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Call waiting on the home line
If you subscribe to call waiting service
from your telephone service provider,
and someone calls while you are already
on a call, the screen flashes , and you
hear a tone.
• Press
HOME/FLASH
on the
handset, or press
PTT/FLASH
on the
telephone base to put your current
call on hold and take the new call.
• Press
HOME/FLASH
on the
handset or press
PTT/FLASH
on the
telephone base at any time to switch
back and forth between calls.
NOTES
• If the Smart call blocker feature is
on and in screening mode, and you
receive a call waiting home call:
• If you have already picked up a
screened home call, the telephone
checks whether the call waiting
call’s number can be found in the
phonebook, block list or allow list.
It also checks whether the caller
name is in the star name list. After
that, the telephone displays the
caller ID information or
Blocked
call
accordingly. You can press
HOME/FLASH
or
to take
the new call.
• If the telephone is screening a
home call, the call waiting call will
be ignored and logged as missed
call in the caller ID log.
• The screening feature of Smart call
blocker is applicable to home calls
only.
Call waiting on the cell line
If you subscribe to call waiting service
from your cell phone service provider,
and someone calls while you are already
on a call on the cell line, the screen flashes
, and you hear a beep.
• Press
HOME/FLASH
on the
handset, or press
HOME
or
PTT/FLASH
on the telephone base to
put your current call on hold and take
the new call.
• Press
HOME/FLASH
on the
handset or press
HOME
or
PTT/FLASH
on the telephone base
at any time to switch back and forth
between calls.
NOTES
• If the Smart call blocker feature is
on and in screening mode, and you
receive a call waiting cell call:
• If you have already picked up a
screened home call, the telephone
checks whether the call waiting
cell call’s number can be found in
the block list. If yes, the telephone
displays
Blocked call
and rejects
the call.
• The screening feature of Smart call
blocker is applicable to home calls
only.
Sound
Use speakerphone
Handset speakerphone
During a call, press
to switch
between the speakerphone and
normal handset use.
Press
OFF/CANCEL
, or return the
handset to the telephone base or
charger to hang up.
Control volume
While on a call or message playback,
you can adjust the listening volume on
the handset or telephone base.
If it is a cell call and the volume is too loud,
too quiet or drops out, try changing the
volume on your cell phone. On some
cell phones, changing the volume on
the cell phone affects your cell call
volume on the
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handsets.
To adjust the listening volume of a
handset:
• Press
VOL
p
or
VOL
q
on the
handset while on a call.
To adjust the listening volume of the
telephone base:
• Press
VOL +
or
VOL -
while listening
to the message playback on the
telephone base.
Temporary ringer silencing
When the telephone is ringing, you
can temporarily silence the ringer of
the handset or telephone base without
disconnecting the call. The next call
rings normally at the preset volume.
• Press
OFF/CANCEL
or
VOICE/MUTE/DELETE
on the
handset. The handset screen shows
Ringer muted
and
.
- OR -
Press
CANCEL
or
VOICE/MUTE
on
the telephone base. The screen
shows
Ringer muted
and
.
NOTE
• Each handset and the base ring
when there is an incoming call unless
the ringer volume of that device is
turned off.
