Radio Shack ET-521 - Manual (Page 20)

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Note: If you do not have any special
phone services, pressing
FLASH might
disconnect the current call.
USING HOLD
To talk to someone else in the room with-
out the person on the other end of the
phone line hearing your conversation,
press
HOLD during the call. The TALK in-
dicator on the handset and IN USE indi-
cator on the base flash and
Phone
hold appears.
Note: We do not recommend using hold
for very long if you subscribe to Caller ID,
because the Caller ID information sent
by the phone company might disconnect
a caller on hold if a new call comes in.
Press HOLD again to resume your phone
conversation.
USING TONE SERVICES
ON A PULSE LINE
Some special services, such as bank-by-
phone, require tone signals. If you have
pulse service, you can still use these
special tone services by following these
steps.
1. Be sure T/P is set to P .
2. Dial the service’s main number.
3. When the service answers, press
. Q appears. Any additional num-
bers you dial are sent as tone sig-
nals.
4. After you complete the call, return
the handset to the base or press
TALK. The phone automatically re-
sets to pulse dialing.
USING PAGE/INTERCOM
You can use the ET-521 as a two-way
pager and intercom between the base
and the handset. This is useful if the
handset is away from the base and you
want to locate it, or if you want to have a
conversation between the handset and
the base.
To page the person who has the handset
or to locate the handset when the phone
is not in use, press
PAGE on the base.
The handset beeps three times and
Paging you appears. If you want the
handset to beep for a longer time, hold
down
PAGE for about 3 seconds. The
handset beeps for 3 minutes.
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