Polycom 9000-Series Telephone User Manual


 
Feature Reference
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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 to the standard
device 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 the system’s distinctive ringing patterns, 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, intercom, and transferred calls ring differently, using the
system’s distinctive ringing patterns)
2 = Not Active (outside, intercom, and transferred calls all ring using a single ring
burst)
Programming
(See Figure 2-3 on page 2-22 for the location of special programming buttons such
as
s and e on system phones.)
To change the Distinctive Ring setting:
1. Press
f 0 0 s s # 3 0 8 at extension
10 or 11.
2. At the Extension: prompt, enter the number of the extension to be
programmed. For example, to program extension 22, press
2 2.
3. To activate or deactivate Distinctive Ring for the extension, press
D
until the appropriate value displays.
4. To program another extension, press
n or p until the
extension number shows on the display. Repeat Step 3.
5. Select another procedure or exit programming mode.