Vtech 1856 User Manual - Page 12

MSG# 0 WHICH LANGUAGE? MSG# HAC---- 0 HOME AREA CODE? MSG# LAC1---- 0 LOCAL AREA CODE Telephone operation Telephone settings Language Press or CID to select the language used in all menus and screen displays. You can choose ENGLISH, ESPANOL or FRANCAIS. Home area code/local area codes You can program this phone to recognize one home area code and up to four local area codes. If you simply dial the last seven digits of a telephone number to make a call within your own area code, you should enter your own area code into the telephone as the home area code. Then if you receive a call from within your home area code, the screen will display the seven digits of the telephone number. If for calls within your own home area code you must dial 10 digits (that is, the area code and telephone number), enter 000 for the home area code and enter your area code as a local area code. Then if you receive a call from within your area code, the screen displays the 10 digits of the telephone number. If you ever have to dial 10-digit phone numbers, (the area code with the 7-digit phone number), for other nearby area codes, enter those area codes as local area codes. To set the home area code 1. Press CID/SETUP until you see HOME AREA CODE? 2. Press the dial pad keys to enter a three-digit home area code. To set the local area codes 1. Press CID/SETUP until you see LOCAL AREA CODE. 2. Press the dial pad keys to enter the first threedigit local area code. 3. Press CID/SETUP, then the dial pad keys to set the second, the third and the fourth local area code. 9