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The unconfirmed emergency call does not check
whether the voice at the other end is a person or an
answering machine, and should therefore only be
used when a contract with a professional emergen-
cy call service is in place that ensures there is al-
ways help available from a person on the emergen-
cy number entered.
Use the confirmed emergency call if you are using
the emergency call function when the phone is be-
ing used for personal purposes. After the connec-
tion is established, the phone expects that the other
end presses the "5" key. This prevents a connection
to an answering machine or voice service being ac-
cepted as a successful emergency call.
If at least one emergency number is entered in the
configuration and the emergency key is enabled,
the phone initiates an emergency call when the
emergency key is pressed for 2 seconds or so.
The phone then sounds an alarm tone and (if acti-
vated) sends an SMS with an individually configu-
rable text to the (up to 5) emergency number(s)
stored.
Next, the telephone will call the first of the saved
emergency numbers. If the call is accepted, the Er-
gophone requests the called party to press the "5"
key on the phone at the other end. If the called par-
ty presses this key, the connection stays up until
