Southwestern Bell 2-9773 manual Introduction

INTRODUCTION

Your Southwestern Bell 2-9773 cordless phone is designed to give you flexibility in use and high quality performance. You can use this phone with basic telephone service, but it fully functions when equipped with the following features:

CALLER ID

This feature allows you to see the number or name and number of the person calling before you answer the phone.

CALL WAITING

This feature allows you to answer incoming calls while you are talking on the phone.

CALLER ID WITH CALL WAITING

Also known as Type II Caller ID, this feature allows you to see the name and number of a call that beep in while you are talking on the phone with someone else.

VERY IMPORTANT: The Caller ID with Call Waiting feature of this phone is totally dependent upon your phone company's capabilities. You may subscribe to one service or the other, or even to both, and this phone will function properly.

But to take advantage of the Caller ID with Call Waiting feature, you must call your local phone company and tell the representative that you have a Caller ID/Call Waiting device that integrates the two services, regardless of whether or not you already subscribe to one or both services independently.

The phone companies that do have the ability to integrate Call Waiting and Caller ID must program your telephone line for the feature to work.

VOICE MESSAGING

This features, which requires a subscription from the telephone company, allows callers to leave messages while you are talking

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