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Display messages and lights
Knowing when you have a message
The 8417’s set indicator light lets you know that your voice mail system has a message for you.
The set indicator light flashes slowly and the display shows
Message Waiting
or
Message Waiting
Line x
Line 1 Line 2
after your voice mail has received a call. Contact your local telephone company to find out how
you can subscribe to message waiting services.
Viewing multiple display and light messages
When you aren’t using the telephone, there are up to four messages that can be active at any
time: date and time,
Feature ON
,
Message Waiting
, and
Ringer is OFF
. You can view the
other messages by pressing
‘
. Each time you press
‘
, the display shows the next
active message and its associated light. You can leave any one of the active messages on the dis-
play. However, the message that is currently on the display may change if another event, such as
you receive a new message, occurs.
Learning about the lights
The set indicator light also alerts you when another extension is on the same line you’re using,
the telephone rings, or a feature is ON or the ringer is OFF. There are also indicator lights beside
the line keys and
©
to show you the status of the lines and of Handsfree and Mute.
Set indicator light messages
Line and Handsfree indicator light messages
Feature
Light
Extension in use
Set indicator light is ON.
Feature ON
Set indicator light is ON.
Message Waiting
Set indicator light flashes slowly.
Visual Ringing
Set indicator light flashes very quickly.
Feature
Light
Call is ringing on a line
Line indicator light flashes very quickly.
Call is on hold
Line indicator light flashes quickly.
Call is on Handsfree
Handsfree/Mute indicator light and line indicator light are ON.
Line is in use
Line indicator light is ON.
Microphone is muted
Handsfree/Mute indicator light flashes quickly.
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