Silence The Ringer; Call Waiting On The Home Line - AT&T TL96477 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),
f
MUTE/
DELETE
Ringer muted.
To silence the base ringer:
Press MUTE (for home calls),
f
#
QUIET
on 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
f
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.
f
Notes:
If the Smart call blocker feature is on and in screening mode, and you receive a call waiting home call:
f
- If you have already picked up a screened home call, the telephone checks whether
be found in the directory, block list or allow list. It also checks whether the caller name is in the star name list. After
that, the telephone displays the caller ID information or Blocked call accordingly. You can
/SPEAKER to
or
- If the telephone is screening a home call, the call waiting call will be ignored and
ID log.
The screening feature of Smart call blocker is applicable to home calls only.
f
#
or QUIET
on the handset. The handset screen shows
/FLASH on the handset, or press
take the new call.
SILENCE (for cell calls),
SILENCE (for cell calls), CANCEL, MUTE or
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OFF/
CANCEL
/FLASH on the telephone
PTT
the call waiting call's number can
press
logged as missed call in the caller
,
/FLASH
HOME