Radio Shack ET-686 - Manual (Page 16)

16
USING BOTH THE
HANDSET AND
SPEAKERPHONE
To use the handset to join a call at the
base, or to use the base to join a con-
versation at the handset, press the line
button for the line that is in use. You
hear a busy tone. Before the tone ends,
press the line button again.
During the call, one of you can hang up
and the call can continue. To end the
call, you must hang up both the base
and handset.
Note: If you hear a high-pitched noise
from the base’s speaker, the handset
and the base are too close together.
To talk with two parties using both lines,
see “4-Way Conferencing.”
MAKING A CONFERENCE
CALL
3-Way Conferencing
Follow these steps to use both phone
lines to set up a 3-way call. The proce-
dure is the same for the handset and the
base.
1. Place the first call on hold.
2. Make or answer a call on the other
line.
3. Once you have the second party on
the line, press CONF to bring in the
first party. Both line indicators light
steadily. You can now talk with both
parties, and they can talk with each
other.
4. To end the conference call, press
one line button, then the other. If you
want to hang up one line and con-
tinue talking on the other, press the
line button you want to hang up.
If you want to talk on one line with-
out disconnecting the other, press
HOLD , then the button for the line
you want to talk on. To return to a 3-
way conversation, press
CONF .
4-Way Conferencing
Follow these steps to use both lines and
the ET-686’s intercom function to set up
a four-way call (see “Using the Paging/
Intercom Features” on Page 18).
1. Make a 3-way conference call. (See
“3-Way Conferencing.”)
CONF
43-686.fm Page 16 Friday, September 10, 1999 3:13 PM