AT&T TL96456 - Silence the Ringer; Call Waiting on the Home Line; Call Waiting on the Cell Line

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Telephone operation
Telephone operation
Silence the ringer
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.
To silence the handset ringer:
Press MUTE (for home calls), SILENCE (for cell calls), OFF/CANCEL,
MUTE/DELETE or QUIET
#
on the handset. The handset screen shows
Ringer muted.
To silence the base ringer:
Press MUTE (for home calls), SILENCE (for cell calls), MUTE or QUIET
#
on
the telephone base. The telephone base screen shows Ringer muted.
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 on the home line, you hear
two beeps.
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 the same key at any time to switch back and forth between calls.
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, you hear
two beeps.
Using a handset:
Press CELL 1 or CELL 2 to put your current call on hold and take the
new call.
Press CELL 1 or CELL 2 at any time to switch back and forth
between calls.
-OR-
Press SWAP to switch. To switch back, press CELL 1 or CELL 2.
Using the telephone base:
Press SWAP on the telephone base. The original call is put on hold and you
take the new call.
To switch back, press OPTION on the telephone base. Press CID or DIR to
highlight Swap Cell 1 or Swap Cell 2. Press SELECT to resume the original
call. The other incoming cell call is put on hold.
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