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PARTNER
®
Advanced Communications System Installation, Programming, and Use
Handling Calls
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2. Dial the telephone number.
On a system display telephone, the dialed number appears on the display.
If you are using a PBX or Centrex line, you also may need to use a dial-out code (usually 9)
before you dial a number outside the system.
To make an outside call on a specific line:
1. Press the idle line button (red and green lights are both off), or dial
i8
plus the two-
digit line number.
2. If desired, lift the handset.
3. Dial the telephone number.
To make an outside call using a specific pool:
1. Press the idle pool button (red and green lights are both off), or dial
i
plus the three-digit
pool access code (880, 881, 882, or 883).
2. If desired, lift the handset.
3. Dial the telephone number.
To reserve a busy line or pool so your telephone beeps when the line or pool becomes free (useful
when you share a line, such as a WATS line, with other people):
1. Press the busy line or pool button (red light is on steady) without lifting the handset or pressing
S
.
2. When the line is free and your telephone beeps, lift the handset and dial the number.
Making an Outside Call on a Single-Line Telephone
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To make an outside call on a single-line telephone:
1. Lift the handset.
You hear intercom dial tone.
2. Dial
9
to get an outside line.
You hear outside line dial tone.
3. Dial the telephone number. (If you are using a PBX or Centrex line, you also may need to use
a dial-out code, usually
9
, before you dial a number outside the PBX or Centrex system.)
To make an outside call on a specific line:
1. Lift the handset.
You hear intercom dial tone.
If more than one person reserves a line, all their telephones beep when the line is
free. The first person to pick up the telephone after the beep gets the line, and the
other reservations are canceled.