Flash/Call Waiting; Temporary Tone Dialing - VTech CD1291 User Manual

Telephone operation

Flash/call waiting

If you subscribe to call waiting service from your telephone service provider,
you hear a beep if someone calls you while you are already on a call.
Press FLASH to put your current call on hold and
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take the new call.
• Press FLASH anytime to switch back and forth
between calls. For more information on caller ID with
call waiting, refer to About caller ID on page 35.
Use FLASH to access other telephone subscriber services, as described by
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your telephone service provider.
• The telephone cannot display the caller ID information if another telephone
on the same line is in use.

Temporary tone dialing

If you have dial-pulse (rotary) dialing service only, use this feature to
temporarily switch from dial-pulse to touch-tone dialing during a call.
1. Make a call.
2. Press TONE*. The telephone sends touch-tone signals.
3. The telephone automatically returns to pulse dial mode
after you end the call.
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