AT&T E3813B - Manual (Page 15)

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Telephone operation
Options while on calls
Mute
Press
MUTE
/DELETE
to silence the
microphone. When mute is on, MUTED will
show in the handset screen. You will be
able to hear the caller, but your caller will
not be able to hear you until you press
MUTE
/DELETE
again and resume speaking.
When mute is turned off, MICROPHONE
ON will show temporarily on the handset
screen.
Temporary tone dialing
If you only have dial pulse (rotary service),
you can temporarily 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
PHONE/
FLASH
(to receive a call waiting call), the phone
automatically returns to dial pulse (rotary)
service.
TONE
DELETE PAUSE
MUTE REDIAL
Ringer
silenced
Press to
silence the
microphone