one of the callers hangs up, the phone may not recognize this and may display the incorrect caller information on the display.

If You Forget a Waiting Call

It is possible you may have a call on hold and finish your conversation with another caller and hang up. In this case, the phone should ring again with the call from the waiting caller.

IMPORTANT: In order to use this unit's Voice Mail Waiting feature, you must subscribe to this service from your local phone operator.

Call Waiting CID

Provided you subscribe to Call Waiting CID service from your phone company; if you receive an incoming call and you are using a GE multi-handset system, a beep indicates the presence of a Call Waiting call on the line. The Call Waiting Caller ID information will be displayed and stored in the history of all handsets in the system.

Receiving Call Waiting Calls

If you receive a second incoming call while on an active call, you will hear a beep in the earpiece. The screen displays the Caller ID information.

1.Press the FLASH button to answer. The original call will be put on hold and you will be connected to the new call.

2.Press the FLASH button to go back to the original caller and put the second call on hold.

3.Press the FLASH button to toggle between callers

Voice Mail Waiting

The VMW indicator on the handset flashes when you receive a new message from your service provider and the handset screen displays an icon in the top left corner.

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GE 00018937, 28320xx2 manual Voice Mail Waiting, Call Waiting CID, Receiving Call Waiting Calls, Caller Information Display