CALLER ID (CID)

If you subscribe to Caller ID (charges may apply) to your telephone service providers Caller ID service, numbers of the incoming calls will be displayed on the screen and stored in the call log. (Please consult your telephone service provider for details about the service)

Call Screening

With CID service implemented on your telephone line, when your phone rings, the caller’s number will display on the LCD of the handset. You have the option to answer the call or not.

1. When your phone rings, the calling number will appear in your handset display if CID service is available.

The last 24 incoming calls will be saved in the CID call list. Your handset CID icon and Base In use/New Call LED will flash, indicating new call/s.

2.Press TALK to take the call.

3.Press TALK again to end the call or you may simply put your handset on the base charge cradle.

CID Phonebook Matching

If you have stored names and numbers in your phone book the caller’s name will be displayed when the call comes in.

CID Reserved and Unavailable

If CID service is available in your telephone network and your phone will display or when an external call comes in, this means that the caller information is not available (UNAVAIL) or withheld (RESERVED).

CID - Repeat Call Indication

Instead of a repeat call icon, the software has a repeat call indication to indicate the no. of times the same number called. The whole operation is as below:

1.

Press down button at idle mode, the latest called number or name will then be displayed.

2.

Press OK button at this state will then display (CALLS : 01) on the display. This shows that this

 

number is called once. If this number has been called twice, the LCD will display (CALLS : 02). If

 

this number called for more than twice like, 3 or 10 times, the Display will show, (CALLS :03 or 10) on

 

the LCD.

CID call list review

Your phone can save 24 answered and un-answered incoming calls (each entry will store max. 23 digits of call number and max 10 characters of caller name.) Once there are more than 24 calls, the oldest caller’s name and number will be deleted to make space for new callers. The base In-use / NEW CALL indicator and your handset CID icon are flash to indicate new calls.

Review the call list

1.

 

Press DOWN button. The most recently received CID is displayed.

 

 

If the Calls list is empty, you will see

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2.

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Use UP and DOWN button to scroll through the Calls list.

 

 

Note: If your telephone service provides the name and number of the caller, the name

and the repeat call number (i.e. if the call is received at first time, “01” will show after the name; if the call is received at 2nd time, then “02” will show after the name…) will be

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Oricom BB100 manual Caller ID CID