To make a voice-signaled intercom call (to another PARTNER phone only):
1 .
2 .
3 .
If you have a PARTNER 12-
button phone, and you leave the
microphone on all the time, you
can answer a voice-signaled
intercom call without lifting the
handset. Be a ware that after
your phone beeps, the caller can
hear through your phone’s micro-
phone.
1.
Answering a Call
Press either [
Intercom
] button.
Lift the handset.
The green light appears and you hear the intercom dial tone.
Press [
✼
] and the 2-digit extension number. After you hear a short beep,
speak into the handset.
Your voice is heard on the other extension’s speaker. If the extension you are try-
ing to call is busy, or if it is a standard phone, the phone will simply ring.
To answer a voice-signaled intercom call:
Lift the handset (or press [
Mic
] if you have a PARTNER 12-button phone).
1.
2.
If a call comes in on a line that
has been set up for “no ring,” the
call will appear as a flashing red
light, but you will not hear it ring.
To answer the call, press the line
button and lift the handset.
1.
2.
Putting a Call on Hold
To answer a call:
Press line button next to the flashing green light.
Lift the handset.
You are connected to the incoming call. If more than one line is ringing, simply lift
the handset and you will be connected to the line that has been ringing longest.
To answer a call ringing on a specific line (more than one line ringing):
Press the line button for the line you want to answer.
Lift the handset.
You are connected to the incoming call.
You can hold both outside calls and intercom calls. However, an intercom call
A user is free to make and
on hold can only be picked up at the extension where it was put on hold.
receive other calls while a call is
on hold.
To put an outside or intercom call on hold:
1.
Press [
Hold
].
The light next to the line button winks green. Other extensions see a winking red
light on held outside calls.
To retrieve a call from hold:
Only one party at a time can put
an intercom call on hold. If both
parties try to put the call on hold,
the call will be disconnected.
1.
2.
Press the line button on which the call is held.
The light next to the line button changes from winking to steady green.
Lift the handset.
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