40Touch tones can be used for many automated services suchas checking voice mail, movie times, and airline arrival/departure times.Note: Sending confidential information over the air usingtouch tones is not recommended.Setting manual touch tone lengthUse Menu 4 2 1 1 to set the length of touch tones createdwhen you press a key:Continuous sounds the tone for as long as you press andhold the key.Fixed sets the tone length to one tenth of a second, regardlessof how long you press and hold the key.Off turns off touch tones. No tones are sent when you pressthe keys.Setting automatic touch tone lengthUse Menu 4 2 1 2 to set the length of touch tones sentautomatically by the phone to Short (one tenth of a second)or Long (half a second).Saving touch tone stringsTouch tone strings can be used for sending and receivinginformation with your phone. Save touch tone strings thesame way you save phone numbers (see ‘Saving names andnumbers’ on page 19).For example, you can save your office voice mailbox numberalong with your password for easy access to your messages(see ‘Special characters in phone numbers’ on page 12).Sending touch tone strings1 During a call, press to clear any numbers from thescreen.2 Press Options.3 Scroll to Touch tones, then press OK.4 Enter or find the touch tone string, then press OK.
