AT&T 518-455-317 Telephone User Manual


 
Distinctive Ring (#308)
Description
This System Programming procedure determines whether calls should ring at a
standard device using the system’s distinctive ringing patterns—different
patterns for outside, intercom, and transferred calls—or whether all calls should
ring like outside calls.
Considerations
Change the setting to Not Active if a standard device such as a modem or
answering machine does not pick up intercom or transferred calls.
If distinctive ring is set to Not Active for an extension where both a system
phone and a standard device are installed, the system phone continues to
use distinctive ringing, but all calls ring at the standard device using a
single ring burst.
The system does not pass distinctive ringing patterns generated by a PBX
or central office through to extensions (regardless of the setting for this
feature).
Valid Entries
1 = Active (outside calls are single ring burst)
2 = Not Active (outside, intercom, and transferred calls are single ring burst)
Programming
To change the Distinctive Ring setting:
1.
Press [
Feature
] [
0
] [
0
] [
System Program
] [
System Program
] [
#
] [
3
] [
0
] [
8
].
2.
At the
Extension:
prompt, enter the number of the extension to be
programmed. For example, to program extension 42, press [ 4 ] [ 2 ].
3.
To activate or deactivate Distinctive Ring for the extension, press [
Next Data ]
until the appropriate value displays.
4. To program another extension, press [
Next Item ] or [ Prev Item ] until the correct
extension number shows on the display. Then repeat Step 3.
5.
Select another procedure or exit programming mode.
Distinctive Ring (#308)
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