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Notes
The indicator next to
is solid when you are in
Handsfree mode. flashes when you mute the microphone.
In open-concept
use the receiver or a headset
when Handsfree communication is not necessary, or when you
need privacy during a call. Always tell the person you are
speaking to that you are using Handsfree, and let them know
who else is listening to the conversation.
Direct your voice toward the telephone. The closer you are to the
telephone, the easier it is
the microphone to transmit your
voice clearly to your listener.
Wait for your caller to finish speaking before you speak. The
microphone and speaker cannot both be on at once. Your caller’s
voice may be cut off if you both speak at the same time. Noises
such as a tapping pencil could be loud enough to turn on your
microphone and cut off your caller’s speech.
To prevent a possible echo, keep the area around your
telephone free of paper and other objects that might screen your
Turning down the microphone’s volume
also prevents echo.
Place the telephone so that any unavoidable local noise (such as
an air conditioner) is behind it. This limits the amount of
disruptive background noise.
A Handsfree button is assigned to a telephone by the System
Coordinator in Administration programming.
The
is not available on
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Hold
Put a call on hold
can temporarily suspend a call.
1.
Retrieve a held call
You can connect to a call on hold.
1.
Press the flashing line button of the held call.
Automatic Hold
You can switch from one call to anoiher.
When call is on hold, its indicator flashes on all telephones that
have access to the line. The call can be retrieved from any of
these telephones.
Press the line button of the caller you want to speak to. Your
current caller is put on hold automatically.
F
Listen on Hold
you
put on hold, you can
up the receiver while
you wait
other person to return.
1.
Press
2.
Hang up the receiver.
3.
Press the line button of the call. You may hear
from the far end that you are on hold (for example,
music).
4.
When the person you were talking to returns you will hear
them through your telephone speaker. Lift the receiver and
talk.
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