Telephone using an external media device to provide on-hold information

A method comprising:

• placing on hold a call which is connected between a telephone network and a first port on a telephone;
• in response to an external source of first information being disconnectably connected to a second port of the telephone, the telephone presenting the first information to a user of the telephone while the call is on hold, wherein the external source comprises a media device configured to present media to one or more users;
• and
• in response to the external source not being connected to the second port, the telephone presenting second information transmitted to the telephone from a source other than the external source to the user of the telephone while the call is on hold.