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Telephone Operation
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Telephone Operation
Options while on calls
To adjust volume or sound quality
Press VOLUME buttons on the handset or the base to
adjust listening volume. Each button press raises or
lowers volume by one level.
During a handset call you can press SOUND SELECT to
change sound quality. You can choose Natural Audio,
Bass Boost, Mid Boost or Treble Boost. Each button
press changes to the next tone type.
Call waiting
If you have Call Waiting service, you will hear a beep if
someone calls while you are already on a call. Press
FLASH to put your current call on hold and take the new
call. You can press FLASH at any time to switch back
and forth between calls.
Ring silencing
Press OFF while the phone is ringing to silence the ringer.
You can still answer, or let the caller leave a message.
3-way conference calls
During an outside call, you can use both the handset and
base (or two local handsets) to allow a three-way
conversation.
While a call is in progress, others can press PHONE or
SPEAKER to join the conference call. Others can press
OFF (or SPEAKER) to drop out of the conference call,
but the call will not be terminated until all sets hang up.
Temporary tone dialing
If you have dial pulse (rotary) service, you can switch to
touch tone dialing during a call by pressing *. This
can be useful if you need to send tone signals for access
to answering systems or long-distance services.
Volume
Silence ringer
Sound quality
Flash
Tone
Intercom calls
Intercom calls
The intercom allows conversation between the handset
and base, or between handsets if you have registered
additional handsets for use with your system.
Press the INTERCOM button at a handset or at the base.
Scroll down to select a station, or select GLOBAL PAGE
to page all stations. Press OK to page the selected station.
At a handset, press PHONE to answer an intercom page.
At the base, the phone will ring once, then answer the
intercom page automatically.
When your intercom call is finished, press OFF at the
handset (or INTERCOM at the base) to end the call.
Handling incoming calls
The phone will beep if you receive an outside call during
an intercom conversation. You have two options:
• Press PHONE at the handset (or SPEAKERPHONE at
the base) to answer the outside call and conference
it in with your existing intercom conversation.
• Press OFF (or INTERCOM at the base) to terminate
the intercom call, then press PHONE (or SPEAKER-
PHONE at the base) to answer the incoming call.
Press INTERCOM
Select station to page
HANDSET 2
BASE
HANDSET 3
GLOBAL PAGE
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