Touch tones
Your phone can generate various sounds, called touch
tones, when the keys are pressed. These are also
known as DTMF tones.
Touch tones can be used for many automated, over-
the-phone services such as checking bank balances,
airline arrival and departure times, and using voice
mailbox options. Touch tones can be sent only when a
call is active.
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Storing touch tone strings
Touch tone strings can be used for sending and
receiving information with your phone. For example,
you can store your office voice mailbox number, along
with your password for easy access to your messages.
Store touch tone strings the same way you store
phone numbers (see page 50).
You can store a whole digit sequence in your phone
book and send it as touch tones for frequently-used
strings of numbers.
Sending a touch tone string
Make sure Menu 4 2 3 1 (Settings - Phone settings -
Touch tones - Manual touch tones) is not set to Off.
1. During a call, press Options
2. Scroll to Touch tones and press OK
3. Enter touch tone string or recall string from the
phone book and press OK
Note: Use caution when sending confidential information over
the air when using DTMF tones in analog mode.
Storing touch tone strings with phone numbers
1. Enter the phone number (e.g. your office voice
mailbox)
2. Press
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(p) or
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(w)
3. Enter the touch tone string (e.g. voice mailbox
password)
4. Store the number as you normally would
Note: See “Special Characters (for storing numbers)” on
page 37 for details on “p” and “w” characters.
When you dial this number, your phone first dials the
phone number, then waits (because of the “w”
character) for you to press Send. Your phone then
sends your password.
If you include a “p” character instead of a “w”, your
phone pauses for 2.5 seconds, then automatically
sends your password as touch tones.
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