AT&T 1231 - Manual (Page 7)

11
Telephone Operation
10
Telephone Operation
Basic operation
Making and answering calls
To answer an incoming call, press
PHONE
(or
SPK,
or
any dial pad key). To make a call, press
PHONE
or
SPK
,
then dial a number. Press
OFF
to hang up.
To preview numbers before dialing, enter numbers first,
then press
PHONE
or
SPK
to dial. Press
DELETE
or
CLEAR
at any time to make corrections as you are
entering numbers.
The screen displays the elapsed time as you talk (in
hours, minutes and seconds).
Hands-free speakerphone calls
To answer a call, press
SPK.
To make a call, press
SPK
,
then dial a number. During a call you can press
SPK
to
toggle between hands-free speakerphone and normal
handset use. Press
OFF
to hang up.
Last number redial
Press
REDIAL
to display the most recent called number.
Use the ^V buttons to view up to 5 other recently
called numbers. The handset will beep twice at the begin-
ning or end of the list.
Press
PHONE
to redial any number as it is displayed.
Press
DELETE
to delete the displayed number from the
redial memory.
Mute
Press
MUTE
to silence the microphone. You will be able
to hear, but your caller will not be able to hear you
until you press
MUTE
again to resume speaking.
SPEAKER 00:00:02
REDIAL
555-1234
PHONE 00:00:02
MICROPHONE MUTED
MUTE
PHONE 00:00:02
Elapsed time Options while on calls
Volume control
Press
VOLUME
buttons on the side of the handset to
adjust listening volume. Each button press raises or
lowers volume by one level.
When you change the volume level, the new setting
becomes the default. The new volume level will be
applied each time you use the handset, speakerphone
or headset.
Call waiting
If you have Call Waiting service, you will hear a beep if
someone calls while you are already on a call. Press
FLASH
to put your current call on hold and take the new
call. You can press
FLASH
at any time to switch back
and forth between calls.
Ring silencing
Press
OFF
or
MUTE
while the phone is ringing to silence
the ringer.
3-way conference calls
During an outside call, you can use both handsets to
allow a three-way conversation.
While a call is in progress, a person using the other
handset can press
PHONE
or
SPK
to join the call. You
can press
OFF
at either handset to drop out of the
conference call, but the call will not be terminated until
all sets hang up.
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.
Volume
Silence
ringer
Flash
Tone