Handset Speakerphone; Call Waiting; Temporary Ringer Silencing; Temporary Tone Dialing - VTech DS6641 User Manual

Speakerphone

Handset speakerphone:

• During a call, press
Telephone base speakerphone:
• When you are using the corded handset on a home line call, press
switch to the telephone base speakerphone.
• When you are using the corded handset on a cell line call, press
switch to the telephone base speakerphone.
• When you are using the telephone base speakerphone on a cell/home line, lift up
the corded handset to use it.
Volume
To adjust the listening volume on a cordless handset:
• During a call, press
To adjust the listening volume at the telephone base:
• During a call, press
The handset earpiece volume setting and speakerphone volume setting
are independent.
Mute
The mute function allows you to hear the other party but the other party cannot hear you.
During a call, press MUTE. The handset displays Muted. The telephone base
.
displays Muted and MUTE light turns on.
Press MUTE again to resume the conversation.
2.

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 another call.
Call waiting on the home line:
• Press FLASH to put the current call on hold and take the new call.
Press FLASH at any time to switch back and forth between calls.
•
Call waiting on the cell line:
/CELL on the cordless handset or FLASH on the telephone base to put
• Press
the current call on hold and take the new call.
/CELL on the cordless handset or FLASH on the telephone base at any
• Press
time to switch back and forth between calls.

Temporary ringer silencing

When the telephone is ringing, you can temporarily silence the telephone base/
handset ringer without disconnecting the call. The next call rings normally at the
preset volume.
• To silence the handset ringer, press OFF or MUTE on the handset.
and Ringer muted displays briefly.
• To silence the telephone base ringer, press MUTE or CANCEL on the telephone
displays and Ringer muted displays briefly.
base.

Temporary tone dialing

If you have pulse (rotary) service only, you can switch from pulse to tone dialing
temporarily during a call.
During a call, press TONE .
.
2. Use the dialing keys to enter the relevant number. The telephone sends
touch-tone signals. It automatically returns to pulse dialing mode after you end
the call.

Find handset

Use this feature to find all system handsets.
To start paging:
Press FIND HANDSET at the right side of the telephone base
•
and it displays ** Paging ** . All idle handsets ring and display
** Paging ** .
To end paging:
/HOME,
• Press
cordless handset.
-OR-
• Return the cordless handset to the handset charger.
-OR-
Press FIND HANDSET on the telephone base.
•
Do not press and hold FIND HANDSET for more than four seconds. It may lead to
handset deregistration.
to switch between speakerphone and normal handset use.
/VOLUME or
VOL or VOL
/CELL, , OFF or any dialing key on a
/VOLUME.
.
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/HOME to
/CELL to
displays