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Telephone settings
Handset and telephone base settings
Home area code
If you dial seven digits to make a local call (no area code required), enter 
your area code into the telephone as the home area code. When you receive 
a call from within your home area code, the caller ID log only displays the 
seven digits of the telephone number.
This feature makes it easy for you to place a call from the caller ID log. If you 
dial ten digits to make a local phone call, do not use this home area code 
feature. If you do, you cannot place local calls from your caller ID log, as they 
will have only seven digits.
To set the home area code:
1. Press MENU in idle mode to enter the main menu.
2. Press qCID or pDIR on the handset, or press  
qCALLER ID or pDIRECTORY on the telephone base to 
scroll to Directory, then press SELECT. 
3. Press OPTION to choose Home.
4. Press qCID or pDIR on the handset to scroll to Home 
areacode, then press SELECT. The screen briefly shows 
Only for 7 digit dial from CID.
 -OR-
 Press qCALLER ID or pDIRECTORY on the telephone base 
to scroll to 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. 
Press MUTE/DELETE on the handset, or X/DELETE on the telephone 
base to erase a digit.
Press and hold MUTE/DELETE on the handset, or  
X/DELETE on the telephone base to erase all digits. 
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 ten digits to 
make a local call (area code plus telephone number), you need to delete your home  
area code. With the home area code displayed, press and hold MUTE/DELETE on the 
handset or press and hold X/DELETE on the telephone base until the digits are deleted, 
and then press 
SAVE 
. The home area code is now restored to its default setting of  
_ _ _ (empty). 
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 HOME AREACODE
 
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  SAVE            
 BACKSP     
HOME AREA CODE
 
 
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  SAVE               
 BACKSP