Sprint Nextel 800w manual Answering a Second Call Call Waiting, Making a Second Call

⬤When you’re on a call and a second call comes in, you can swap between the two calls, but you cannot create a three-way conference call.

⬤When two calls are active, you can return to the first call by asking the person on the second call to hang up, or you can hang up both calls by pressing Power/End .

Answering a Second Call (Call Waiting)

When you’re on a call and you receive a second call, the call-waiting notification appears. You can do any of the following:

⬤Place the first call on hold and answer the new call: Press Answer (left softkey) or Phone/Talk .

⬤Send the new caller a text message: Press Menu (right softkey) and select Ignore with text message.

⬤Hang up the first call: Press Power/End . (The second call becomes an incoming call alert, which you can choose to answer or ignore.)

⬤Send the new call to voicemail: Press Menu (right softkey) and select Ignore.

Making a Second Call

You can make a second call while your first call is still active.

1.Press Hold (left softkey) to put the first call on hold.

2.To dial a second number, use any of the methods described in “Making Calls” on page 76. (If you’re dialing by contact name or with the keyboard, you must first use the 5-wayto select the Dial Lookup field.)

When two calls are active, your Today screen includes two call status sections, each representing one of the calls.

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Phone Features