Using a headset

Using a headset

You can connect a headset to your telephone. Before you can use a cordless convenient headset you must activate it.

Caution:

Prevent damage to your hearing! If you use a headset continually, loud sounds in the earphone can, over a long period of time, lead to hearing damage. Therefore, always reduce the volume during loud conversations to a pleasant level (use the — Volume button).

1.To make a call, enter the call number and press the Headset button.

2.To answer a call, press the Headset button.

3.If you are on a headset call and somebody shall overhear it, he or she can lift the handset.

Using the handset somebody can listen, but not talk.

4.To continue a headset call using the handset, lift the handset and press the Headset button.

You continue the conversation with the handset as usual.

5.To continue a handset call using the headset, take the headset and press the Headset button.

You now talk via the headset. The button's LED lights up.

6.If you are on a handset call and somebody shall overhear it, take the headset and press the Headset button, give him or her the handset.

7.To end a headset call and disconnect, press the Headset button and replace the handset if necessary.

8.To switch on monitoring, press the Speaker button. The button's LED lights up.

Note:

Even if you have activated "direct dialling" or "answer call" via headset this will not be supported with usual wireless headsets. Please ask your administrator.

About operating cordless headsets

Operating a cordless headset is different from operating a corded one:

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