Radio Shack RT-551 owner manual Using Flash, Using Tone Services on a Pulse Line

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USING FLASH

FLASH performs the electronic equiva- lent of a switchhook operation for spe- cial services, such as Call Waiting.

FLASH

TALK

REDIAL MEMORY CHANNEL

ABCDEF

1 2 3

For example, if you have Call Waiting, press FLASH to answer an incoming call without disconnecting the current call. Press FLASH again to return to the first call.

Note: If you do not have any special phone services, pressing FLASH might disconnect the current call.

USING TONE SERVICES ON A PULSE LINE

Some special services, such as bank- by-phone, require tone signals. If you have pulse service, you can still use these special tone services by follow- ing these steps.

1.Be sure T/P is set to P.

2.Press TALK.

3.When you hear the dial tone, dial the service’s main number.

4.When you want to send tone sig- nals, press . Any additional numbers you dial are sent as tone signals.

7 8 9

OPER

0

LOW BATT

5.After you complete the call, return the handset to the base or press TALK. The phone automatically resets to the pulse mode.

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