Vtech IS8121-2 User Manual - Page 17

Make, answer or end a cell Answer a cell call call • Press CELL or on the handset. Make a cell call End a cell call 1. Press CELL on the handset. The • Press OFF/CANCEL, or put the handset handset displays Select a device. in the telephone base or charger. • If you have only one cell phone connected to the telephone base, NOTES press MENU/SELECT to select the • The screen displays Unable to call if only device. your cell phone is in use. • If you have two cell phones • You can also use your cell phone to connected to the telephone, answer the call. If you answer with press q CID or p to select your cell phone, it disconnects from a cell phone and then press the telephone base. MENU/SELECT. • The screen shows the elapsed time 2. Enter the telephone number on the as you talk (in hours, minutes and handset, then press CELL to dial. seconds). • When predialing (preview Predial a cell call numbers before dialing), press 1. Enter the telephone number. MUTE/DELETE on the handset or telephone base to backspace 2. Press CELL on the handset to dial. and delete; press and hold • If you have only one cell phone REDIAL/PAUSE to insert a dialing connected to the telephone base, pause (a P appears). it is automatically selected to make • Make a cell call using the cell lines cell calls. of your telephone system instead • If you have two cell phones of using the remote voice control connected to the telephone base, feature, if you need to press dialing the screen displays Select a device. keys (0-9, TONE or QUIET#) during Press q CID or p to select a a call. cell phone and then press MENU/ SELECT. Call waiting on the home line Call waiting on the cell line If you subscribe to call waiting service If you subscribe to call waiting service from your telephone service provider, from your cell phone service provider, and someone calls while you are already and someone calls while you are already on a call, the screen flashes , and you on a call on the cell line, the screen hear a tone. flashes , and you hear a beep. • Press HOME/FLASH on the • Press HOME/FLASH on the handset to put your current call on handset, or press HOME or hold and take the new call. PTT/FLASH on the telephone base • Press HOME/FLASH on the to put your current call on hold and handset at any time to switch back take the new call. and forth between calls. • Press HOME/FLASH on the NOTES • If the Smart call blocker feature is on and in screening mode, and you receive a call waiting home call: handset or press HOME or PTT/FLASH on the telephone base at any time to switch back and forth between calls. • If you have already picked up a NOTES screened home call, the telephone • If the Smart call blocker feature is checks whether the call waiting on and in screening mode, and you call's number can be found in the receive a call waiting cell call: phonebook, block list or allow list. • If you have already picked up a It also checks whether the caller screened home call, the telephone name is in the star name list. After checks whether the call waiting that, the telephone displays the cell call's number can be found in caller ID information or Blocked the block list. If yes, the telephone call accordingly. You can press displays Blocked call and rejects HOME/FLASH or to take the call. the new call. • The screening feature of Smart call • If the telephone is screening a blocker is applicable to home calls home call, the call waiting call will only. be ignored and logged as missed call in the caller ID log. • The screening feature of Smart call blocker is applicable to home calls only. 32 33