Make Sos Emergency Call; Temporary Ringer Silencing; Call Waiting - VTech SN5147 User Manual

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Make SOS emergency call

Press and hold AUDIO ASSIST/SOS on the cordless
handset for 3 seconds. The telephone base
announces, "Emergency mode is activated" and
pages all registered devices. All devices ring an
alert tone, and after 20 seconds, the telephone
starts calling the preset SOS numbers.
• If you disable internal SOS alert (page 16),
the telephone calls the preset SOS numbers in
sequence directly when you press and hold
SOS
AUDIO ASSIST/SOS. See page 13 for details.
-------------------------- OR -----------------------------
If you have purchased and registered a Wearable
home SOS pendant (SN7022), press the dial key
on the SOS pendant to make SOS calls.
You can cancel SOS emergency call at any time:
• Press TALK or CANCEL on the handset; or
• Press and hold AUDIO ASSIST/SOS on the handset; or
• Press on the telephone base; or
• Press the CANCEL key on the back of the SOS pendant.
"This is an emergency
call. Please press any
number key to start the
conversation."
• When the emergency
call is answered, the
telephone plays the
SOS message (see
page 17) to the call
receiver, asking the
receiver to respond by
pressing a number key
on his/her phone.
• After the call receiver
presses a number key,
you can then start a
conversation with the
call receiver.
• The SOS button
on the cordless handset
functions as Audio Assist
button when on a call or
listening to a message
or announcement.
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Temporary ringer silencing

When the telephone is ringing, you can
temporarily silence the ringer without
disconnecting the call. The next call rings
normally at the preset volume.
When the telephone is ringing:
On the cordless handset:
- OR -
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On the telephone base:

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 already on a call.
When on a call using
the cordless handset.
- OR -
When on a call using
the corded handset on
the telephone base.
• Press FLASH on the handset or
telephone base to put the current call
on hold and take the new call.
• Press FLASH at any time to switch back
and forth between calls.
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