VTech IA5879 Cordless Telephone User Manual


 
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Basic operation
Telephone operation
Temporary tone dialing
If you have pulse dial (rotary) service, you can change from pulse to touch tone dialing during a
call by pressing *TONE. This is useful if you need to send touch tone signals to access telephone
banking or long distance services.
1. Dial the number.
2. Press *TONE. Buttons pressed after this send touch-tone signals.
3. After you hang up, the phone automatically returns to pulse dial service.
Message waiting
Your phone is designed to work with most local and regional telephone service providers’ voice
messaging service, providing alerts on both the handset and base when new messages come in.
Voice messaging is a subscription service available through most service providers for a monthly fee.
Some service providers may not offer compatible voicemail service. Contact your local telephone
company for more information.
While in idle, your handset will display NO MESSAGES when there are no new (unheard) messages
in your voicemail. In addition, when you have new messages, the handset will display, for example:
After calling your voicemail service and listening to the new messages, the indicators will be turned
off within a few seconds after you complete your call. You can retrieve your voicemail messages
from any telephone.
L1(&L2) MESSAGES
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