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Home > Residential Services > Local Phone Service > Phone Service Options > Custom Calling Features > Distinctive Ringing/Call Waiting

   This feature allows you to create a list of numbers with its own distinctive ring.  The distinctive ring tells you it's one of your special callers from your list.  It even works with Call Waiting ** and Caller ID features.
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How to use Distinctive Ringing/Call Waiting:
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Press  (On a rotary phone, dial 1161)
Listen for the announcement telling you whether the feature is currently on or off.  A prerecorded voice will then tell you how many (if any) numbers are currently stored in your Distinctive Ringing list.
Follow the voice instructions and press  to turn the feature ON (if it is currently off), or turn the feature OFF (if it is currently on).
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To add the last caller to your list:
 
Press   (On a rotary phone, dial 1201)
To remove a number from your list:
 
Press  ( On a rotary phone, dial 12).  Then follow the voice instructions.  You can store up to 32 numbers on your Distinctive Ringing list.
To remove a number from your list:
 
Press  (On a rotary phone, dial 11).  Follow the voice instructions to remove any or all of the numbers from your list.
To hear the phone numbers on your list:
 
Press .  After the list is read, voice instructions will follow.
To hear the instructions again:
 
Press .
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Will not work with calls originating from an area or long distance carrier not providing Caller Identification service, toll free numbers, 900 and 976 numbers, international calls, and some cellular calls.
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A distinctive beep lets you know it's a call from your list.

 



 
 

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