Caller ID Service28Talking Caller IDTo use this feature, you need to subscribe to Caller ID. For further information,please contact your telephone company.ï If the unit does not receive Caller ID information, the unit will announce ìCall fromout of areaî, ìCall from private callerî, or ìCall from long distanceî. If a call is receivedfrom an area where name display service is not available, ìNumber availableî willbe announced.ï If the ringer volume of the handset and the base unit is off, caller names will not beannounced. The announcement is heard at the handset or base unit ringer volume(p. 18, 19).ï If this feature is not turned on, caller names will not be announced (see below andpage 29).ï If an outside call is received while on an intercom call between the handset andbase unit, other handsets will ring, but the callerís name will not be announced.ï If you have Call Waiting service, the second callerís information will be displayedbut not announced (For Call Waiting Service Users, p. 55).ï Name pronunciation may vary. Name pronunciation quality is based on namesmost commonly used in the United States.ï The unit will announce each letter of abbreviations, such as ìCo.î and ìInc.î.ï Caller ID supports names of up to 15 letters. If the callerís name has more than15 letters, the name will not be displayed or announced correctly.ï If you subscribe to a Distinctive Ring Service (such as IDENTA-RING) from yourtelephone company with 2 or 3 consecutive rings, your unit may mute one or moreof the rings in order to announce the name of the caller.To turn on or off Talking Caller ID featureYou can turn on or off Talking Caller ID feature for the handset and base unitseparately. If this feature is turned off, the unit will not announce caller names. Thefactory preset is ON.Handset Talking Caller ID feature1 Press [MENU].2 Scroll to ìTalk Caller IDî by pressing [d]or [B], then press the soft key ( ).3 Select ìOnî or ìOffî by pressing [d] or [B].4 Press the soft key ( ), then press [OFF].Handset Base UnitHandsetSELECT Talk Caller IDTalk Caller ID:OnSAVE