User’s Guide
Special keys
F.11
Outside dial tone preference
If you make mostly outside calls, you may find this setting helpful. It tells your station to connect automatically to
an available outside line;
i.e.,
you don’t have to dial
9
(or
8
or
7
) before the phone number. Therefore, when you
lift the handset or press
SPEAKER
, you will immediately receive an outside dial tone from the highest-numbered
line available to you.
1
Notes:
To place an
internal
call while in this mode, press the appropriate station key
or
(a.) press
TRANSFER
to
switch to internal dial tone and (b.) then dial the extension number.
On a Cordless Handset, press
TALK
to receive internal dial tone.
Line keys
If some of your programmable feature keys have been programmed as line keys (you can program line keys by
using
PROG/HELP
2
), press an unlit key to access the line. An outside call transferred to your station can be
answered by simply lifting the handset or pressing
SPEAKER
. You do not have to press the line key. The LED
indications for the line keys are:
LED
Line status
LED
Line status
Solid red
In
use
Blinking green
Ringing at your station
Solid green
Connected to your station
Slowly blinking red
On hold by another station
Blinking red
Ringing at another station
Slowly blinking green
Held
by
you
Notes:
Dialing
9
(or
8
or
7
) to be assigned a line automatically is always available.
Each ESI Cordless Handset has only red LEDs, and only on its four programmable feature keys.
The illumination activity (such as blinking) otherwise is similar to that described above.
Privacy release
This feature makes it easy to “conference-in” on a call: just press a line key assigned to the outside line the
call is using, and you’ll automatically join the call.
2
Private line
If a
private line
has been assigned to your station, you must have a line key programmed (see page C.2) in
order to access it.
1
This aspect (
i.e.
, that it’s always the highest line available to you) can’t be changed.
2
This feature may not be available on your system, depending on how it has been programmed. If you wish to enable this feature on your phone
system, contact your System Administrator.
