AT&T E5943 User Manual page 18

Tone
Mute
Telephone operation
Options while on calls -
handset and base
Mute
Press
MUTE
DELETE
will be able to hear the person at the other end,
but they will not be able to hear you until you
press
MUTE
DELETE
Temporary ringer silencing
Press
OFF
CLEAR
is ringing to silence the ringer temporarily.
The next phone call will ring normally.
Temporary tone dialing
If you have pulse dialing (rotary) service, you can
switch to touch tone dialing during a call by press-
*
.
ing This can be useful if you need to send tone
Mute
signals to access answering systems or long dis-
tance services.
After you hang up or press
vices with your local telephone service provider,
the phone automatically returns to pulse dialing
(rotary) service.
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to silence the microphone. You
again and resume speaking.
or while the phone
MUTE
DELETE
to access ser-
FLASH