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CALLER ID OPERATION

If you subscribe to Caller ID service from
your phone company, the ET-521 auto-
matically displays the information the
phone company sends between the first
and second rings of every call you re-
ceive. It stores up to 99 number only or
name and number call records in its Call-
er ID memory.

It also shows the date and time the call
was received. The display also shows if
caller information is not available or if the
number is blocked by the sender (see
“Caller ID Displays” on Page 27).

The NEW CALL and MESSAGE indica-
tors light on the base during an incoming
call, and the call record and

NEW

appear

for 15 seconds, then the display blanks
out.

If you subscribe to your phone compa-
ny’s message waiting service, your sys-
tem informs you when you have a
message waiting. If the MESSAGE indi-
cator on the base flashes and

ap-

pears, you have a voice message in your
mailbox.

disappears from the display

after 15 seconds, but the MESSAGE in-
dicator flashes until you retrieve the mes-
sage or delete the Caller ID record.

If you subscribe to Call Waiting, the NEW
CALL and MESSAGE indicators light on
the base during a call and

Call

wait-

ing

appears briefly. The Caller ID

record appears. If you want to answer
the incoming call, press

FLASH

. To

resume the previous phone conversa-
tion, press

FLASH

again.

555-1234

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