Conducting Calls - Enhanced Functions; Speakerphone Mode - Octopus F100 Operating Instructions Manual

Conducting calls – enhanced functions
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Conducting calls – enhanced
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Speakerphone mode

Features
Speakerphone mode offers you the following advantages:
• Other persons can listen to and participate in the call.
• Your hands are free.
• When dialling, you can hear the ring tone, for example, without
having to lift the handset to your ear.
Speakerphone mode can be used effectively up to a background
noise level of 50 dB (A) (Office environment).
Activating speakerphone mode
Speakerphone mode can be activated during a call, when dialling or
when answering a call:
d Press the Speakerphone key. The Speakerphone key lights up. In-
form the other party when you want to activate the speakerphone to
let others listen in.
Note:
Make sure you switch back to handset mode before you re-
turn the telephone directly to your ear. In this way you can
avoid causing damage to your hearing.
Switching between speakerphone and handset mode
d Press the Speakerphone key. The handset switches from speaker-
phone to handset mode or vice versa.
The Speakerphone key lights up if speakerphone mode is active. It
does not light up if speakerphone mode is deactivated and handset
mode is activated.
Note:
If you wish to replace the handset in the charging shell dur-
ing a call, forexample, because the batteries are flat, hold
down the Speakerphone key to prevent the call from being
cleared down.