T
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Useful Info
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Adv
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Preparatio
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Voice Mail Service
•
If the handset and base unit still indicate you have new messages even after you
have listened to them, turn the voice mail indicators off by pressing and holding
[OFF]
until the handset beeps. “
Voice Mail
” will disappear and “
” stops
flashing but remains on the handset, and the Ringer/Message Alert indicator on
the handset and the VM indicator on the base unit will go out.
•
If your voice mail service uses a voice mail tone and the recorded message is
over 3 minutes long, the handset and base unit may not indicate you have new
messages.
•
If your voice mail service uses a voice mail tone, the tone will be heard from any
parallel connected phone. If you use another phone to retrieve messages, you
have to dial your access number manually.
Special Features
Muting Your Conversation
During a call, you can mute your phone so the other party cannot hear you. When
muting your conversation, you can hear the other party.
Press the soft key (
).
•
“
Mute
” will be displayed for a few seconds and “
” will flash.
• To release mute
, press the soft key
(
)
again.
•
If you press
[
C
]
or
[
s
]
to switch between the receiver and speaker, mute will be
released.
Press
[MUTE]
.
•
The SP-PHONE indicator flashes.
• To release mute
, press
[MUTE]
again.
Call Privacy
Call Privacy allows you to prevent other users from joining your conversation with
an outside caller. To allow other users to join your conversation, leave this feature
off. This feature is only available for the handset.
To turn on the Call Privacy feature:
Press the soft key
(
)
during a conversation.
•
“PRIVACY” will be displayed.
•
To turn this feature off, press the soft key (
) again during a conversation.
•
While the Call Privacy feature is turned on, other users cannot join the
conversation.
•
Call Privacy will turn off after you hang up the call.
V M
Handset
MUTE
MUTE
MUTE
Base Unit
Handset
PRIVACY
PRIVACY
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