Radio Shack 2.4 GHz 2-Line Digital Spread Spectrum Cordless Phone with Call Waiting/Caller ID - Manual (Page 18)

18 Basic Operation
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 conversation at
the handset, press the line button for the line
in use. You hear a busy tone: before the tone
ends, press the line button again.
During the call, you can hang up the base or
the handset 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 procedure 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 ( CONF /
9 9 9 9
on the hand-
set) to bring in the first party. Both line
indicators on the base light green. The
handset display shows
â9ed\[h[dY[б в9ed\[h[dY[б в9ed\[h[dY[б в9ed\[h[dY[á
above
B_d[ý' B_d[ý' B_d[ý' B_d[ý' B_d[ý( B_d[ý( B_d[ý( B_d[ý(
if you are making a
conference call using the handset,
â9ed\ â9ed\ â9ed\ â9ed\
8Wi[á 8Wi[á 8Wi[á 8Wi[á
and
B_d[ý' B_d[ý' B_d[ý' B_d[ý' B_d[ý( B_d[ý( B_d[ý( B_d[ý(
if you are using the
speakerphone for conference.
4. To end the conference call, press one
line button, then the other. If you want to
hang up one line and continue talking on
the other, press the line button you want
to hang up.
If you want to talk on one line without discon-
necting the other, press
HOLD or CID / HOLD ,
then the button for the line you want to talk
on. To return to a 3-way conversation, press
CONF or CONF /
9 9 9 9
.
Note: To make a 3-way conference using
one outside line and the two keypads, see
“Using the Paging/Intercom Features” on
Page 19.
4-Way Conferencing
Follow these steps to use both lines to set up
a four-way call. The procedure is the same
for the handset and the base.
1. Make a 3-way conference call on one
keypad (handset or base).
2. Press INTERCOM (
8 8 8 8
/ INTCM on the
handset) to page the other keypad. The
outside lines are put on hold.
3. At the other keypad press INTERCOM or
8 8 8 8
/ INTCM to answer the page, then
press CONF ( CONF /
9 9 9 9
on the handset)
on either keypad.
4. To end the conference call, press LINE 1
and LINE 2 on one keypad, then press
LINE 2 on the other keypad.
If you want to hang up one line and continue
talking on the other, press the line button that
you want to hang up.
Note: You can also make a conference call
using both the phone and an extension
phone (See “Using the Phone with Extension
Phones” on Page 19).