Caller Id Service; Using Caller Id Service; Talking Caller Id - Panasonic KX-TG7841 Operating Instructions Manual

Caller ID Service

Using Caller ID service

Important:
R This unit is Caller ID compatible. To use
Caller ID features, you must subscribe to a
Caller ID service. Contact your service
provider/telephone company for details.
Caller ID features
Handset / Base unit
When an outside call is being received, the
caller information is displayed.
Caller information for the last 50 callers is
logged in the caller list from the most recent
call to the oldest.
R If the unit cannot receive caller information,
the following is displayed:
– "Out of area": The caller dials from
an area which does not provide a Caller
ID service.
– "Private caller"
The caller requests not to send caller
information.
– "Long distance"
*2
: The caller makes a long
dist."
distance call.
R If the unit is connected to a PBX system,
caller information may not be properly
received. Contact your PBX supplier.
*1 Handset
*2 Base unit
Missed calls
Handset / Base unit
If a call is not answered, the unit treats it as a
missed call. The display shows "Missed
call".
Note:
R Even when there are unviewed missed
calls, "Missed call" disappears from the
standby display if the following operation is
performed by one of the units:
– A handset is replaced on the base unit
or charger.
– Pressing MOFFN on a handset.
– Pressing MEXITN on the base unit.
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*1
/ "Private"
*1
/ "Long
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Phonebook name display
When caller information is received and it
matches a phone number stored in the
phonebook, the stored name in the
phonebook is displayed and logged in the
caller list.

Talking Caller ID

Handset / Base unit
This feature lets you know who is calling
without looking at the display.
To use this feature, you must:
– subscribe to a Caller ID service of your
service provider/telephone company.
– turn this feature on (page 40, 42).
When caller information is received, the
handsets and base unit announce the caller's
name or phone number received from your
service provider/telephone company following
every ring.
The unit announces in English only.
*2
:
R Name pronunciation may vary. This feature
may not pronounce all names correctly.
R Caller ID service has a limit of how many
characters can be displayed. If the caller's
name is too long, the unit may not be able
to display or announce the entire name.
R The announcement is heard at the same
level as the ringer volume (page 22, 29, 39,
42).
R If you turn on the answering system and set
the number of rings "2 rings" (page
61), the unit does not announce the caller
information from the landline. If "Toll
saver" is selected and there is a new
message, the unit does not announce the
caller information from the landline.
R When you receive a call while on the
phone, the 2nd caller's name is not
announced even if you subscribe to both
Caller ID and Call Waiting with Caller ID
services.
Phonebook name announcement
When caller information is received and it
matches a phone number stored in the
phonebook, the stored name in the
phonebook is announced.