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Learning About Telephones
3-6
Ringing Patterns
System phones have these ringing patterns:
■ An outside call will
ring... ring... ring.
[Release 3.0 or later, see "Unique Line
Ringing (#209)-Release 3.0 or Later"].
■ An intercom call will
ring BEEP... ring BEEP... ring BEEP
. If you have a
system display phone, the caller’s extension number (and name if
programmed) will show on the display.
■ A transferred call, or an unanswered transferred or parked call that is
ringing back at your extension, will
ring BEEP BEEP... ring BEEP BEEP...
ring BEEP BEEP.
[Release 3.0 or later, see "Unique Line Ringing
(#209)-Release 3.0 or Later".]
NOTE:
If you use the system with PBX or Centrex lines, the PBX/Centrex distinctive
ringing patterns are not passed to phones. Phones use the ringing patterns
described here instead.
Dial Tones
You will encounter two different dial tones when calling with a system phone:
■
Outside dial tone
is generated by your local phone company to indicate
that you are connected with an outside line.
■
Intercom dial tone
is generated by the system to indicate that you are
connected with an inside line. You hear this dial tone when you are making
an inside, or
intercom
, call.
To hear the difference between the two types of dial tones on a system phone,
press a line or pool button. The dial tone you hear is an outside dial tone. To hear
an intercom dial tone, press
i.
Using the Handset, Speaker, and Microphone
Every PARTNER-model and MLS-model system phone except the MLS-6 has a
speaker and a microphone, which you can turn on by pressing
S. In addition,
you can turn just the microphone on and off by pressing
!. When the green
light next to
! is on, the microphone is on.
If you prefer to dial and conduct calls without lifting the handset, you can use the
speaker and the microphone instead. Use these techniques to make calls with the
speaker and the microphone:
■ To make a call without lifting the handset, press S to get a dial tone;
then dial the number and you will hear the call ringing. When the other
party answers, you can talk without lifting the handset.