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Making and Answering Calls
Making and Answering Calls
Making a call
With your telephone you can make and answer calls using your handset or Pfor
speakerphone capabilities. A headset attachment can also be used with your tele-
phone, refer to page 28 . You can use the 9120 to simply make a regular call, or you can
predial a telephone number to ensure it is correct before it is dialed out. Follow the
procedures below to make a regular or predialed call.
Note: If you have turned on the live dial pad option, you will not have to lift the
handset or press any buttons after entering the number. Refer to Selecting the
dial pad mode
on page 26.
When you use P, D or lift the handset rather than using a line key to make
a call, the prime line is automatically selected. The default prime line is Line 1. If you
want to change the prime line to Line 2, see Changing the Prime Line on page 14.
Answering a Call
When you subscribe to the Caller ID service from your telephone company, Caller ID
information is sent from the telephone company to your 9120 telephone between the
Þrst and second ring. Therefore, if you want the telephone number of the incoming
call to appear on the display and in the Callers List, you must wait until the informa-
tion appears on the display before answering the telephone.
If you lift the handset or press P when both lines are ringing, the line that was
ringing Þrst is automatically answered.
Using the Hold Key
Note: The 9120 automatically releases a call on hold when a person on an extension
telephone on the same line picks up the call. If you don’t hang up the handset
after you have put a call on hold and that call is picked up by someone at
To make a regular call: To make a predialed call:
1. Lift the handset or press either
P or Y.
1. Enter the number using the dial pad.
2. Enter the number using the dial pad.
2. Lift the handset or press either
P,D or Y .
To answer a call:
1. Lift the handset, press P
or press the key for the line you want to answer .
To put a call on hold and take a call off hold:
1. Make or answer a call.
2. Press O. Line 1 held
or Line 2 held appears on the display and the line indi-
cator light ßashes.
Note: You won’t lose the call if you hang up the handset.
3. To retrieve the call, press O,P or Y. If you don’t retrieve the call
within 15 minutes, the call is automatically dropped.