Temporary Ringer Silencing; Call Waiting; Temporary Tone Dialing; Find Handset - VTech DS6511 User Manual

Call waiting

When you subscribe to call waiting service from your telephone service provider,
you hear an alert tone if there is an incoming call while you are on another call.
• For a home call, press FLASH to put the current call on hold and take the new
call, or switch back and forth between calls.
• For a cell call, press
call, or switch back and forth between calls.

Temporary ringer silencing

When the telephone is ringing, you can temporarily silence the ringer of the handset
without disconnecting the call. The next call rings normally at the preset volume.
• Press OFF or MUTE on the handset.
displays briefly.

Temporary tone dialing

If you have pulse (rotary) service only, you can switch from pulse to tone dialing
temporarily during a call.
. During a call, press
2. Use the dialing keys to enter the relevant number. The telephone sends
touch-tone signals.
3. 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. All
idle handsets ring and display ** Paging **.
To end paging:
• Press FIND HANDSET again on the telephone base.
• Press /HOME,
key on the handset.
• Place the handset in the telephone base or charger.
• Do not press and hold
to handset deregistration.

Redial list

Each handset stores the last 0 telephone numbers dialed.
To review and dial a number from the redial list:
. Press REDIAL when the handset is not in use.
2. Press , or or REDIAL repeatedly until the desired entry displays.
3. Press /HOME or
To delete a redial entry:
When the desired redial entry displays, press DELETE.
Join a call in progress
You can use up to two system handsets at a time on a home line call. You can buy
additional expansion handsets (DS6501/DS6501-12/DS6501-15/DS6501-16) for
this telephone base. You can register up to five handsets to the telephone base.
• When a handset is on a call, press
the call.
• Press OFF to exit the call. The call continues until all handsets hang up.
Transfer a call
While on an outside call, you can transfer the call from one handset to another.
. During a call, press MENU.
2. Press or
to enter a destination handset number.
3. To answer the call on the destination handset, press
Intercom
Use the intercom features for conversations between two handsets.
. Press MENU on your handset when not in use.
2. Press or
to enter a destination handset number.
3. To answer the intercom call, press
destination handset.
4. To end the intercom call, press OFF or place the handset back in the telephone
base or charger.
/CELL to put the current call on hold and take the new
.
/CELL, , CANCEL or any dialing
FIND HANDSET for more than four seconds. It may lead
/CELL to dial.
to scroll to Transfer, then press SELECT. Use the dialing keys
to scroll to Intercom, then press SELECT. Use the dialing keys
displays and Ringer muted
/HOME or on another handset to join
/HOME, /CELL or
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/HOME, /CELL or
on the
.