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Introduction
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Introduction
Thank you for purchasing our 900 MHz
Cordless Telephone. It provides excellent
clarity and range and integrates Caller ID,
Call Waiting ID, and a digital answering
system into one space-saving device. The
900 MHz band provides less interference,
clearer sound, and greater range than 46/49
MHz cordless telephones.
The digital answering system provides clear
reliable messaging with call screening, day/
time stamp, call counter, remote access and
instant skip or replay messaging.
The Caller ID records each caller’s name (if
available in your area), telephone number,
and the date and time of the call, as provided
by your local phone company to Caller ID
service subscribers.
IMPORTANT
Cordless phones such as this one require
AC power to operate. When the AC power is
off, you cannot dial out or receive incoming
calls using your phone. To be safe, you
should also have a phone that does not need
AC power to operate (not a cordless phone)
so you can still make and receive calls if
there is an AC power failure.
When AC power is lost, the phone loses the
security access-protection code connection
between the base and the handset. When
power is restored, put the handset on the
base briefly to restore this connection.
IMPORTANT CALLER ID
INFORMATION
To use Caller ID and Call Waiting, you must
be in an area where those services are
available and you must subscribe to those
services through your local phone company.
Where Caller ID is offered, one or more
options are generally available:
• caller’s number only
• caller’s name only
• caller’s name and number
If you subscribe to Call Waiting ID and Caller
ID, the system can show you the incoming
caller information, even when you are
already talking on the phone.
READ THIS BEFORE
INSTALLATION
We have designed your phone to conform to
federal regulations and you can connect it to
most phone lines. However, each device that
you connect to the telephone line draws
power from the line. We refer to this power
draw as the phone’s ringer equivalence
number, or REN. The REN is on the bottom
of your phone.
If you use more than one phone or other
device on the line, add up all the RENs. If the
total is more than five (three in rural areas),
your phones might not ring. If ringer
operation is impaired, remove one of the
devices from the line.
The digital answering system stores up to 16
minutes of messages on a computer chip
and records each message’s day and time.
This gives you advanced capabilities over
tape-based answering machines:
• You can delete individual messages and
save the rest.
• There are no tapes to bother with and no
tape mechanisms to wear out.
