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Telephone operation
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Options while on calls
Volume control
Press
CID/
-VOLUME
or
DIR /
to adjust
listening volume. Pressing
CID/
-VOLUME
decreases
the volume. Pressing
DIR /
increases the
volume. When changing the volume level, the new
setting is saved.
NOTE:
The earpiece, hands-free speakerphone and headset
listening volume are adjusted separately.
Call waiting
If you subscribe to call waiting service with your
local telephone company, there will be a beep if
there is an incoming call while you are already on a
call. Press
PHONE
/FLASH
to put your current call
on hold and take the new call. Press
PHONE/
FLASH
anytime to switch back and forth between calls. For
more information on caller ID, see page 28.
Mute
Press
MUTE/
DELETE
to silence the microphone.
When mute is on,
MUTE
will show on the handset
screen. You will be able to hear the caller, but your
caller will not be able to hear you until you press
MUTE/
DELETE
again and resume speaking. When
mute is turned off,
MICROPHONE ON
will show
temporarily on the handset screen. Mute is auto-
matically cancelled when you end a call.
Temporary tone dialing
If you have only dial pulse (rotary) service, you can
temporarily switch to touch tone dialing during a call
by pressing
TONE/
*
. This can be useful when send-
ing tone signals for access to answering systems or
long distance services.
After you hang up or press
PHONE
/FLASH
(to receive a
call waiting call), the telephone automatically returns to
dial pulse (rotary) service.
Volume
Flash
Mute
Tone