32 VocalData Telephone Features Polycom Telephone User Guide
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• Internal Dial Tone – A continuous, higher-pitched tone
• External (Outside) Dial Tone – A continuous, lower-
pitched tone
There are four types of ringers – all are answered the same way:
• One Ring – Internal (Extension-to-Extension) Calls and
when the VocalData system has called your extension to
remind you or to notify you about something.
• Two Rings – External Calls
• Distinctive Rings – A different ring tone is provided for up
to two additional Direct Inward Dial (DID) numbers
assigned to your telephone by the system administrator.
These numbers do not appear as lines on your telephone,
but ring your prime line with the appropriate ring when they
are dialed.
• Priority Ring – The call screening feature allows users to
designate specific callers as important enough to ring
through to their telephone even if Do Not Disturb is
activated. A different ring tone is provided for calls
assigned the Priority Call option. See “Priority Call” on
page 51.
Direct Extension Assignment
This feature lets you program another telephone in the same
corporate system to be your telephone. For example, you are
visiting a branch office for an extended business trip and you want
to program a “guest” telephone to ring as your telephone while you
are there. This feature requires your old phone and the “new/guest”
phone to be the same type of phone.
Programming a Guest Phone
To program a guest phone to act as your phone, follow these steps: