Call waiting and Caller ID
compatible (for Australia)
If you subscribe to Caller ID service,
your handset displays the 2nd caller’s
information while talking. After you hear
a call waiting tone, the caller’s phone
number will be displayed.
You can answer the 2nd call, keeping
the 1st call on hold. Follow your service
provider/telephone company instructions
using MRECALLN.(Recall function)
R If the phone number is stored in the
phonebook with its name, the caller’s
name will also be displayed.
R Please contact your service provider/
telephone company for details and
availability in your area.
For Caller ID Type II users
When you receive a 2nd call during a
conversation, you will hear a signal tone
following the call waiting tone and the
conversation will be interrupted or
muted for a short period of time. This
is not a fault of the product as these
events are normal.
R The tones are generated by your
service provider/telephone company.
For Call Waiting or Call
Waiting Caller ID service
users (for New Zealand)
To use call waiting or Call Waiting Caller
ID, you must first subscribe with your
service provider/telephone company.
This feature allows you to receive calls
while you are already talking on the
phone. If you receive a call while on the
phone, you will hear a call waiting tone.
If you subscribe to both Caller ID and
Call Waiting with Caller ID services,
the 2nd caller’s information is displayed
after you hear the call waiting tone on
the handset.
1 Press MRECALLN to answer the 2nd
call.
2 To switch between calls, press
MRECALLN.
Note:
R Please contact your service provider/
telephone company for details and
availability of this service in your area.
Talking Caller ID
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 33).
When caller information is received, the
handsets and base unit announce the
caller’s phone number received from
your service provider/telephone
company following every ring.
R The announcement is heard at the
same level as the ringer volume
(page 31, 33).
R If you turn on the answering system
and set the number of rings “2
rings” (page 52), the unit does not
announce the caller information from
the landline. If “Toll saver” is
selected and there is a new message,
the unit does not announce the caller
information from the landline.
R When you receive a call while on the
phone, the 2nd caller’s name is not
announced even if you subscribe to
both Caller ID and Call Waiting Caller
ID services.
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.
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