User Guide

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Hold
You can place any call on hold. You hear an alert tone at the
telephone base if you have not taken the call off of hold after
14 minutes. You hear another alert tone at the telephone
base 30 seconds later. At 15 minutes on hold, the call on hold
automatically disconnects.
To place a home call on hold:
• While on a home call, press OPTION, and then press SELECT
on the handset or telephone base to select HOLD. Home
call on hold appears on the handsets and telephone base.
HOME/FLASH flashes on the handsets and HOME
flashes on the telephone base.
To resume a home call on hold:
• Press HOME/FLASH on handsets or HOME on the
telephone base.
To place a cell call on hold:
• While on a cell call, press OPTION, and then press SELECT
on the handset or telephone base to select HOLD. Cell 1/2
call on hold appears on the handsets and telephone base.
CELL 1 or CELL 2 on the handset or telephone base flashes.
To resume a cell call on hold:
• Press CELL 1 or CELL 2 on the handset or telephone base.
Equalizer
The equalizer feature enables you to change the quality of the
audio to best suit your hearing.
Using a cordless handset or the telephone base:
1. While on a home call or cell call, press OPTION.
2. Press q CID or p on the handset or telephone base to
highlight Equalizer, then press SELECT.
3. Press q CID or p on the handset or telephone base
to select Treble 1, Treble 2, Bass or Natural (the default
setting), then press SELECT.
N OTE
• If you switch the call between the handset and speakerphone by
pressing
, the audio setting remains unchanged.
• The current equalizer setting remains unchanged until you
select a new setting.
Join a call in progress (for multiple handset models
only)
Another handset can join you on an outside call. The call
continues until all people hang up. You can share an outside
call with telephone base and up to 4 system handsets.
To join a home call:
Using a cordless handset:
• Press HOME/FLASH or on another handset to join the
call.
Using the telephone base:
• Press HOME to join the call.
To join a cell call:
Using a cordless handset:
• Press CELL 1 or CELL 2 on another handset to join the call.
Using the telephone base:
• Press CELL 1 or CELL 2 to join the call.