Vtech IS8121-2 User Manual - Page 18

Predial via home call and cell Answer an incoming cell call call while on a home call Predial a home call If you are on a home call and you receive an incoming cell call, you will hear a Enter the telephone number, then press beep. The telephone base and all other HOME/FLASH or to dial. handsets will then ring. Predial a cell call To answer the incoming cell call: 1. Enter the telephone number. • Press CELL on the handset. The home call is automatically placed on 2. Press CELL on the handset to dial. hold. • If you have only one cell phone connected to the telephone base, To end the cell call: it is automatically selected to make • Press OFF/CANCEL on the handset. cell calls. The home line is still on hold. • If you have two cell phones connected to the telephone To resume the home call on hold: base, the handset displays Select • Press HOME/FLASH on the a device. Press q CID or p to handset. select a cell phone and then press MENU/SELECT. Answer an incoming home call while on a cell call NOTE • When predialing (preview numbers before dialing), press MUTE/DELETE on the handset to backspace and delete; press and hold REDIAL/PAUSE to insert If you are on a cell call and you receive an incoming home call, you will hear a beep. The telephone base and all other handsets will then ring. a dialing pause (a P appears). To answer the incoming home call: • Press HOME/FLASH on the handset. The cell call is automatically placed on hold. To end the home call: • Press OFF/CANCEL on the handset. The cell line is still on hold. To resume the cell call on hold: • Press CELL on the handset. 34 View dialing options NOTE Although the caller ID log entries may • If you have turned on your answering contain 10 digits (the area code plus system and you do not answer the 7-digit number), in some areas, you the incoming home call, the call is may need to dial only the seven digits, answered by your answering system. or 1 plus the seven digits, or 1 plus the area code plus the seven digits. You can change the number of digits that you dial from the caller ID log or store to the phonebook. While reviewing the caller ID log, press # (pound key) repeatedly to show different dialing options for local and long distance numbers before dialing or saving the telephone number in the phonebook. Press 1 repeatedly if you need to add or remove 1 in front of the telephone number before dialing or saving it in the phonebook. When the number shows the correct format for dialing: Press HOME/FLASH or on the handset to call the number using the home line. - OR Press CELL on the handset to call the number using the cell line. 35