Options during a call
Your mobile phone offers a number of op- tions which are only available during a call. You cannot use all of these features at all times, because they vary depending on cur- rent circumstances.
Note:
Some supplementary services will be unavail- able during satellite calls to other Thuraya mobile phones.
Phone/Call settings
Muting/unmuting the microphone
You can switch off the microphone so that To mute the microphone:
the caller is not able to hear what is being | Press | Options | |
said at your end of the line. | |||
Select | Mute | ||
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To unmute the microphone again:
Press Unmute
Sending DTMF signals during a call
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During a call you can send DTMF (Dual Tone Multi Frequency) signals, even if sending of DTMF tones is not set in advance (see page 38).
By this you can send DTMF tones during a call to a service which accepts only DTMF tones, e.g. in order to enter access codes for listening to an answering machine. After the function is switched on, a DTMF tone is sent with each key press.
The function has to be called for each DTMF tone sequence to be sent.
To send DTMF tones during an active call:
Press Options
Select Send DTMF
You can now dial control codes for a service that requires DTMF tones
Press Send
Note:
To add a pause in your dialling string you may long press the key (p is displayed to indicate the pause).
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Put a call on hold
If you have registered for this function in your contract with your service provider, you can interrupt a call temporarily without shut- ting down the connection.
To put a call ’on hold’:
Press Options
Select Hold
To return to the call:
Press Unhold
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