User's Manual

Chapter 4: Using the interfaces
98-122988-DraftB6 Using a phone or fax machine 61
Handling waiting calls
During a call, if a second party attempts to make contact with you, you will hear a Call Waiting
indication. The Call Waiting indication is two beeps and a pause of 3 seconds, then two beeps
again etc. If no action is taken, the waiting call is released after a time out period.
When you receive a Call Waiting indication, you have the following options:
Holding a call
During a call, you may place the initial call on hold while another call is made.
Note
The phone must have an R key to be able to use these functions.
The EXPLORER™ Bluetooth Handset uses a softkey in stead of the R key.
If you want to: Do as follows:
Clear the current call,
and accept the waiting call.
Press R 1 #, within the time out period.
Hold the current call,
and accept the waiting call.
Press R 2 #, within the time out period.
Ignore the waiting call. Take no action.
Reject the waiting call. Press R 0 #, within the time out period.
Note
The phone must have an R key to be able to use these functions.
The EXPLORER™ Bluetooth Handset uses a softkey in stead of the R key.
If you want to: Do as follows:
Place a call on hold. Press R 2 #.
Place the existing call on hold and establish a
new call.
Press R and dial the second phone number
followed by #.
Shuttle between the two calls. Press R 2 #
(irrespective of whether the second call was
acquired using Call Hold or acceptance of Call
Waiting.)
Clear the held call, if no waiting call exists. Press R 0 #.
Clear an active call and return to the held call. Press R 1 #.
Note that this is only possible if no waiting
call exists.