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On Fri, 08 Sep 2000 07:48:10 GMT, dsutton01@takethisoutyahoo.com (D.
Sutton) wrote:

>I live in the US and just bought an Ericsson cordless phone 260 (dect)
>while overseas. It works fine here (after I converted the power
>supply) except for the calling party identification system. I know
>that the 260 model is equipped to display the caller's name/number,
>but all I ever get is "EXTERNAL CALL" flashing on the display. I have
>two handsets, and neither of them will show caller information (of
>course, I subscribe to the CallerID service here). My first thought
>was that the caller identification system is different here in the
>states, and that is why it won't work, but my brother owns a european
>model dect phone (a philips) and its caller identification system
>works fine. So I think my initial theory is wrong and there must just
>be a setting that I can change. 
>
>Can anyone help me out here? I'd love for the phones to display the
>caller information.

There are many standards for CLID, even within Europe. Some may work
in the US and some definitely will not. You are probably not going to
be able to change Your 260 into a US-compatible format.

Which country was it intended for ?


/Marcus

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