Telephone operation
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Options while on calls
Temporary tone dialing
If you have pulse (rotary) service only, you can switch from pulse to touch-tone
dialing temporarily during a call. This is useful if you need to send touch-tone
signals to access your telephone banking or long distance services.
1. During a call, press
TONE
.
2. Use the dialing keys to enter the desired number. The telephone sends
touch-tone signals.
3. The telephone automatically returns to pulse dialing after you end the call.
Blind transfer
While on an outside call, you can transfer it
to a specific handset or any
handset. This feature is not available for model CL81113 unless you purchase
an accessory handset (AT&T model CL80113).
To transfer an outside call directly without notifying the desired handset:
1. During the call, press
MENU/
SELECT
.
2. Press
MENU
/SELECT
to choose
>Transfer.
If you have a two-handset system, the outside call is put on hold and your
handset screen shows
Transferring call...
The other handset rings and its
screen shows
Transfer from other handset
.
If you have more than two handsets, your screen shows
TRANSFER TO:
Use the dialing keys to eenter a specific handset number (
1-9
for handsets
1-9,
TONE
followed by
0-2
for handsets 10-12, or
TONE
followed by
#
for all handsets),
or press
T
CID
or
S
DIR
to scroll to the desired handset
and press
MENU
/SELECT
.
The outside call is put on hold and your handset
screen shows
Transferring call...
or
Transferring call to all
...
The other
handset(s) rings and shows
Transfer from HANDSET X
(
X
represents the
handset number).
3. To answer the call on the destination handset, press
, press
PHONE/
FLASH
, or
/SPEAKER
SPEAKER
. The original handset shows
Call transferred
and goes to idle mode.
NOTES:
To cancel the transfer and return to the external call before the blind transfer call is answered, press
OFF
/CANCEL
on your handset.
If the other handset does not answer the transfer within 30 seconds, the transfer ends and the
original handset rings while showing
No response to transfer
. If it does not pick up within 30
seconds, the handset returns to idle mode and the outside call ends.
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