Is there a way to turn off the talking caller ID?
1813429
not that I've been able to determine... it's one of the less helpful features, I concur. What I do like about it is the fact the machine can readily pronounce "out of area" so I know the caller is unidentified and I typically don't answer it then. however if the caller IS identified, the results of the machine verbal interpretation is messy and difficult to gauge.
1813430
Yes. Menu then initial settings, select button . Scroll down to talking caller ID and press select button and then you can turn off the handset and/or base unit.by selecting the hand set or base unit and turn it off. Hope this helps.
944630
yes you can, you just go to menu and select initial settings, scroll to talking caller id and push select, then select either on or off. you can have one on and the others off, its up to you on a per handset basis. It really is a nice phone and it goes all the way to my neighbors;(we live in a trailer park) without crackeling or any type of distortion. :) hope this helped!
434413
No, it's built into the base. But I believe you can turn the answering part off.
1136560
If you mean talk digit, where the phone is saying the number as you dial it yes it. can be turned off. Page 15 in the manual press menu, scroll down to settings ,press menu,scroll down to talk digit to lower the volume or turn it off
1600595
That is extremely annoying, but there is a way to do it. If I remember right, there are settings in the skype program that disable it. I will double-check where they are tonight, but it can be done. It drove me nuts too.
1154462
The voice function can be turned off. Here is a link to the owners manual for this phone http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/58830387/HC-AMPLIVOICE50_manual.pdf , look on page 12 for your answer. I hope this helps. Have a nice day!
711219
By default voice activation is off. There is a reason for that. Even when it works ok, you don't always want a voice to trigger it.
714419
There is the capability of silencing the ring tone, however,one must reactivate the ring tone manually. No know call blocking feature. One may set the ring tone to off for callers that block their number(s). Hope this helps. Overall we are pleased with this product.
1721302
Yes, you can put the ringer on silent. It's on page 26 of the instruction book. The phone has the feature that annouces who is calling and you can also turn that off.
283546
Yes it does have talking caller id but you can turn it off if you don't like it.
852931
Yes ... There is an option under menu>settings>caller id annc to turn off base, remotes or both
1011237
Yes, under settings caller id annc. You have to disable on the base and each handset
432660
Yes, you have the option of either having the message volume on or off. You can decide whether you want to be able to monitor your calls by hearing the message and the reply or you can set it for a silent mode and check it at any time later.
395933
Yes it does. When you're calling someone or someone is calling you, just press the middle button (the rectangular or squarish shape one that you use as "arrows" to move and click on the options in the menu section). Just click it again to turn off speaker.
1500857
Yes. You can disable at each individual phone as well as the base unit. It's nice to disable, especially when you have company in the house, I do not like other people hearing who is calling.
1380631
No, you'll have to mute it via Windows or directly in the software (like skype).
31141
Yes you can via , select "menu"...scroll down to "initial settings" and select it ....then scroll down to "talking caller ID" and select it ...this is where you can also select on/off talking caller ID for either handset and/or base unit.