Northern Telecom 3X8, Owner'S Handbook Manual

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Special Telephones 165
Extra-Dial telephone
In Service Modes, a second telephone can be assigned to ring
on calls made to the Direct-Dial telephone. There may be one
Extra-Dial telephone for the Direct-Dial telephone, and it may be
a different telephone in each Service Mode.
Hotline telephone
You can call a programmed internal or external telephone
number simply by picking up the receiver of the Hotline telephone
(or by pressing
A Hotline telephone can be set up to dial an operator or an
emergency number. You should put a notice by the Hotline
telephone to let people know which number will be dialed when
they lift the receiver.
If the Hotline telephone is set up to dial an external number using
the Prime line, there must be an external Prime line assigned to
the telephone. If not, the Hotline call will fail.
. The Hotline telephone, the telephone number it dials, and the line
on which that number is dialed, are set up in Administration
programming.
To bypass a Hotline
Press a line button, or use the Pre-Dial or Automatic Dial feature
before you pick up the receiver or press
The following displays may occur at a Hotline telephone.
The line
assigned to
the
Hotline is in
use. Make the call using normal
methods or wait until the Hotline line is
free.
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