Silence The Ringer; Call Waiting On The Home Line; Call Waiting On The Cell Line - AT&T TL96456 Complete User's Manual

Telephone operation
Telephone operation

Silence the ringer

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 MUTE (for home calls),
MUTE/
DELETE
Ringer muted.
To silence the base ringer:
• Press MUTE (for home calls),
the telephone base. The telephone base screen shows Ringer muted.

Call waiting on the home line

If you subscribe to call waiting service from your telephone service provider,
and someone calls while you are already on a call on the home line, you hear
two beeps.
• Press
HOME
base to put your current call on hold and take the new call.
• Press the same key at any time to switch back and forth between calls.

Call waiting on the cell line

If you subscribe to call waiting service from your cell phone service provider,
and someone calls while you are already on a call on the cell line, you hear
two beeps.
Using a handset:
CELL 1 or
• Press
new call.
CELL 1 or
• Press
between calls.
-OR-
• Press SWAP
Using the telephone base:
SWAP
• Press
take the new call.
• To switch back, press
highlight Swap Cell 1 or Swap Cell 2. Press
call. The other incoming cell call is put on hold.
#
or QUIET
on the handset. The handset screen shows
/FLASH on the handset, or press
CELL 2 to put your current call on hold and take the
CELL 2 at any time to switch back and forth
to switch. To switch back, press
on the telephone base. The original call is put on hold and you
OPTION
SILENCE (for cell calls),
SILENCE (for cell calls), MUTE or QUIET
on the telephone base. Press
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OFF/
/FLASH on the telephone
PTT
CELL 1 or
SELECT
to resume the original
,
CANCEL
#
on
CELL 2.
or to
CID DIR