Add records – GE DECT 28821 User Manual
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Add Records
1. Make sure the phone is
OFF (not in TALK mode).
. Press the mute/menu OK button to go to the main menu.
. Press CALLER ID-VOLUME ( 6 or 5) button to scroll to 
PHONEBOOK.
. Press mute/menu OK button to enter
PHONEBOOK menu.
5. Use the CALLER ID-VOLUME ( 6 or 5) button to scroll to
ADD RECORDS.
6. Press the mute/menu OK button to confirm.
ENTER NAME shows on the display.
7. Use the touch-tone pad to enter a name (up to 15 characters). More than one
letter is stored in each of the number keys. For example, to enter Bill Smith, press 
the  key twice for the letter B. Press the  key  times for the letter I. Press the 
5 key  times for the letter L. Press the 5 key  times for the second letter L, and 
press the 1 key to insert a space between the first and last name. Press the 7 key 
 times for the letter S; press the 6 key once for the letter M; press the  key  
times for the letter I; press the 8 key for the letter T; press the  key twice for the 
letter H.
NOTE: If you make a mistake press the delete/intercom/conf button 
to backspace and erase the wrong character(s) or number(s).
8. Press the mute/menu OK button again to save your selection. The display shows
ADD TEL NUMBER.
9. Use the touch-tone pad to enter the telephone number (up to 0 digits, including
pauses), and press the mute/menu button to confirm, The records are stored 
alphabetically in the phone book.
Inserting a Pause in the Dialing Sequence (of a
Stored Number)
Press the #pause button on the handset’s touch-tone pad to insert a delay in dialing 
sequence when a pause is needed to wait for a dial tone (for example, after you dial 9 
for an outside line, or to wait for a computer access tone.) Each pause counts as one 
digit in the dialing sequence.
