Radio Shack ET-596 - Manual (Page 16)

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PUTTING A CALL ON
HOLD
Press HOLD to put a call on hold so you
can temporarily place the handset on
the base or use the other phone line
without disconnecting the current call.
The light over the line’s button flashes
when that call is on hold.
The phone disconnects the call 5 min-
utes after you put it on hold. However,
during those 5 minutes, a series of
beeps reminds you the call is on hold.
After 1 minute, the handset beeps ev-
ery 15 seconds. After 4 minutes, the
handset beeps every 5 seconds. After
5 minutes, the handset sounds a long
tone and disconnects the call.
To release a line from hold and contin-
ue your conversation, press that line’s
button. You can also release a call
from hold by pressing
TALK or picking
up the handset from the base.
You can use another phone on the
same line to pick up the call on hold,
but the handset still shows that line on
hold. After 5 minutes the line indicator
turns off.
You can alternate between the two
lines by pressing
HOLD then the button
for the desired line.
Notes:
• If you press the other line’s button
without first pressing HOLD , the
first call is disconnected.
• If you place the second line on
hold, the hold time restarts for the
first line. Both lines automatically
disconnect after 5 minutes.
• A call on hold does not automati-
cally disconnect as long as you
are talking on the second line. The
hold time restarts when you hang
up the second line.
• If you place both lines on hold and
then press TALK or pick up the
handset from the base, the line
you dialed last is released from
hold and the line you dialed first
remains on hold.
MAKING A
CONFERENCE CALL
Follow these steps to make a 3-way
conference call.
1. Place the first call on hold.
2. Make or answer a call on the other
line.
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