3.3.19 Hold
You can place a HOME or CELLULAR call on hold. You will hear an alert tone if you have not taken the call off of hold after 14 minutes. You will hear another alert tone 30 seconds later. At 15 minutes on hold, the call will automatically disconnect.
To place a HOME call on hold:
•Press the Mkey on the handset. HOME LINE HELD will appear on the display and <will flash.
To resume a HOME call that is on hold:
• Press <again.
To place a CELLULAR call on hold:
•Press the Mkey on the handset. CELL LINE HELD will appear on the display and Iwill flash.
To resume a CELLULAR call that is on hold:
• Press the Iagain.
3.3.20 Temporary ringer silencing
Press >or /while the telephone is ringing to silence the ringer temporarily. This will silence the ringer without
Using the phone
disconnecting the call. The next incoming call will ring normally at the preset volume.
NOTE
Each handset will ring when there is an incoming call unless the ringer volume is turned off. Pressing >or /on one handset will only silence the ringer of that particular handset.
3.3.21 Chain dialing
This feature allows you to initiate a dialing sequence from numbers stored in the directory, caller ID history or redial list while you are on a call. This feature is available only when you are making a HOME call.
Chain dialing can be useful if you wish to access numbers other than phone numbers (such as bank account information or access codes) from the directory, caller ID history or redial list.
Directory
1.Press Ptwice.
2.Press ,to scroll to the desired number.
3.Press Pto dial the displayed number.
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