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Speakerphone Performance Tips
The speaker on your PARTNER-model phone has a sensitive sound-activated
switch. Room acoustics and background noise can affect the proper operation
of the speakerphone. To ensure that your speakerphone works effectively,
follow these guidelines:
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Avoid placing your phone in areas with high background noise caused by
loud voices, radios, printers, copiers, typewriters, other noisy office
equipment, and heater and air conditioning fans.
Avoid talking before the other person is finished speaking. When you
both talk at the same time, only one person’s voice comes through.
Do not use your speaker to make announcements over a loudspeaker
paging system connected to your system.
When talking, always face your phone and stay within two feet of it.
Place your phone at least six inches away from the edge of your desk.
If you have difficulty hearing the other party, try increasing the speaker
volume. If you have background noise, try turning off the microphone
when the party at the other end is speaking and turning it on when you
speak. If the difficulty persists, lift the handset to continue the
conversation.
In conference rooms, a separate speakerphone (such as the AT&T S203
Speakerphone) is recommended, since the built-in speaker on a system
phone is designed for individual use.
Standard Telephones
In addition to system phones, you can connect industry-standard touch-tone or
rotary dial telephones—and even some feature phones with built-in calling
features—directly to the system. You can also combine standard phones on the
same extension with system phones or other devices, without using expensive
adapters or connectors.
Standard phones can do many of the things that system phones can do, and
you can save money by using them in certain situations when a system phone is
not needed. Follow these guidelines when using standard phones:
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Use standard phones as power failure backups. System phones will not
work without power. In the event of a power failure, standard phones at
extensions 10 and 16 can connect to lines 1 and 3, respectively, for
continued operation. You can connect standard phones in combination
with system phones at power failure extensions, or you can simply keep
spare standard phones at those extensions to serve as replacements in
case of a power failure.
Set Automatic Line Selection for standard phones to “intercom first.”
This enables a user at a standard phone extension to access system
features, including intercom calling.
To use a System Speed Dial Number, press [
# ] followed by its two-digit
code when you hear intercom dial tone.
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