AT&T E5917 user manual Basic base operation, Handset locator

Speakerphone

Tone

Telephone Operation

Basic base operation

Making and answering calls

To answer an incoming call, press SPEAKER, or any dial pad key (0-9, * or #). To make a call, press SPEAKER, then dial a number. Press SPEAKER again to hang up.

Last number redial

When the base is idle, press REDIAL /PAUSE will activate the speakerphone and dial out the most recently called number (up to 32 digits).

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When the speakerphone is already on during an external call, pressing REDIAL /PAUSE to immediately dial out the most recently called number (up to 32 digits).

NOTES:

1.After pressing speaker on the base, if you press and hold REDIAL /PAUSE while dialing, it will insert a three-second dialing pause.

2.If you dial a number after pressing FLASH, that dialed number will not be saved for redial, so when you press SPEAKER and then REDIAL /PAUSE, you can only dial out the second latest called number.

Handset locator

If you misplace the handset(s), press HANDSET LOCATOR /INTERCOM then * at the base. This starts the paging tone at the handset(s) for 60 seconds to help you locate it. To stop the paging tone, press PHONE FLASH, SPEAKER, or any dial pad key (0- 9, * or #) at the handset(s), or press HANDSET

LOCATOR /INTERCOM at the base.

NOTES:

1.The handset ringer volume also determines the level of the paging tone. If the handset ringer volume level is set to off (0), that handset will be silenced for all calls and paging (see page 19).

2.During a page, if you press OFF CLEAR on a handset, the ringer of that handset will be silenced, but the page will not be cancelled.

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