AT&T 272 Telephone User Manual


 
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Making a Call
Press L or l and lift the handset. You can dial your call manually or
use the Memory Dialing feature (see “Dialing Memory Numbers” in the
TELEPHONE MEMORY section of this manual).
Answering a Call
Each line has a different ringer tone to signal an incoming call. One of the
line status lights will flash to identify the ringing line.
To answer a call, press the appropriate line button and lift the handset. To
hang up, replace the handset.
Line Status Lights
Whenever a line is in use (at this telephone or any extension), the line status
light for that line is on. When a call is put on hold at this phone, the light for
the line on hold blinks.
Redial
The telephone always stores in redial memory the last number you manually
dialed at this phone (up to 32 digits). The number remains in memory until
you dial another number.
To dial the last number you called, press L or l, lift the handset, and
press R.
Hold
The Hold feature allows you to keep a call on the line while you step away
from the phone, switch lines, or while someone takes the call on an
extension phone. When a call is put on hold at this phone, the line status
light for the line in use flashes; nothing either party says can be heard. You
cannot access any special features.
To put a call on hold, press and release H and place the handset back in
the cradle.
To release Hold, lift the handset and press the appropriate line button
— OR —
Lift the handset of an extension phone of the line on hold
— OR —
If the handset is not in the cradle, press and release the appropriate line
button.
TELEPHONE OPERATION