Home Area Code; Dial Mode - VTech VC7151 User Manual

Home area code

If you dial your local calls using only seven digits (area code not required), you can
program your home area code so that when you receive a call within your local
area, the telephone number is automatically stored without the area code in the
caller ID log.
1. Press MENU on the handset or telephone base when idle.
on the handset, or CALLER ID / or PHONEBOOK / on the
2. Press Press or
telephone base to scroll to Phonebook, and then press SELECT.
OPTION
3. Press
on the handset to scroll to Home areacode, then press SELECT.
4. Press or
The screen briefly shows Only for 7 digit dial from CID.
-OR-
Press CALLER ID /
Home area code, then press SELECT. The screen briefly shows Only for 7
digits dialing from Caller ID log.
5. Use the dialing keys to enter a three-digit home area code.
MUTE/DELETE on the handset, or X/DELETE on the telephone base
• Press
erase a digit.
Press and hold MUTE/DELETE on the handset, or X/DELETE on the
•
telephone base
6. Press SAVE to confirm. There is a confirmation tone. The handset screen shows
Areacode will not show in CID and the telephone base screen shows Area
code will not show in Caller ID log briefly before returning to the previous menu.
NOTE
If, in the future, your telephone service provider requires you to dial the area code when
making a local call, or, if you move to a location that requires it, delete the home area code
you have already programmed, following the steps above. After you have deleted the home
area code, _ _ _ will appear on the display.

Dial mode

The dial mode is preset to touch-tone dialing. If you have pulse (rotary) service, you
must change the dial mode to pulse dialing before using the telephone to make a call.
1. Press MENU on the handset or telephone base when idle.
on the handset, or CALLER ID / or PHONEBOOK /
2. Press Press Press or
on the telephone base to scroll to Phone setup, then press SELECT.
3. Press Press Press or on the handset, or CALLER ID / or PHONEBOOK /
on the telephone base to scroll to Dial mode, then press SELECT.
on the handset, or CALLER ID / or PHONEBOOK /
4. Press Press Press or
on the telephone base to scroll to Touch-tone or Pulse, then press SELECT.
There is a confirmation tone and the screen returns to the previous menu.
to choose Home.
or PHONEBOOK /
to erase all digits.
and the screen returns to the previous menu.
on the telephone base to scroll to
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