Caller ID Service

Using Caller ID service

Important:

R This unit is Caller ID compatible. To use Caller ID features, you must subscribe to a Caller ID service. Contact your service provider/telephone company for details.

Caller ID features

Handset / Base unit

When an outside call is being received, the caller information is displayed.

Caller information for the last 50 callers is logged in the caller list from the most recent call to the oldest.

R If the unit cannot receive caller information, the following is displayed:

Out of area: The caller dials from an area which does not provide a Caller ID service.

Private caller: The caller requests not to send caller information.

Long distance: The caller makes a long

distance call.

R If the unit is connected to a PBX system, caller information may not be properly received. Contact your PBX supplier.

Missed calls

Handset / Base unit

If a call is not answered, the unit treats it as a missed call. The display shows Missed call.

Note:

R Even when there are unviewed missed calls, Missed calldisappears from the standby display if the following operation is performed by one of the units:

A handset is replaced on the base unit or charger.

Pressing MOFFN on a handset.

Pressing MEXITN on the base unit.

Phonebook name display

When caller information is received and it matches a phone number stored in the phonebook, the stored name in the phonebook is displayed and logged in the caller list.

Talking Caller ID

Handset / Base unit

This feature lets you know who is calling without looking at the display.

To use this feature, you must:

subscribe to a Caller ID service of your service provider/telephone company.

turn this feature on (page 41).

When caller information is received, the handsets and base unit announce the caller’s name or phone number received from your service provider/ telephone company following every ring.

The unit announces in English only.

R Name pronunciation may vary. This feature may not pronounce all names correctly.

R Caller ID service has a limit of how many characters can be displayed. If the caller’s name is too long, the unit may not be able to display or announce the entire name.

Phonebook name announcement

When caller information is received and it matches a phone number stored in the phonebook, the stored name in the phonebook is announced.

Caller list

Important:

R Make sure the unit’s date and time setting is correct (page 16).

Viewing the caller list and calling back

n Using a cellular line

Handset

1MCN CID

2Press MCN to search from the most recent call, or MDN to search from the oldest call.

3To call back, press MCELLN. R The unit starts dialing when:

only 1 cellular phone is paired.

a specific line is set to make cellular calls (page 20).

To exit, press MOFFN.

4MbN: Select the desired cellular phone. a

MSELECTN

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