CS5121 Telephone User's Manual
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Problem Suggestion
The system does 
not receive caller ID, 
or the system does 
not display caller ID 
during call waiting.
Make sure you subscribe to caller ID with call waiting features provided by the local telephone 
company. 
The caller may not be calling from an area which supports caller ID.
Both you and the caller’s telephone companies must use equipment which are compatible 
with caller ID service.
If you subscribe to high-speed Internet service (Digital Subscriber Line - DSL) through your 
telephone lines, you must install a DSL lter between the telephone base and the telephone  
wall  jack.  The lter  will  prevent noise and  caller ID problems caused  by  DSL  interference. 
Please contact your DSL service provider for more information about DSL lters.
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Caller ID entries do not 
match  the  numbers  I 
need to dial.
Although the call log entries you receive have 10 digits, (the area code plus the seven-digit 
number,) in some areas, you may need to dial only seven digits, or a 1 plus the seven digits, 
or a 1 plus the area code plus the seven digits. You can change the number of digits that you 
dial or store from the call log. 
While reviewing the call log, press # repeatedly to display these dialing options for local and 
long distance numbers before dialing or saving the telephone number. 
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The answering system 
does not answer after 
the number of rings to 
which I programmed it.
Make sure the answering system is on. When the answering system is on, the red light on the 
ANS ON/OFF key should be lit.
If toll saver is activated, the number of rings changes to two when there are new messages 
waiting (see page 33).
If the memory is full or if the answering system is off, the system will answer after ten rings.
In some cases, the answering system will be affected by the ringing system used by the local 
telephone company.
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