AT&T 1040 user manual Call waiting, Temporary tone dialing

Telephone operation

Basic phone operation

Call waiting

If you subscribe to call waiting service with your local telephone company, there will be a beep if there is an incoming call when you are already on a call on the same line.

1.Press [FLASH] to put your current call on hold and take the new call.

2.Press [FLASH] anytime to switch back and forth between calls.

MUTE

During a telephone conversation, press [MUTE] to silence the microphone. You will be able to hear the other party, but the other party will not be able to hear you until you press [MUTE] again and resume speaking. Mute is automatically cancelled when you end a call.

When mute is active, the MUTE light will be on.

NOTE: Switching from handset to speakerphone or headset, or from speakerphone or headset to handset, changing lines, and putting a call on hold also cancel the mute function.

Temporary tone dialing

If you have dial pulse (rotary) service only, you can temporarily switch dial pulse to touch-tone dialing during a call by pressing [*TONE].

1.Dial the number.

2.Press and release [*TONE]. Buttons pressed after this send touch-tone signals.

3.After you hang up, the phone automatically returns to pulse dial mode.

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