VX4500 - answering calls without opening the phone?

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On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 03:18:36 GMT, "Swingman" <sbt@silcom.com> wrote:

>Is it possible to answer calls without opening the phone?
>In the car I use a headset and can place calls with the
>phone closed, but I can't figure out if there's a way to
>answer them without flipping it open.
>

Not sure if this is the only solution but I have a headset with a button
for answer/disconnect on it and it works fine with my 4500.

HTH

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Swingman wrote:
> "twister" <replyingroup@invalid.com> wrote in message
> newsogbv09pmoveph914es64jgkqdqsd4cv43@4ax.com...
>> On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 03:18:36 GMT, "Swingman" <sbt@silcom.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Is it possible to answer calls without opening the phone?
>>> In the car I use a headset and can place calls with the
>>> phone closed, but I can't figure out if there's a way to
>>> answer them without flipping it open.
>>>
>>
>> Not sure if this is the only solution but I have a headset with a
>> button for answer/disconnect on it and it works fine with my 4500.
>
> Thanks for the reply. The problem is my current headset doesn't have
> a button for answering and hanging up calls. I may have to get one
> if that's my only solution.

Don't know if that model has it, but I have one of those wireless jabra's
and a phone with voice control. When a call comes in this pleasant feminine
voice asks answer say yes/no? and when it detects loss of carrier, hangup
yes/no? Aside from the obvious advantages, it's about the only time I get to
order a "female" around

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"Swingman" <sbt@silcom.com> wrote in message
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> Is it possible to answer calls without opening the phone? In the car I use
> a headset and can place calls with the phone closed, but I can't figure
> out if there's a way to answer them without flipping it open.
>
One thing that I believe you can do, is to put your phone in Driving Mode.
That will announce the caller to you. I believe it will ask you if you want
to accept the call. You can of course say yes or no. You can definitely
carry on a "hands-free" conversation w/ the clamshell open on your console
or whatever. The speaker phone works fine for you to speak into and to
hear your caller. I'm not positive if it works in the closed position
from there w/ that setting.

I've never felt compelled to get a headset since the speaker phone works so
well. But, another thing you can do, is go into call settings, and have
your phone automatically answer after 1 or 3 rings. I'm pretty sure if you
go that route, that your phone can be in the "closed position" and that you
can then carry on the conversation w/ the clamshell closed . Now in terms
of ending the conversation when the phone is in the closed position, I'm not
sure what you do. It's been a while since I've used the phone in this
fashion since I'm not on the road that much. I'll try to experiment w/ it
to see if I'm correct about the above points. Hope this helps.

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If that's your situation, you've already got a problem. Doesn't take much
to understand this... Good luck. ;-)


<xman@thedripper.com> wrote in message
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> Remember, if you do put it into auto-answer mode and your girlfriend calls
> while you are driving your wife to dinner this could be a problem.
> Hopefully
> some one here will understand what I'm saying.
>
>
> "Uni" <no.email@no.email.invalid> wrote in message
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>>
>> "Swingman" <sbt@silcom.com> wrote in message
>> news:gUiJd.21614$by5.11926@newssvr19.news.prodigy.com...
>> > Is it possible to answer calls without opening the phone? In the car I
> use
>> > a headset and can place calls with the phone closed, but I can't figure
>> > out if there's a way to answer them without flipping it open.
>> >
>> One thing that I believe you can do, is to put your phone in Driving
> Mode.
>> That will announce the caller to you. I believe it will ask you if you
> want
>> to accept the call. You can of course say yes or no. You can definitely
>> carry on a "hands-free" conversation w/ the clamshell open on your
> console
>> or whatever. The speaker phone works fine for you to speak into and to
>> hear your caller. I'm not positive if it works in the closed position
>> from there w/ that setting.
>>
>> I've never felt compelled to get a headset since the speaker phone works
> so
>> well. But, another thing you can do, is go into call settings, and have
>> your phone automatically answer after 1 or 3 rings. I'm pretty sure if
>> you
>> go that route, that your phone can be in the "closed position" and that
> you
>> can then carry on the conversation w/ the clamshell closed . Now in
>> terms
>> of ending the conversation when the phone is in the closed position, I'm
> not
>> sure what you do. It's been a while since I've used the phone in this
>> fashion since I'm not on the road that much. I'll try to experiment w/
> it
>> to see if I'm correct about the above points. Hope this helps.
>>
>>
>>
>
>

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Swingman wrote:
> "twister" <replyingroup@invalid.com> wrote in message
> newsogbv09pmoveph914es64jgkqdqsd4cv43@4ax.com...
>> On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 03:18:36 GMT, "Swingman" <sbt@silcom.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Is it possible to answer calls without opening the phone?
>>> In the car I use a headset and can place calls with the
>>> phone closed, but I can't figure out if there's a way to
>>> answer them without flipping it open.
>>>
>>
>> Not sure if this is the only solution but I have a headset with a
>> button for answer/disconnect on it and it works fine with my 4500.
>>
>> HTH
>
> Can you tell me what headset you have that has a working button for
> answering/hanging up calls on the VX4500? I bought one that was
> supposed to be compatible, but it doesn't work :^(

Don't really need one... RTFM and Check out driving mode in the manual...
Forces it into voice mode (answer, dial phone, lookup phonebook entries,
etc) when closed and a headset is connected.

specifically, with a headset, it will say "Incoming call Accept YES/NO?"...
Only minor problem seems to be hanging up... In voice mode, you have to wait
for the other person to hang up. (no voice command for hangup, probably a
good thing so you can't accidentaly say the words that would hang up during
a call)