Caller id calling/waiting, Caller id/call waiting, Answering a call with caller id service – Toshiba FT-8981 User Manual

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CALLER ID/CALL WAITING

• Before you can take advantage of the Caller ID and Call Waiting

features, you must subscribe to these services from your local
telephone company.

• Name and number caller ID only work in conjunction with service

provided by your local telephone company.

ANSWERING A CALL WITH CALLER ID SERVICE

1

When the caller ID message is received, the display shows
the caller's phone number along with the date and time. The
incoming call information is stored in Caller ID record.
If the Caller ID service includes the caller's name, the caller's
name appears on the display (up to 15 letters).

Number of calls from the same Caller ID
The date and time received
Caller's name
Caller's phone number

You may receive any one of the following messages;
When invalid data is received . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Incomplete Data

When a private name is received . . . . . . . . .

Private Name

When a private number is received . . . . . . . . .

Private Number

When an unknown name is received . . . . . . .

Unknown Name

When an unknown number is received . . . . . .

Unknown Number

2

When you pick up the phone, the display changes to "Talk".

NOTES

• If you answer a call before the Caller ID message is received (for example,

before the second ring), the Caller ID message will not appear.

• When the call is received via a telephone company that does not offer Caller

ID service, the caller's phone number and name do not appear (This includes
international calls).

• When the call is via a Private Branch exchange (PBX), the caller's phone

number and name may not appear.

• Data errors appear as "

".

5/11 12:30PM 01

SMITH JOHN
123-456-7890

Talk 0:00

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