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Description of new and updated functions
Deactivating your handset's microphone
Gigaset IP Phones / IM-BELG EN / A31008-xxxx-xxxx-x-xxxx / description.fm / 3/23/09
Version 4, 29.10.2007
Deactivating your handset's microphone
As well as muting the handset as described in the user guide (press left on the u control
key, the other party hears hold music), you can deactivate your handset's microphone dur-
ing an external call. The other party cannot hear you, but you can still hear them. You can
also deactivate the microphone during a conference call or when call swapping.
Turning off the microphone
§Mute§ Press the display key to deactivate the handset.
Your handset's microphone is deactivated. The display shows Microphone is off.
Switching the microphone back on
§On§ Press the display key to switch the microphone back on. The other party can
hear you again.
Please note
The microphone is automatically switched on again in the following scenarios:
u If, during an external call (you have switched the microphone off), you establish
a second connection, either by accepting a waiting call or by successfully connecting
to an external/internal consultation call, the microphone is turned on. If you go back to
the first party, the microphone remains switched on.
(If you reject a waiting call or are unable to connect to a consultation call, the micro-
phone remains switched off.)
u If you deactivated the microphone while call swapping, it is reactivated for both con-
nections, as soon as they are connected to the other caller.
u If you have deactivated the microphone during a conference call, the microphone
is reactivated when you terminate the conference call by selecting
§Options§ ¢ End Conference (call swapping).