Make calls
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Volume and loudspeaker control
To increase or decrease the volume
level, when you have an active call or
are listening to a sound, press
or
, respectively.
The built-in loudspeaker allows you to speak and listen to
the phone from a short distance without having to hold the
phone to your ear, for example, having it on a table nearby.
Sound applications use the loudspeaker by default.
• To use the loudspeaker during a call, start a call, and
press
.
Important: Do not hold the device near your
ear when the loudspeaker is in use, because
the volume may be extremely loud.
• To turn off the loudspeaker when you have an active
call or are listening to a sound, press
.
Answer or reject a call
To answer the call, press .
To mute the ringing tone when a call comes in, select Silence.
The volume control bar is shown in standby mode when a call
comes in, but volume of the ringing tone cannot be changed
because this bar is for changing the loudspeaker volume.
Tip: If a compatible headset is connected to the
device, answer and end a call by pressing the
headset key.
If you do not want to answer a call, press to reject it.
The caller hears a line busy tone. If you have activated the
Call divert > Active call function to divert calls, rejecting
an incoming call also diverts the call. See "Call diverting"
on page 113.
When you reject an incoming call, you can also send a text
message to the caller informing why you cannot answer
the call. Select Options > Send text message. You can
edit the text before sending it. See also Reject call with
SMS on page 104.
If you answer a voice call during a video call, the video call
is dropped.