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Telephone settings Handset settings Home area code If you dial seven digits to make a local call (no area code required), enter your area code into the telephone as the home area code. When you receive a call from within your home area code, the caller ID history only displays the seven digits of the telephone number. This feature makes it easy for you to place a call from the caller ID log. If you dial 10 digits to make a local phone call, do not use this home area code feature. If you do, you cannot place local calls from your caller ID log, as they will have only seven digits. >Settings To set the home area code on a cordless handset: Website 1. Press MENU/SELECT in the idle mode to enter the main menu. 2. Use qCID or pDIR to scroll to >Settings, then press MENU/SELECT. 3. Use qCID or pDIR to scroll to >Home area code, then press MENU/SELECT. >Home area code Dial mode 4. Use the dial pad keys to enter a three-digit home area code. Press MUTE/DELETE to delete a digit while entering, or press and hold MUTE/DELETE to delete all digits. 5. Press MENU/SELECT to save and return to the main menu. There is a confirmation tone. Press OFF/CLEAR to cancel. HOME AREA CODE ___ NOTE: If, in the future, your telephone service provider requires you to dial 10 digits to make a local call (area code plus telephone number), you need to delete your home area code and dial out locally from the call log. With the home area code displayed, press and hold X/DELETE until the digits are deleted, and then press MENU/SELECT. The home area code is now restored to its default setting of _ _ _(empty). Dial mode The dial mode is preset to tone dialing. If you have pulse (rotary) service, you must change the dial mode to pulse dialing before using the telephone. To set the dial mode on a cordless handset: 1. Press MENU/SELECT in the idle mode to enter the main menu. 2. Use qCID or pDIR to scroll to >Settings, then press >Dial mode MENU/SELECT. -End of list- 3. Use qCID or pDIR to scroll to >Dial mode, then press MENU/SELECT. 4. Use qCID or pDIR to scroll to >Tone or >Pulse, then press MENU/SELECT. There is a confirmation tone. Press OFF/CLEAR to cancel. DIAL MODE >Tone 17

Section	Page
Getting started	7
Quick reference guide - handset	7
Quick reference guide - telephone base	9
Installation	10
Telephone base installation	11
Charger installation	12
Battery installation and charging	13
Installation options	15
Tabletop to wall mount installation	15
Wall mount to tabletop installation	17
Telephone settings	19
Handset settings	19
Menu settings	19
Ringer volume	19
Ringer tone	19
LCD Language	20
Voicemail (visual message waiting) indicator	20
Clear voicemail indication	20
Key tone	21
Set date/time	21
Use caller ID to automatically set date and time	22
Home area code	23
Dial mode	23
Website	24
Answering system settings (handset only)	25
Announcement	25
Answer on/off	26
Call screening	27
Number of rings	27
Remote access code	28
Message alert tone	29
Telephone base settings	30
Menu settings	30
Ringer volume	30
Ringer tone	31
LCD Language	31
Voicemail (visual message waiting) indicator	31
Clear voicemail indication	32
Key tone	32
Set date/time	33
Use caller ID to automatically set date and time	34
Home area code	34
Dial mode	35
Website	35
Making, answering, and ending calls	36
Making a call	36
On hook dialing (predialing)	36
Answering a call	36
Temporary ringer silencing	37
Ending a call	37
Auto off	37
ClearspeakTM dial-in-base speakerphone	37
Cordless handset speakerphone	37
Redial	38
Last number redial	38
Exiting the menu	39
Handset operation	40
Equalizer	40
Volume control	41
Call waiting	41
Mute	41
Options while on calls	41
Chain dialing	42
Temporary tone dialing	43
Multiple handset use	44
Multiple handset use	44
Handset locator	44
Join a call in progress	44
Intercom	45
Answer an incoming call during an intercom call	46
Call transfer using intercom	47
Directory	49
About the directory	49
Shared directory	49
Capacity	49
Create directory entries	50
To create a new directory entry	50
To add a predialed telephone number to the directory	53
Review directory	54
To review directory entries	54
Search directory	55
To search by name	55
To dial, delete or edit entries	56
Display dial	56
To delete an entry	56
To edit an entry	56
Caller ID	58
About caller ID	58
Information about caller ID with call waiting	58
Caller ID history	59
How the caller ID history (call log) works	59
Missed (new) calls indicator	59
Caller ID operation	60
Memory match	60
To review the caller ID history	60
View dialing options	61
Dial a call log entry	62
Delete entries	62
Save a call log entry to the directory	62
Reasons for missing caller ID information	64
Answering system	65
About the answering system	65
Answering system and voicemail	65
Answering system new message indication	65
Turn the answering system on or off at the telephone base	66
Message capacity	66
Voice prompts	66
Call screening at the telephone base	67
Call intercept	67
Base ringer	67
Temporarily turning off the message alert tone	67
Message playback	68
Options during playback	68
To delete all old messages	69
Recording and playing memos	70
To record a memo	70
To play back a memo	70
Base message counter displays	71
Remote access	72
Appendix	74
Expansion handset	74
Adding and registering handsets	75
To register a handset to your telephone base	75
Deregistering a handset	76
To deregister all handsets	76
Alert tones and lights	77
Handset screen icons	77
Handset alert tones	77
Telephone base icons	77
Telephone base tones	78
Lights	78
Handset and telephone base display screen messages	79
Troubleshooting	82
Maintenance	90
Important safety information	91
Safety information	91
Especially about cordless telephones	92
Precautions for users of implanted cardiac pacemakers	92
Pacemaker patients	92
Especially about telephone answering systems	92
FCC Part 68 and ACTA	93
FCC Part 15	94
Limited warranty	95
Technical specifications	97
DECT 6.0 digital technology	97
Telephone operating range	97
Redefining long range coverage and clarity	97
Index	98
Index	98

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Handset settings

Home area code

If you dial seven digits to make a local call (no area code required), enter

your area code into the telephone as the home area code. When you receive

a call from within your home area code, the caller ID history only displays the

seven digits of the telephone number.

This feature makes it easy for you to place a call from the caller ID log. If you

dial 10 digits to make a local phone call, do not use this home area code

feature. If you do, you cannot place local calls from your caller ID log, as they

will have only seven digits.

To set the home area code on a cordless handset:

1. Press

MENU/

SELECT

in the idle mode to enter the main menu.

2. Use

CID

DIR

to scroll to

>Settings

, then press

/SELECT

3. Use

CID

DIR

to scroll to

>Home area code

, then

press

/SELECT

4. Use the dial pad keys to enter a three-digit home area

code. Press

MUTE

/DELETE

to delete a digit while entering,

or press and hold

MUTE

/DELETE

to delete all digits.

5. Press

/SELECT

to save and return to the main menu.

There is a confirmation tone. Press

OFF/

CLEAR

to cancel.

NOTE:

If, in the future, your telephone service provider requires you to

dial 10 digits to make a local call (area code plus telephone number), you need to delete

your home area code and dial out locally from the call log. With the home area code

displayed, press and hold

X/DELETE

until the digits are deleted, and then press

/SELECT

. The home area code is now restored to its default setting of _ _ _(empty).

Dial mode

The dial mode is preset to tone dialing. If you have pulse (rotary) service, you

must change the dial mode to pulse dialing before using the telephone.

To set the dial mode on a cordless handset:

1. Press

MENU/

SELECT

in the idle mode to enter the main menu.

2. Use

CID

DIR

to scroll to

>Settings

, then press

/SELECT

3. Use

CID

DIR

to scroll to

>Dial mode

, then press

/SELECT

4. Use

CID

DIR

to scroll to

>Tone

>Pulse

, then press

/SELECT

. There is a confirmation tone. Press

OFF/

CLEAR

to cancel.

Home area code

Dial mode

HOME AREA CODE

___

>Settings

Website

DIAL MODE

>Tone

Telephone settings

Dial mode

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