
Preliminary
Press flash to put a call on exclusive hold and enter the
On a Call Menu
. Press
flash again to return to the call.
While dialing, you can erase the last digit entered (or the
*
key you
previously entered) by pressing and holding the
*
key for at least one
second. Tel-Lynx will say the key that was deleted from the dialing string as
confirmation.
Dial-By-Name
To Dial-by-Name, on your telephone, at the dial tone, you will enter a few letters
of a contact’s first name, then press
*,
then enter a few letters of the
contact’s second name, then press
*,
and finally enter a key that represents
the contact’s phone type. Then
Tel-Lynx
will place your call. Please read this
entire section before placing a call using Dial-by-Name.
Note:
When dialing by name, you press a key
only once
for each letter you
want to enter (see examples below).
You
do not
need to enter all of the letters of the name. Usually two or three
letters is enough to uniquely identify a contact.
Warning:
Do not dial
more than six
letters for the first name or you may place
an
unintended call
!! You may dial
up to nine
letters if your local calling area
requires ten-digit dialing.
Tip:
When dialing by name, press and hold the key associated with the last
letter of the first or last name for at least one second, and
Tel-Lynx
will enter
that key into the dialing string and then automatically add the
*
key for you.
Warning:
Although you may have included punctuation when you created a
contact name,
do not
enter punctuation when Dialing-by-Name. Each key you
enter is considered either a letter or a number, so if you press the
1
key
thinking you are entering &, ‘, @, or -, you’ve entered the number
1
.
Punctuation in a contact's name is ignored in searches.
Rotary Dialing:
Flash
the
switch hook
instead of pressing
*
or
double
flash
the switch hook instead of pressing
#
.
After you have entered the first name with the
*
,
Tel-Lynx
will switch into
Dial-By-Name mode and will prompt you to enter the second name, ending in
*
.
Next,
Tel-Lynx
will prompt you for the contact’s phone number type.
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