Making And Receiving Calls; Making And Ending Calls; Answering Or Rejecting Calls - BT Home SmartPhone S User Manual

Making and receiving calls

You can make a call by dialling a phone number
or touching a number in contacts, your call log,
on web pages and other places. When you're
on a call, you can answer incoming calls and set
up conference calls.

Making and ending calls

You can make calls with the Phone app. You can
also make calls when working in the Call log
(see 'Working with the Call log' on page 23) or
in Contacts (see page 34).
Making a call on your phone.
Touch the Phone at the bottom of the
Home screen or the Phone app
Launcher. Or, if you're already working with
Contacts or the Call log, touch the Phone
tab.
You can make a call in two ways:
Making a call by dialling
1 Touch the keys on the Phone tab to enter
the phone number you want to call.
If you enter a wrong number, touch
erase digits one by one.
To erase the entire number, touch & hold
Touch the blue Phone
2
number that you've entered.
The length of the call.
Information from Contacts about
the person you're calling.
Touch to enter more numbers during your call.
During a call
Touch to put the call into hands free mode
or to return to handset mode when in call. If
you're in hands free mode, you'll see an icon
in the notification bar and the key will show a
green line.
in the
Touch to mute the microphone so your
callers can't hear you and the key will show a
green line. Touch mute again to turn on the
microphone.
You can also use other apps during a call.
For example, using the Browser to look up
information. You'll see the green phone icon in
the Status bar while the call is under way.
to Use the and
volume or speakerphone volume from 1 (low)
to 6 (high).
.
If you need some help, call us on 0808 100 9889* or go to bt.com/producthelp
to dial the
keys to change the earpiece
Ending a call
Touch End . Or replace the handset on
the base.
The screen will confirm the call has been ended.
Note: you can't end a call by using the
Back key, as this will take you back to the
last app you used and keep the call running in
the background. Your line will be engaged and
you may be charged for the call.

Answering or rejecting calls

If you've subscribed to Caller ID, you'll see
a caller's phone number and any other
information about the caller that you've
entered in Contacts. All incoming calls are
recorded in the Call log.
Answering a call
If the handset is in the charger then pick it up
to answer a call.
If it's not in the charger or if you have switched
auto talk off then slide the
If you were already on a call, the first call is
placed on hold while you answer the new call.
to the right.
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