What does the Siemens Gigaset SL785 do when there is a call waiting? I have a Panasonic cordless set that has the annoying habit of beeping and _muting_ the call I'm on several times when another call comes in. Can anyone tell me what the Siemens SL785 does? What does the Siemens Gigaset SL785 do when there is a call waiting? I have a Panasonic cordless set that has the annoying habit of beeping and _muting_ the call I'm on several times when... » Read More What does the Siemens Gigaset SL785 do when there is a call waiting? I have a Panasonic cordless set that has the annoying habit of beeping and _muting_ the call I'm on several times when another call comes in. Can anyone tell me what the Siemens SL785 does? « Show Less
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Thank you!!!! I have been struggling with this and could not find the answer anywhere. Bless you.
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Same problem..can not figure out how to Accept a call waiting call. Read and re-read manual-no mention. Nothing on web site. I'm really starting to upset callers.Love the phone beyond that little quirk.
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It doesn't beep annoyingly... BUT I'm still trying to figure out how to ACCEPT the call waiting call!! Doesn't address it in the manual, and it's hard to test it out until it's actually happening... and friends start getting annoyed when you a) cut them off and/or b) can't answer their call! Otherwise, I so far love this phone. I got it for it's EcoFriendly mode, to keep the EMF footprint in my home as low as possible... but love it for lots of other reasons!
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About a month after posting my comment... and indeed, having to say, "Sorry, gotta hang up, I'll call you back" I accidentally discovered it--the "Flash" key, lower left on the keyboard. Duh--I felt so silly!! Hope this helps.
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One of the buttons is to answer a call when you hear the beep that indicates that you have one. I believe one button is to disconnect a call when you are finished. I can't tell you which one is which because I just do it by feel, never look at them. Just try them out to see what they do.
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The unit has two phone jacks on the back. One is the wire coming from the wall into the unit. The other is from the unit into your phone. The unit receives the phone number that is calling. If it is one of your blocked numbers, the phone does not ring. If the number is not a blocked number, then the phone rings. If the call is the second case, you have the option of looking at the number on the screen, and pressing the blacklist button if you want to block that number from calling. The call will immediately stop if you do this.
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There is a delay of about 20 seconds on mine. And if you have it set to make phone calls, it increases the delay time until basically the first call has been attempted.
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That is more of a phone company option, e.g., caller ID and call waiting - I have both through the cable company and while I can hear the beeps from a second caller, the second caller ID does not show up. I'm not sure if that's a phone company issue vs. the phone. Overall. still love the phone.
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One of my handsets began exhibiting a distorted ring sound and speakerphone audio before it just stopped those functions entirely, along with the key beeps and intercom. I ordered a used replacement and it, too, did the same thing. I've returned that one, and will look for another. This looks like a reasonably common failure mode.
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I just tried my system and could not detect any difference in the interval between rings, I did notice that there appeared to be a very slight delay from the calling phone to my base phone ring ( used my cell phone to call panasonic, both in front of me ) not enough to be a problem. Have had no issues with my unit and really like it. Problem could be on the phone company side maybe, do not recall anything in the manual addressing this.
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None,it doesn't work that way all calls go through your Caller ID and Answering Machine.As two other people have commented on this,i couldn't have said it better myself,if you buy it you won't believe the quiet you'll get from it.I'm still very happy with mine,this was a wise investment on my part.
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If you select another unit and call it, it becomes voice-activated so that the callee can answer from across the room. This mes and the system reverts to the default (not voice activated) in a minute or so.
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It,s a little unclear what you are askng but maybe this will hyelp...I use vonage. I have the panasonic VM on and if i am NOT on phone and do not pick upo, it goes to the panasonic VM.If I have it turned off, and do not pick up, it goes to my Vonage VM.If I am on the phone, regardless of whet6her it is on or off, it goes to vonage and the message is left there. And I DO gave call waiting. Call waiting gives you the opportunity to pick up if you want. If I dont, it goes to Vonage
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The phone is shipped with this capability turned on: picking up another handset allows you to hear and join in on the phone call. However, you can turn this functionality off so that phone calls cannot be heard from other handsets. See page 29 of the users manual at this url: http://service.us.panasonic.com/OPERMANPDF/KXTG6632-MUL.PDF
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That seems odd, that one handset could differentiate incoming calls as mobile or land line. The base station has a call-block feature that allows you to store up to 30 phone numbers to be blocked - which would also block those same numbers to each handset. I use this feature to filter spammers like, "Hello, this is Rachael, this your last chance to receive lower interest rates on your Credit card, etc. " and to filter political calls that relentlessly seek donations. You might go into the Call Block option and make sure phone numbers are not blocked that you did not intend to block. The feature can be accessed from any handset under Initial Settings/Call Block. If your batteries are more than a couple of years old, I'd replace them with new AAA NI-MH that can be purchased anywhere - and you will probably find batteries now have higher amp/hour capacity than your original batteries. If that does not fix the problem, you can use the new batteries in any handset that gets weak quickly during longer phone calls. Have you checked to be sure the handset is not set to "sleep" or not ring during certain hours? I use this often on the handset near my bed. Calls will come in but ring only at the base station and other handsets. It's called Silent Mode in the menu under Initial Settings. Another option would be to call Panasonic and ask if the handsets have some sort of reset procedure, but I doubt that they have a reset. Sorry I don't have any definitive answer. I have six handsets and they have been 100% reliable. However, I replaced some of the older batteries when the handset acted weird or faded during longer conversations.
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When I want to use my Panasonic while on my desk phone, I must hit talk and dial *11. Then the call leaves my desk phone and transfers to the Panasonic portable. It does not act as an extension phone. I do not know if there is a way for the Panasonic and the desk phone to be on the same call. I doubt it.
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I have the main phone/answering machine. I have an additional handset in each of two different rooms. T paired them to the main unit (phone/answering machine) using the menu on the main system. My issue with the answering machine is that the message waiting beeps are very low for hearing impaired users.
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I don't think that it has an actual designated mute button but there may be a way of muting by hitting the call waiting button on this additional handset or int. on the base unit of the original unit to which you are adding this one. You might check with Panasonic technical on this as I don't want to mislead anyone. When you get an official answer, would you enlighten me please?
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It,s a little unclear what you are askng but maybe this will hyelp...I use vonage. I have the panasonic VM on and if i am NOT on phone and do not pick upo, it goes to the panasonic VM. If I have it turned off, and do not pick up, it goes to my Vonage VM. If I am on the phone, regardless of whet6her it is on or off, it goes to vonage and the message is left there. And I DO gave call waiting. Call waiting gives you the opportunity to pick up if you want. If I dont, it goes to Vonage
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I have the opposite. It's too quiet for my Panasonic phone. Haha. In my experience if it's staticky, then the male end is either turning or the jack is getting worn. I have my wire taped onto the side of my phone so it doesn't move. Tacky? Yes. Helpful? Yes. I figure it's the lesser of 2 evils. I'd rather deal with audio issues than hold the phone to my ear for an hour. It's annoying I know, but that's how I got it to work. Wish my audio was too loud. Did you try and lower the handset volume on your phone? Usually there is a disc to press downwards or a side volume button?