22) USING THE DIAL KEY
You can quickly dial a Caller ID number by simply pressing the DIAL key.
NOTE:You must store your home area code in order to use this feature. If you are calling a
number that originated in your home area code, the Caller ID record will show only the seven digit
number (without an area code.)
Follow these steps to dial a number from a Caller ID record:
1) Repeatedly press REVIEW or REVIEW to select the desired Caller ID
record. If the displayed phone number matches your phone system’s
dialing pattern, press DIAL twice to dial the number. If the phone number
does not match your phone system’s dialing pattern, follow steps 2
through 4 below.
2) Press DIAL. The messages DIALING MENU and USE REVIEW KEY alternately flash
on the display.
3) Repeatedly press REVIEW or REVIEW to select the desired dialing patterns.
4) Press DIAL. The phone number appears in the display. After the B250D
dials the number, the message PICKUP PHONE appears in the display.
NOTES:If the phone number’s area code matches the area code you have stored, the Caller ID
provides you with four dialing pattern choices: an 8-digit number (1 plus the phone number);
a 10-digit number (area code plus the phone number); an 11-digit number (1 plus the area code
plus the phone number);a 7-digit number.
If the phone number’s area code does not match the area code you stored, you can select whether
or not to dial a ‘1’ before the phone number.
If you have not yet stored an area code, the displays reads: SET AREA CODE 000, and the first ‘0’
flashes.
23) DELETING CALLER ID RECORDS
The B250D allows you to delete individual Caller ID records, or all Caller ID records
that have been reviewed. It will not allow the deletion of Caller ID records that have
not been reviewed. You cannot delete Caller ID records during a call.
To delete a singleCaller ID record:
1) Repeatedly press REVIEW or REVIEW to select a record, then press
DELETE. The display will show the prompt DELETE?.
2) Press the DELETE key once again. The name and number will be deleted
from the phone book log. If there are no other records, NO CALLS will
appear on display.
To delete allCaller ID records:
1) Wait until the B250D shows the clock display, then hold down the DELETE
key for approximately four seconds. ERASE ALL flashes twice in the display,
then the phone beeps once to confirm that all records were deleted.
24) PRIORITY (VIP) CALL
This feature alerts you when an important (VIP) call is being received, from up to twenty
(20) numbers of your choosing. When you receive a call from a number matching one
stored in the VIP call record, the B250D sounds two quick beeps each time the phone
rings, until you answer the call.
NOTE: VIP call records are protected so you cannot delete them by mistake. To delete a
VIP call record,you must first “unmark”it, using the steps in “Unmarking a VIP Call
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