Using Caller ID and CIDCW (Caller ID
on Call Waiting)
If you subscribe to Caller ID service from your telephone
company, your phone will show you the caller’s phone number
and name (if available) whenever a call comes in. If you subscribe
to both Caller ID and Call Waiting, the phone will show you the
name and number of any call that comes in while you are on the
line.
unanswered calls. With Caller ID on Call Waiting (CIDCW), you
will hear a Call Waiting tone while you are on a call, to accept the
waiting call, press FLASH on the base or cordless handset (see
ID list or save the information to one of your speed dial locations.
Today US telephone carriers only support the transmission of
15 characters for the Caller ID name; therefore, if someone calls
you with a name longer than 15 characters, it will be common
for it to be truncated to 15 characters only. Also, you may not
receive your caller ID information if you answer the call before the
This is normal operation when receiving caller ID information
Message Display
When invalid data is received
When a private name is received
When a private number is received
When an unknown name is received
When an unknown number is received
* Data errors appear as “ “.