Pause and wait characters

To obtain a pause or wait character, press and hold

#. The display shows w for a wait and p for a pause. The phone always interprets the first pause character as a wait character. When you dial a number containing a wait character, your phone dials the first part (the phone number) and then waits for the call to be con- nected before sending the rest of the digits as DTMF tones. Any subsequent pause character is an ordinary pause that generates a delay of 2.5 seconds.

Access your answering machine (example)

To hear all messages (e.g. code 3) on your answering machine (password 8421) at phone number 12345678, you could call: 12345678w8421p3.

The phone dials 12345678 and waits for the call to be connected. When connected, the phone transmits 8421 (the password), pauses 2.5 seconds, and then sends the last digit. If you find that 2.5 seconds is not long enough for your needs, you can enter several pause characters one after the other to increase the pause time.

Make a second call

You can make a second call during an active call or during a call on hold. You can switch between the two calls (the cost displayed on the screen depends on local charge rate).

1.While already on the phone, dial a number then press (. The first call is put on hold and the number is displayed at the bottom of the screen. The second number is then dialled.

2.To toggle between the two calls, press ,then select Switch calls. Each time that you toggle from one call to another, the active call is placed on hold and the call which was on hold is activated.

3.To hang up the active line, press ). The active line is hung up and the call on hold remains as such.

4.To end the call on hold, use Switch calls to reach it, then press ).

Notes:

The second number can be dialled either from the key- pad or from:

-the phonebook, by pressing p, then selecting the name to be called,

-the Call list, by pressing c, then selecting the number to be called.

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