BELGACOM Forum Phone 525, User Manual

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Special Calls/Functions 80
Telephoning
Baby Call
You can save an internal or external call number in the menu item
4ƒBaby call
of the MenuCard
Protection
. If the menu item has
been activated, this programmed call number is dialled when a
specified period has expired (default setting is five seconds after
you have lifted the handset). If you begin dialling a call number
within the specified period, the baby call is cancelled. The baby
call can also be triggered by pressing the hands-free/open-listen-
ing key
L
, a call key
g
or the headset key
K
(requirement: the headset has to be turned on, see page 124).
Your system administrator configures the baby call period from 0
to 20 seconds for all subscribers on the Forum 500 / Forum 5000.
Ask your administrator what the current value is.
Announcements (with and without
Intercom)
Announcements can only be made to system terminals. For you to
be able to use this function, the system administrator must set up
the corresponding authorisation for you. Announcements can be
set up on single or multiple system terminals. The “Announce-
ment” function is available in two versions.
z
Announcement with intercom : the microphone of the
terminal called is switched on and the person you are calling
can immediately answer your announcement (hands-free
mode). An announcement with intercom can only be
conducted to a single system terminal (not a group of
terminals).
z
Announcement without intercom : The called subscriber
hears a special information tone followed by your
announcement. In order to answer your announcement, the
subscriber has to take the call just like a normal call (please
refer to the section
Responding to an Announcement on
page 82 also).
If you make an announcement to a group of system
telephones (e. g. to a hunt group number on which calls are
signalled simultaneously), all subscribers called hear the
announcement at the same time. You hear a signal tone via
your telephone when the (announcement) connection has