AT&T E2912B User Manual page 18

Tone
Mute
Telephone operation
Options while on calls
Mute
Press
MUTE/
will be able to hear the caller, but your caller will
not be able to hear you until you press
again and resume speaking.
Ringer
silenced
Temporary ring silencing
Press
OFF/
is ringing to silence the handset ringer temporari-
ly. This will silence the ringer without disconnect-
ing the call. You can answer the call or let the
caller leave a message in your answering system.
The next incoming call will ring normally.
NOTE: All handsets will ring with an incoming call.
Pressing
only silence the ringer of that particular handset but the other
handsets will continue to ring.
Temporary tone dialing
If you have dial pulse (rotary) service only and
have changed the telephone to pulse dial type
(see page 18), you can temporarily switch to
touch tone dialing during a call by pressing
This can be useful when sending tone signals for
access to answering systems or long-distance ser-
vices.
After you hang up or press
receive a call waiting call), the telephone auto-
matically returns to dial pulse (rotary) service.
to silence the microphone. You
DELETE
or
MUTE/
CLEAR DELETE
OFF/ or MUTE/
CLEAR
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MUTE/
while the telephone
on one handset will
DELETE
(to
/FLASH
PHONE
DELETE
*
.