AT&T E5908 - Manual (Page 21)

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Telephone Operation
Options while on calls
Temporary tone dialing
If you have dial pulse (rotary) service, you can switch to
touch tone dialing during a call by pressing
* . This
can be useful if you need to send tone signals for access
to answering systems or long-distance services.
After you hang up or press
FLASH
to access services
with your local telephone service provider, the phone
automatically returns to dial pulse (rotary) service.
3-way conference calls
During a call, someone at the base or another handset
can join in the conversation.
• On the cordless handset: Press
PHONE
to join a con-
versation begun at the base.
• At the base: Lift the handset (or press
SPEAKER
) to
join a conversation begun at the cordless handset.
You can also page the other parts of the system and ask
another user to join the call.
From a cordless handset: Press
HOLD
, then press
INTERCOM/DELETE
.
From the telephone base: Press
HOLD
, then press
INTERCOM/CID DEL
.
Anyone at a cordless handset or telephone base can
either join the call, (by pressing
PHONE
or
SPEAKER
,)
or talk to you first, (by answering the page), and then
decide whether to join the call. When another user
joins the call, the intercom call is terminated.
Hold
Phone
Hold
Speaker
Intercom
INT
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