User`s guide

44 Chapter 4
Using On-Screen Menus
Caller ID
Your digital satellite receiver is capable of displaying and storing Caller ID information provided by
your local telephone company. To use this feature, you must have your receiver directly
plugged into a telephone outlet (or a RC930 wireless modem) and you must subscribe to
Caller ID or similar caller identification services from your telephone company.
Your Caller ID enables you to:
• Identify callers before you answer the phone.
• View the time and date of each incoming call.
• Record the Caller ID information of up to 20 incoming calls sequentially.
Note: Only the last ten calls will be retained after a power outage.
• See who called while you were away.
There are two ways to access the Caller ID menus: by selecting Messages from the Main menu, or
by pressing INFO on the remote control and selecting the telephone icon in the Channel Banner.
The icon will be white if you have received a new call but have not accessed the Caller ID List
screen. It will be gray if you have accessed the Caller ID List screen.
Setting Up Caller ID
To set up your Caller ID, go to the Main menu and select Messages, then select
Caller ID Setup. Use the up and down arrow and OK buttons to select your
preferences.
Caller ID Light Setting Caller ID Light to On causes the front panel light to
flash if you receive new calls while the digital satellite receiver is off. The light
will flash until you turn the receiver on.
Caller ID Message Setting Caller ID Message to On displays the on-screen
Caller ID banner when a call is received. You may want to turn this feature off
when you are recording manually and do not want the on-screen messages to
appear on your recordings. Your calls will be stored in the Caller ID List screen
even when Caller ID is turned off.
Caller ID Message Time-out Set the amount of time (from 1–30 seconds) that
the Caller ID banner will display when you have an incoming call. For this
feature to work, make sure Caller ID Message is set to On.
Note: If you have a timer set to either watch or record, the Caller ID banner
will be temporarily overridden for the duration of that timer. When the
timer event is over, the Caller ID banner will display as selected under Caller
ID Message.
When viewing or recording manually (not using a timer) the Caller ID banner
will display (and be recorded if recording) as selected under Caller ID
Message.
At all times Caller ID messages will be stored in the Caller ID List screen
(unless a call arrives when you are on the telephone and you do not have a
Type II box or Type II service).