VTech a700 Manuel D’Utilisation

Withholding your number

As standard, your phone number is transmitted as part of
every call that you make and can be read by other mobile
phone users and certain landline phones. If you don’t
want your network to do this, you can withhold your
number.

To set (or reset) number withholding:

1 From standby, 

c to enter the menu,

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e to select Network, c to enter,

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e to select Services,c to enter,

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e to select Identification,c to enter,

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e to select the following:
• See caller ID – indicates the current caller ID setting.

• Call Private – when activated, it prevents sending

your number whenever you make your call.

*•See Called party ID –  activates/deactivates showing

you the called party’s actual phone number. If this
network feature is supported, then you would be
able to see the phone number of the called party
even if the called party’s phone was forwarded.

*•Called Private –  activates/deactivates passing on

your phone number to the calling party when you
forward calls. If this network feature is supported,
then it would allow you to prevent sending your
number to another party if your phone was
forwarded.

• Status check – determines any current settings,

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e to choose the required option, then c to
confirm and 

c to activate,

• Confirmation of the new setting will be received

from your network.

*Version dependant (service may not be available)