Using a Handset, Headset, and Speakerphone

You can use your phone as a mobile handset, a speakerphone, with a headset, or with the speakerphone in the desktop charger.

If you want to...

Then...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Use the handset

Press

; to hang up, press

.

 

 

 

 

Use a wired headset

Plug the headset connector into the headset port. The

icon

 

displays on the phone status line. Place and answer calls as usual.

 

If you use AutoAnswer, see Using AutoAnswer, page 64 for

 

exceptions.

 

 

 

 

You can use the headset with all the controls on your phone,

 

including

and

.

 

 

 

The headset audio remains active when the headset is connected to

 

the phone.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Use the speaker mode

Press and hold

until the

icon displays.

 

 

Note You can activate the speakerphone before making a call or

 

during a call. The speaker mode remains active for future calls

 

until toggled off.

 

 

 

Note You can activate the speakerphone (on the phone) even when the

 

phone is docked in the desktop charger and connected to a wired

 

headset.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Switch to the speaker (from

Press and hold

until the

icon displays.

 

the handset) during a call

Press and hold

to toggle back to the handset.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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7921G specifications

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