VTech DS6251, User Manual

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To answer the intercom call at the
telephone base, press
LINE 1 , LINE 2
or any dialing key. Both devices now
display
Intercom .
The outside call is still on hold
and both devices now display
Intercom. You can now have a private
conversation with the destination
device.
4. From this intercom call, you have the
following options:
• You can transfer the call. On the
calling device, press OPTION
and then press SELECT to choose
Transfer . The screen shows Call
transferred . The other device
automatically connects to the
outside call.
• You can let the destination handset
join you on the outside call in
a 3-way conversation. On the
originating device, press
OPTION ,
press
q
or
p
to choose
Share call
,
and then press
SELECT
.
• You can press END to end the
intercom call and continue the
outside call.
• The destination device can end
the intercom call by pressing END ,
or by placing the handset back in
the telephone base or charger.
The outside call continues with the
original device.
• You can cancel the intercom call before it
is answered by pressing END or OFF on
the handset, or END or CANCEL on the
telephone base.
• If the destination device does not answer
the intercom call within 100 seconds, is
accessing the answering system, on a call or
out of range, the originating device displays
No answer. Try again. and returns to the
outside call.
Push-to-talk (PTT)
You can directly broadcast messages
to the speakerphone of any device.
Press and hold
PTT
to begin two-way
communication.
• Only one device can talk at a time. While
talking to another device, press and hold
PTT .
• You must release PTT , so the other
person can respond.
• Only one PTT session can be active at a
time.
• While PTT is in use between two
devices, other devices cannot use the
intercom feature but can access the
answering system.
• When you attempt to place a PTT call to
another device which is accessing the
answering system or on an intercom
call or outside call, your device screen
shows
Not available at this time
.
• The PTT function is not available when QUIET
mode is on.
Turn PTT on or off
1. Press PTT when the phone is not in
use.
2. Press
q
or
p
to choose PTT On/Off ,
then press SELECT .
3. Press q or p to choose On or Off ,
then press SELECT .
• When you attempt to place a PTT call to a
device that has turned off PTT, the screen
displays Not available at this time .