VTech DS5151-2 User Manual page 61

The telephone Caller ID is a subscription
does not service. You must
receive caller subscribe to this service
ID or the from your telephone
telephone does service provider for this
not show caller feature to work on your
ID during call telephone.
waiting.
Both your and the
caller's telephone service
providers must use
equipment compatible
with the caller ID service.
The caller may not be
calling from an area which
supports caller ID.
The caller ID information
displays after the first or
second ring.
The display The handset may be out
shows Out of of range. Move it closer to
range OR No the telephone base.
pwr at base.
Make sure the power cord
is securely plugged into
the telephone base. Use
a working electrical outlet
not controlled by a wall
switch.
I cannot The handset does not
hear any have a speakerphone.
instruction from When recording,
the handset playing or deleting your
when I try to own announcement,
record, play or the instructions are
delete my own announced through
announcement. the handset receiver.
Make sure you place the
handset receiver close to
your ear.
The outgoing When recording the
announcement announcement, make
is not clear. sure you speak in a
normal tone of voice
towards the microphone
of the handset.
Make sure there is no
background noise when
recording.
The answering
system does
not record
messages.
The answering
system does
not announce
the correct day
of the week
for recorded
messages time
stamp.
The messages
on the
answering
system are
very difficult to
hear.
The messages
on the
answering
system are
incomplete.
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Make sure the answering
system is on. When the
answering system is on,
ANS ON should display
on the handset and the
telephone base.
When the answering
machine memory is full,
it does not record new
messages until some old
messages are deleted.
If you subscribe to
voicemail service, change
the number of rings so
that your answering
system answers before
your voicemail service
answers. To determine
how many rings activate
your voicemail service,
contact your telephone
service provider.
Make sure you have
set the date and time.
See Configure your
telephone section.
/VOLUME
Press
the handset or the
telephone base to
increase the listening
volume.
If a caller leaves a very
long message, part of
it may be lost when
the answering system
disconnects the call after
the preset recording time.
If the memory on the
answering system
becomes full during a
message, the answering
system stops recording
and disconnects the call.
If the caller's voice is
very soft, the answering
system may stop
recording and disconnect
the call.
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