Making and answering calls, Options while on calls – AT&T 1445 User Manual

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13

Telephone Operation

12

Telephone Operation

Making and answering calls

Making and answering calls
To answer an incoming call, press any key except

OFF

.

To make a call, press

PHONE

, then dial a number. Press

OFF

to hang up.

To preview numbers before dialing, enter numbers first,
then press

PHONE

to dial. Press

V

at any time to

make corrections as you are entering numbers.

Speed dialing & directory dialing
To use speed dialing, press and hold a dial pad button
(1-9) to display the number stored in that speed-dial
location, then press

PHONE

to dial the number.

To use directory dialing, press

DIR

, scroll or search to

find the number you want, then press

PHONE

to dial the

number. (See pages 15-19 to enter, edit or search for
listings in your phone directory.)

Last number redial
Press

REDIAL

on the handset to display the last number

called. To dial the number displayed, press

PHONE

. To

delete this number, press

REDIAL

again. This will clear

the redial memory and leave it blank.

Ring silencing
Press

OFF

while the phone is ringing to silence the

ringer without disconnecting the call.

Options while on calls

Caller ID
If you have Caller ID service, the caller’s number will
appear on the display screen after the first ring (see
page 20 for additional Caller ID features and options).

Call waiting
If you have Call Waiting service, you will hear a beep if
someone calls while you are already on a call. Press

PHONE

to put your current call on hold and take the

new call. You can press this button at any time to
switch back and forth between calls.

Hold
Press

HOLD

to place a call on hold. Press

HOLD

again to

resume the call.

To adjust listening volume
During a call you can press

^

to increase or

V

to

decrease the listening volume.

If sound is unclear
If noise or static disrupts a call, press

CHAN

to scan for a

clearer radio channel between handset and base.

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.

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