AT&T EL51209 User Manual

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Telephone operation
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Options while on calls
Chain dialing
Use this feature to initiate a dialing sequence from numbers stored in the 
directory, caller ID history or redial while you are on a call.
Chain dialing can be useful if you wish to access other numbers (such as bank 
account numbers or access codes) from the directory, caller ID history or redial 
list. 
To get to the directory while on a call:
1. Press MENU/
SELECT
.
2. Press TCID or DIRS to scroll to >DIRECTORY, then press 
MENU
/SELECT.
3. Press TCID or DIRS to scroll to the desired number.
4. Press 
MENU
/SELECT to dial the number shown.
To get to the caller ID history (call log) while on a call:
1. Press MENU/
SELECT
2. Press TCID or DIRS to scroll to >CALL LOG, then press 
MENU
/SELECT.
3. Press TCID or DIRS to scroll to the desired number. 
4. Press 
MENU
/SELECT to dial the number shown. 
To get to the last number redial while on a call:
Press 
PAUSE
/REDIAL to show and dial the most recently dialed number. If you 
press 
PAUSE
/REDIAL again within two seconds, the number is not dialed.
NOTES:
1.  You cannot edit a directory entry while on a call. For more details about the 
2.  You cannot copy a caller ID entry into the directory while on a call. For more 
details about the caller ID history, see page 31.
3.  If you press REDIAL/
PAUSE
 while on a call, you can only view the most recent 
call, and you cannot erase the entry. For more details about the redial memory, 
see page 16.
4. Press and hold    OFF/
CLEAR
 to exit redial, directory or caller ID history when you 
are on a call.