5directory search – AT&T E5827 User Manual

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Directories

DIR

Directory search

Follow the steps on the left to browse through the
directory, or search to find a specific entry. You can
press

OFF

/CLEAR on the cordless handset (or

CLEAR at the base) anytime to exit the directory.

To browse through the directory
To browse, press

DIR then CID or DIR to

scroll through all entries one by one.
A

appears in the display of each entry on the

cordless handset that has been assigned a distinc-
tive ring (page 26).

To search alphabetically
To shorten your search, use the telephone dial pad
to enter the first letter of a name, then press

DIR

to scroll forward or

CID to scroll back until you find

the desired name.
Press dial pad buttons once for the first letter,
twice for the second, three times for the third, as
shown on page 25.

NOTE: When searching alphabetically, press a dial pad

button, if there are no entries beginning with the letters on

that button, the handset will show

NO DATA.

To call a displayed number
When the desired entry is displayed, you can dial it
immediately:
On the cordless handset, press

PHONE/

FLASH

dial.
At the base, press

DISP DIAL or press SELECT

twice to activate the speakerphone and dial the
number. You can continue the call on speaker-
phone, or lift the corded handset.

To scroll name by

name

To display first entry

To search alpha-

betically

NOTE: To place a call on

the corded handset using a

directory entry, lift the corded

handset, press the

DIR button

until you find the entry and

press

DISP DIAL on the base.