Overview
After completing the installation steps in chapter 2, your system is fully
operational and ready to go. All the system’s settings are preset and require no
adjustment. However, if you want, you can customize your system to meet your
specific needs by changing some of the factory settings. Following are the
different ways you can customize your system.
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Outgoing Call Restriction. The system is set up at the factory to allow all
phones to make all calls. However, you can prevent any telephone from
making an outside call. A restricted phone can only make intercom (inside)
calls. This can help you control unauthorized phone activity and keep costs
down. See p. 3-2.
Automatic Line Selection. When you lift a phone’s handset, normally the
system automatically connects you to an available outside line. The system
is set at the factory to connect you automatically to outside line 1. If line 1 is
busy, then you are connected to line 2; if line 2 is busy, you are connected to
line 3; and so on. If all the outside lines are busy, you will be connected to
an intercom (inside) line. Automatic Line Selection allows you to change the
sequence of lines to which a user is automatically connected. For examples
of situations when you might want to change the Automatic Line Selection,
and for instructions on how to do it, see p. 3-3.
Line Ringing. The system comes set up so that each line on all phones ring
when a call comes in. You can, however, set up a line or lines on a
PARTNER phone so they do not ring. (Even though the phone doesn’t ring,
you can tell a call is coming through by the flashing lights next to the line
buttons.) If the phone is set up not to ring, you can still answer the call. See
p. 3-4.
Abbreviated Ringing. Normally, when you are busy on a call, an incoming
call will ring out loud once, and then stop ringing while the green light next to
the line or intercom button continues to flash. You can change this so that a
phone continues to ring until it is answered. See p. 3-4.
Speed Dialing. The system can store up to 10 outside numbers that users
can dial by pressing only three buttons. You might want to store numbers of
business associates, suppliers—any numbers that the people who use your
system dial all the time. See p. 3-5.
Auto Dialing. Anyone with a PARTNER 12-button phone can store up to
eight additional outside numbers that can be dialed with a single touch. See
p. 3-6 and 4-4.
Customizing Your System
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