5. Communicating Within Your Office
576-29-750 DBS 576 & DBS 576HD (USA), issued October 1999 61
Note: On a large-display phone, you can use the MSG key to answer callback
requests.
1. Pick up the handset or press the ON/OFF key.
2. Dial the extension number.
3. While the phone is still ringing or when you hear the busy tone, enter the
Message Wait code (default = 4). (The message lamp flashes at the called
extension.) (Note: You may need to dial 1 to change to tone calling before
sending the message.)
4. Replace the handset or press the ON/OFF key.
Note: Multiple messages are accessed in the order in which they are received.
1. Pick up the handset or press the ON/OFF key.
2. Do one of the following:
3. Replace the handset or press the ON/OFF key.
USING DO-NOT-DISTURB
Use DND to temporarily stop calls from coming to your extension.
Note: If your phone is set for Call Forwarding-No Answer or Busy (such as to
voice mail), only calls from other extensions will be blocked. External calls will still
To . . . Do . . .
Answer a callback request Enter the Message Wait/Callback Set code (default =
*6
). Or, if using a large-display phone, press the
MSG
key.
• Phone automatically dials the extension that sent
the callback request
• Message lamp goes off when the call is answered
*
Cancel a Message Waiting/
Callback request
Enter the Cancel Message Waiting/Callback code
(default =
*5
).
*
Only the person receiving a Message Waiting/Callback request can cancel the request. (The
sender of a callback request cannot cancel the request once it has been sent.)
To send a Message Waiting/Callback request
To respond to a Message Waiting/Callback request