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Telephone operation
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.
During a call:
Press
.
Use the dialing keys to enter the relevant number. The telephone sends
touch-tone signals.
The telephone automatically returns to pulse dialing mode after you end
the call.
Hold
You can place a home or cell call on hold. You will hear an alert tone if you
have not taken the call off of hold after 14 minutes. You will hear another
alert tone 30 seconds later. At 15 minutes on hold, the call on hold
automatically disconnects.
To place a home call on hold:
Press
HOLD
.
Home call on hold appears and /HOME/
FLASH
flashes.
To resume a home call on hold:
Press
/HOME/
FLASH
.
To place a cell call on hold:
Press
HOLD
.
Cell call on hold appears and /CELL flashes.
To resume a cell call on hold:
Press
/CELL.
Handset/headset locator
This feature helps you find misplaced handsets and headset.
To start paging:
Press
/FIND HANDSET on the telephone
base when it is not in use. All idle handsets
and headset ring; the handsets display
** Paging ** and the light on the headset
flashes in blue.
To end paging:
Press
/FIND HANDSET on the telephone base.
- OR -
Press
/HOME/FLASH
,
/CELL, , PUSH TO TALK, REDIAL/PAUSE,
or any dialing key (
0-9,
#
or
)
on the handset, or press
on
the headset.
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