Telephone Operation; Call Waiting; Temporary Ringer Silencing; Temporary Tone Dialing - VTech CS6199-4 User Manual

Ringer volume (handset)
You can adjust the ringer volume level, or turn the ringer off.
Press MENU when the handset is not in use.
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Scroll to Ringers and then press SELECT twice.
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to sample each volume level, then press SELECT.
3. Press or
When the ringer volume is set to Off, the handset still rings when you press
telephone base.

Telephone operation

Make a call
• Press or
Answer a call
• Press ,
End a call
Press OFF or put the handset to the telephone base or charger.
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Speakerphone
• During a call, press
and normal handset use.
Volume
During a call, press VOLUME/ or VOLUME/ to adjust
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the listening volume.
Mute
The mute function allows you to hear the other party but the other party cannot hear you.
During a call, press MUTE. The screen displays Muted.
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Press MUTE again to resume the conversation. The screen displays
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Microphone on briefly.

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.
Press FLASH to put the current call on hold and take the new call.
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• Press FLASH at any time to switch back and forth between calls.

Temporary ringer silencing

When the telephone is ringing, you can temporarily silence the ringer of that handset
without disconnecting the call. The next call rings normally at the preset volume.
Press OFF or MUTE, then
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Temporary tone dialing

If you have pulse (rotary) service only, you can switch from pulse to touch-tone
dialing temporarily during a call.
During a call, press TONE .
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. 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 on the telephone base. All idle handsets ring and
display ** Paging ** .
To end paging:
• Press on the telephone base.
, OFF or any dialing key on a handset.
• Press ,
• Place the handset in the telephone base or charger.
Do not press and hold
may lead to handset deregistration. If To register HS...
and ...see manual displays alternately on the handset,
refer to Troubleshooting to register the handset to the
telephone base.
and then dial the telephone number.
or any dialing key.
to switch between speakerphone
displays and Ringer muted displays briefly.
for more than four seconds. It

on the