User Guide

Chapter 5 Phone 51
Take a call on your iPad, iPod touch, or Mac. Click or swipe the notication to answer, ignore, or
respond with a quick message. The device must be connected to the same Wi-Fi network, and
signed into FaceTime with the same Apple ID, as your iPhone. Your iPad or iPod touch must be
using iOS 8; your Mac must be using OS X Yosemite.
Keep it quiet
Want to go oine for a while? Swipe up from the bottom edge of the screen to open Control
Center, then turn on Do Not Disturb or Airplane Mode. See Do Not Disturb on page 36 and Travel
with iPhone on page 46.
Block unwanted callers. On a contact card, tap Block this Caller (you can see a caller’s contact
card from Favorites or Recents by tapping ). You can also block callers in Settings > Phone >
Blocked. You will not receive voice calls, FaceTime calls, or text messages from blocked callers. For
more information about blocking calls, see support.apple.com/kb/HT5845.
While on a call
When you’re on a call, the screen shows several call options.
Mute your line. Or
touch and hold to put
your call on hold.
Mute your line. Or
touch and hold to put
your call on hold.
Dial or enter
a number.
Dial or enter
a number.
Use the
speakerphone
or a Bluetooth
device.
Use the
speakerphone
or a Bluetooth
device.
Get contact
info.
Get contact
info.
Make a
FaceTime call.
Make a
FaceTime call.
Make another call.
Make another call.
End a call. Tap or press the Sleep/Wake button.
Use another app while on a call. Press the Home button, then open the app. To return to the
call, tap the green bar at the top of the screen.
Respond to a second call. You can:
•
Ignore the call and send it to voicemail: Tap Ignore.
•
Put the rst call on hold and answer the new one: Tap Hold + Accept.
•
End the rst call and answer the new one: When using a GSM network, tap End + Accept. With a
CDMA network, tap End and when the second call rings back, tap Accept, or drag the slider if
iPhone is locked.
With a call on hold, tap Swap to switch between calls or tap Merge Calls to talk with both parties
at once. See Conference calls, below.
Note: With CDMA, you can’t switch between calls if the second call was outgoing, but you can
merge the calls. You can’t merge calls if the second call was incoming. If you end the second call
or the merged call, both calls are terminated.