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Telephone operation
Call waiting
When you subscribe to call waiting service from your telephone
service provider, you hear an alert tone if there is an incoming
call while you are on another call.
Press FLASH to put the current call on hold and take the
new call.
Press FLASH at any time to switch back and forth between calls.
Temporary ringer silencing
When the telephone is ringing, you can temporarily silence the
ringer of the handset without disconnecting the call. The next call
rings normally at the preset volume.
To silence the handset ringer:
Press CANCEL or MUTE. The handset displays Ringer muted.
Temporary tone dialing
If you have pulse (rotary) service only, you can switch from pulse to 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 TONE .
Use the dialing keys to enter the number. The telephone sends touch-tone signals.
It automatically returns to pulse dialing mode after you end the call.
Find handset
Use this feature to nd all system handsets.
To start paging:
Press /FIND HANDSET on the telephone base when not
in use. All idle handsets ring and display
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Paging
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.
To end paging:
Press /FIND HANDSET on the telephone base.
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Press , OFF or any of the dialing keys (0-9, TONE or #) on a handset.
Press MUTE to turn off the ringer of a handset temporarily. Paging tone continues
on the other handset.
Do not press and hold /FIND HANDSET for more than four seconds. It may
lead to handset deregistration. If the handset displays To register HS and
See manual, refer to Add and register a handset on page 27 to register the
handset to the telephone base.
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Ringer muted