VTech CS6124-2 - Manual (Page 16)

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Telephone operation
Temporary ringer silencing
When the telephone is ringing, you can temporarily silence the ringer of the handset
or telephone base without disconnecting the call. The next call rings normally at the
preset volume.
To silence the handset ringer:
Press OFF/
CANCEL
or MUTE/
DELETE
and then
Ringer muted displays.
To silence the telephone base ringer:
Press /VOLUME once.
Temporary tone dialing
If you have pulse (rotary) service only, you can switch from pulse to tone dialing
temporarily during a call. This is useful if you need to send touch-tone signals to
access your telephone banking or long distance services.
During a call, press
TONE
.
Use the dialing keys to enter the number. The telephone sends touch-tone signals.
The telephone automatically returns to pulse dialing mode after you end the call.
Find handset
Use this feature to find all system handsets.
To start paging:
Press /FIND HANDSET on the telephone base once
and then release when the telephone is not in use.
All idle system handsets ring and the screens flash
** Paging ** for 60 seconds.
To end paging:
Press /FIND HANDSET on the telephone base once
and then release.
-OR-
Press /
FLASH
or any of the dialing keys ( 0-9,
TONE
or
#
) on the handset to stop the paging tone.
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Ringer muted
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Do not press and hold /FIND HANDSET for more than four seconds. It may
lead to handset deregistration. If Not registered displays on the handset, refer to
Troubleshooting on page 34 to register the handset to the telephone base.