VTech DS6641_-2 Abridged manual - Manual (Page 10)

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Caller ID
This product supports caller ID services provided by most telephone service
providers. Depending on your service subscription, you may see the caller’s name,
number, date and time of calls that are sent by your telephone service provider after
the first or second ring.
Caller ID log
The caller ID log stores up to 50 entries. If you answer a call before the caller
information appears, it will not be saved in the caller ID log.
The telephone base and cordless handset display XX missed calls when there
are calls that have not been reviewed in the caller ID log.
If you want to erase the missed call indicator, press and hold
CANCEL when the
telephone base/cordless handset is not in use.
To review and dial a number in the caller ID log:
Press CID when the phone is not in use.
Scroll to browse through the caller ID log. When the desired entry appears:
Press QUIET
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repeatedly to show different dialing options.
Press 1 repeatedly if you need to add or remove in front of the phone number.
To dial the displayed number with a cordless handset, press /HOME, /CELL
or .
-OR-
To dial the displayed number with the telephone base, press /HOME, /CELL
or lift the corded handset.
To save a caller ID log entry to the directory:
When the desired caller ID log entry displays, press SELECT.
Use the dialing keys to modify the number, then press SELECT.
Use the dialing keys to modify the name, then press SELECT to save.
To delete one caller ID log entry:
When the desired caller ID log entry displays, press DELETE.
To delete all caller ID log entries:
Press MENU when the phone is not in use.
Scroll to Caller ID log and then press SELECT.
Scroll to Del all calls and then press SELECT twice.
About answering system and voicemail
Your telephone has separate indicators for two different types of voice messages:
those left on its built-in digital answering system and those left with your telephone
service provider’s voicemail. Each alerts you to new messages differently.
If /PLAY/STOP on the telephone base flashes, and XX new messages
displays on the cordless handsets and telephone base, there are new messages
in the built-in answering system. It can record up to 59 messages, depending on
the length of each message. Each message can be up to 3 minutes in length.
The total recording time is approximately 4 minutes.
If and
New voicemail display on the cordless handsets and the telephone base,
your telephone service provider is indicating that it has new voicemail for you. Contact
your telephone service provider for more information on how to access your voicemail.
Answering system settings
Default settings are indicated by asterisks (*).
Settings menu Description Options
Call screening Set whether you hear the callers while they are
leaving messages to you.
Screening: On*
Screening: Off
# of rings Set the number of times the telephone rings
before the answering system answers.
6; 5; 4; 3*; 2;
Toll saver
Remote code Set a two-digit security code to access the answering
system remotely from any touch-tone telephone.
19*
Msg alert tone Set whether the telephone beeps every
0 seconds to alert you of new messages.
Tone: Off*
Tone: On
Recording time Set the recording time for each incoming
message.
3 minutes*
2 minutes
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