AT&T 1040 - Manual (Page 25)

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Telephone operation
Basic phone operation
Call waiting
If you subscribe to call waiting service with your
local telephone company, there will be a beep if
there is an incoming call when you are already on
a call on the same line.
1. Press
[FLASH] to put your current call on hold
and take the new call.
2. Press [FLASH] anytime to switch back and forth
between calls.
MUTE
During a telephone conversation, press [MUTE] to
silence the microphone. You will be able to hear the
other party, but the other party will not be able to
hear you until you press
[MUTE] again and resume
speaking. Mute is automatically cancelled when you
end a call.
When mute is active, the MUTE light will be on.
NOTE: Switching from handset to speakerphone
or headset, or from speakerphone or headset to
handset, changing lines, or putting a call on hold
also cancel the mute function.
Temporary tone dialing
If you have dial pulse (rotary) service only, you can
temporarily switch dial pulse to touch-tone dialing
during a call by pressing
[*TONE].
1. Dial the number.
2. Press and release
[*TONE]. Buttons pressed after
this send touch-tone signals.
3. After you hang up, the phone automatically
returns to pulse dial mode.