GE 27939 manual Mute

MUTE

Use the mute button on the handset or base during a phone conversation to speak privately with another person in the room with you.

1.Press the mute button and begin your conversation. The handset or base display shows MUTE and the handset antenna indicator blinks or the mute button on the base lights up.The person on the telephone will not hear your private conversation.

2.Press mute again to turn it off.

TEMPORARY TONE DIALING

This feature is useful only if you do not have touch-tone service. Temporary Tone Dialing enables pulse (rotary) service phone users to access touch-tone services offered by banks, credit card companies, etc. If the TONE/PULSE switch is set to PULSE, you can press the *TONE key on either number pad to temporarily make the phone touch-tone compatible. To get information about your bank account, for example, you would:

1.Call the bank’s information line.

2.Press the tone key, denoted with (*TONE) on the number pad, when your call is answered.

3.Follow the voice menu instructions to get the information. When you hang up, the phone goes back to pulse (rotary) service selected by the TONE/PULSE switch.

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