Residential Phone

To Activate:
• Lift the receiver and listen for the dial tone.
• Press *77 and listen for a confirmation tone. Hang up.
• Incoming callers can unblock their number by dialing *82 before calling.

To Deactivate:
• Lift the receiver and listen for the dial tone.
• Press *87, listen for the confirmation tone and hang up.

Line Blocking will block the transmission of your name/number to anyone who may have Caller ID on calls that you make.

To Cancel Line Blocking Before Calling:
• Press *82 and listen for the dial tone.
• Dial the number you wish to call. When you disconnect your call, Line Blocking will automatically be reactivated.

This feature means your phone can transfer incoming calls to another number of your choice. Call Forwarding is great for the businessperson who wants to catch after-hours business calls at home, or for anyone who does not want to miss an important call.

To Forward Your Calls
• Lift the receiver and listen for the dial tone.
• Dial 72.
• Then press the # button. (With a rotary dial phone, skip this step and allow a 4-second pause.
• Again, listen for the dial tone.
• Now, dial the number you would like your calls forwarded to. (Speed calling codes may be used if you have this feature.)
• When someone answers at the forwarded number, Call Forwarding is in effect.

If there is no answer or the line is busy, hang up and repeat the previous steps. If you do this within two minutes, you will hear two beeps meaning your Call Forwarding feature is in effect.

Once you have activated Call Forwarding, the phone will make one short unanswerable ring each time a call is forwarded. However, you can still make outgoing calls from this phone.

If you wish to change the number your calls are being forwarded to, simply discontinue Call Forwarding using the steps below and then redirect your calls using the steps above.

To Discontinue Call Forwarding
• Lift the receiver and listen for the dial tone.
• Dial 73.
• Press the # button. (With a rotary dial phone, skip this step and allow a 4-second pause.)
• Listen for two beeps. Call Forwarding is now discontinued.

To activate, dial *92, and wait for stutter. Enter number of ring before forward, enter the number to forward to, press #, and wait for answer.
If no answer, needs to be done twice.
Dial *93 to deactivate.

Call Trace will trace the last call received and send the information to the phone company. If you receive a threatening or obscene call, hang up, pick up the receiver and press *57. You will hear an announcement describing the Call Trace feature. Press 1 to proceed with the trace. Listen for a confirmation announcement and then hang up. The number you have traced will be recorded at our office. You then need to call the phone company at 898-2481 to notify them that you used Call Trace. Hood Canal Communications cannot release the information from your Call Trace to you, but if you do file a police report about the call, we will release the traced information to the police department. This service costs $1.50 per use.

Lets you know who’s calling before you pick up the phone by displaying the number of the person calling you on your display unit.

If you have an incoming call while you’re already on the line, the Call Waiting feature will alert you. You may then put the first party on hold while you answer your second call. It will greatly reduce missed calls due to a busy phone!

How Your Call Waiting Feature Alerts You
• A beep tone tells you another call is waiting. Only you hear this tone.
• Another reminder tone will be heard 10 seconds later if the waiting call remains unanswered.
• The second caller hears the normal ringing tone only.

To Answer the Second Call
• Press the switchhook once or power button twice to place your first call on hold or press the "flash" button if your phone has one.
• You will automatically be connected with the second caller.

To Alternate Between Calls
• By pressing the switchhook/power button or the "flash" button you may alternate between calls.
• Each conversation is private and cannot be heard by the other caller.

To Terminate Either Call
• Simply hang up.
• Your telephone will then ring.
• When you answer it, you will be connected with the other caller.

To Cancel Call Waiting Before Calling
• Lift the receiver and listen for the dial tone.
• Enter the deactivation code 70#, and listen for special dial tone.
• Now, dial the number you wish to call. When you disconnect your call, Call Waiting is automatically reactivated.

Call 360.898.2481 to activate.

Priority Call stores up to 15 numbers which will be identified by a special ring or Call Waiting tone. To use Priority Call, pick up the receiver and listen for the dial tone. Press *61. Listen for an announcement telling you whether the feature is currently on or off. The recorded voice will then tell you how many (if any) numbers are currently stored on your list.

Choose from the following options:
• Press 3 to turn on/off.
• Press 1 to review your list.
• Press # to add a number.
• Press * to delete a number.
• To add the last incoming caller to your list press #01#.

Selective Call Rejection allows you to block specific unwanted calls from any number you place in the rejection list. When your service is turned “on” any callers in this list will hear an announcement that you’re not accepting calls at this time. All other calls will ring through as usual. To use, lift the receiver and listen for the dial tone. Press *60 and follow the automated instructions.

Choose from the following options:
• Press 3 to turn on/off.
• Press 1 to review your list.
• Press # to add a number.
• Press * and follow the voice instructions to remove any or all of the numbers from your rejection list.
• To add the last incoming caller to your list press #01#.
• Press 0 to hear instructions again.

• Press *75 and wait for the dial tone.
• Dial one of the thirty access code numbers (20-49).
• Then dial the number you wish to speed code and press #. (For long distance numbers, you must dial a 1 + area code.)
• Listen for confirmation tone.
• If you wish to change a number, repeat the above process.

This feature lets you turn an everyday two-way phone call into a three-way conversation. It’s easy!

To Add A Third Party
• First, to hold your existing call, press the switchhook once or the power button twice.
• Then dial the third number. (Speed Calling codes may be used if you also have this feature.)
• When the third party answers, you may talk privately before completing your three-way connection.
• With your third party on the line, press the switchhook/power button to add the holding party.
• Your three-way call is now in effect!

If for some reason the call to the third party is not completed, press the switchhook/power button twice to get back to your held party.

To Disconnect The Third Party
• Press the switchhook once or the power button twice. You will now have only the original party on the line.

To Disconnect Completely
• Simply hang up.
• If either of the other two parties hangs up, you can continue to talk to the one remaining.

Simply dial *69 on your phone in order to hear the phone number of the last call received on your line. Last Call Return automatically redials the number of the last incoming call, whether the call was answered or not. This includes calls that were ignored on Call Waiting. If you missed the call, lift the receiver and listen for a normal dial tone and press *69. If you were already on the phone and ignored a Call Waiting tone, press and quickly release the switchhook or press the power button twice. Press *69 and your call will go through like a normal call. Charges apply.

Contact customer service to set this feature up.