Audi MMI   Telephone handset  Using the telephone
Applies to vehicles: with car telephone kit and a handset for the car telephone kit
Various options can be used during a call.
Press the control button for Options anytime during an active call. Fig. 2.
The options available during a call depend on the current telephone status. For example, if you place a call on hold using the Hold option Fig. 1, the Hold option is replaced by Resume.
Mute on/off
Your caller cannot hear your private conversations when the microphone is off. However you can still hear the caller.
Placing a further call (Dial)
First select Hold Fig. 1 to place the active call on hold. Then enter the telephone number on the handset. Select Dial to dial the number.
Press the control button (soft key) for End call or press the "End call" button (hard key) once to end whichever call is active. If you placed a call on hold earlier on, that call will remain on hold. You can end the call on hold by pressing the control button (soft key) for End call or the "End call" button (hard key) again.
Holding/resuming a call
The Hold and Resume options allow you to hold a call and retrieve it later from the hold queue.
Menu
You can access the main menus Fig. 3 while a call is active.
Switching between calls
You can switch between two phone calls (one of them will be on hold at any given time).
Press the control button for End call to end whichever call is currently active. The call on hold will remain in the hold queue.
Conference calling
Up to five callers can take part in a conference (depending on the network service).
Select Conference to set up a conference. The call on hold and the active call are added to the conference.
You can make a further call after placing all of the conference callers on hold with the Hold option. To add another caller to an existing conference, select Conference.
Select Resume conference if you want to retrieve all callers of an existing conference from the hold queue. You can use the Conf. participants option to select conference callers individually and remove them from the conference.
Send tone sequence
This function is used to load DTMF tones from the stored phone numbers Link.
Transfer call
  • Transfer call - to talk over the vehicle's handsfree system. If you are talking over the handset, you can use the Transfer call option to switch from the handset to the handsfree system. The handsfree system is automatically activated if you insert the handset in the carrier during an active call.
  • Retrieve call - to talk over the handset. The other vehicle occupants cannot hear the call. The system automatically switches to the handset if you remove the handset from the carrier during an active call via the handsfree system.
Note
The options available during a call (e.g. conference calling) may vary depending on your mobile phone or mobile network service provider. For more information, contact your mobile network service provider or refer to the operating instructions for your mobile phone.