NEC 900i, Installation And User Manual

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Onyx VSi System Outside Calls
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2. Features
Basic Feature Operation
Outside Calls
You can place an outside call by dialing a code or by pressing a line key. To
answer an outside call, you can use either a line or a loop key.
To place an outside call:
1. Press TALK.
The display shows “ACQUIRING LINK”.
2. Press a line key.
The line key lights and you hear dial tone. You may also be
able to press a line group (line rotary) key. These keys are
also called outbound loop keys. Your communications
manager can tell you which keys are line keys.
3. Dial number.
If your system is behind a PBX or Centrex, you may have to
dial 9 before your number. Check with your communica-
tions manager.
OR
1. Press TALK.
The display shows “ACQUIRING LINK”.
2. Dial line access code (e.g., 801).
-You hear dial tone.
-You may also be able to dial a line group access code (9 or
90-98). If you have Direct Line Access, you can dial the
outside line extension number (e.g., 480).
-If your system has ARS (Automatic Route Selection), 9 is
normally your ARS access code.
3. Dial number.
If your system is behind a PBX or Centrex, you may have to
dial 9 before your number. Check with your communica-
tions manager.
To answer an outside call:
1. A line key flashes and your phone rings.
The line key may be a line group (incoming line rotary) key.
These keys are also called inbound loop keys.
2. Press TALK.
-If you are not connected to the caller, press the flashing
line key. The line key lights.
-To answer a call ringing the paging speakers, press TALK
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