CS5121 Telephone User's Manual

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Basic operation
Telephone operation
Telephone operation
Call waiting
If you subscribe to call waiting service and you are on a call when a new call
comes in, you will hear a beep. The caller ID information will be displayed if
you subscribe to combined caller ID with call waiting service from your local
telephone company.
Press /FLASH on the handset to put the current call on hold and answer
the incoming call.
Press /FLASH at anytime to alternate between calls.
Temporary tone dialing
If you have pulse (rotary) service, you can change from pulse to touch tone dialing
during a call by pressing TONE
*
. This is useful if you need to send touch tone
signals to access telephone banking or long distance services.
Once you have initiated your call by dialing the phone number in pulse (rotary), press
TONE
*
. Now, all subsequent key presses will be sent as touch tone signals.
After you hang up, the phone will return to pulse (rotary) dialing for the next call.
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