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SYSTEM TONES
The system provides several tones to assist you. Some of these tones are
already familiar to you.
Intercom Dial Tone—A steady tone that indicates you can begin dialing.
DIAL TONE
CONTINUOUS
Ringback Tone—Indicates the station you dialed is ringing.
RINGBACK TONE—1000 ms ON/3000 ms OFF
CONTINUOUS
Busy Tone—Indicates the station you dialed is busy.
BUSY TONE—500 ms ON/500 ms OFF
CONTINUOUS
DND/No More Calls Tone—Fast busy tone indicates the station you
dialed is in the Do Not Disturb mode or cannot receive any more
DND/NO MORE CALLS TONE—250 ms ON/250 ms OFF
FOR TEN SECONDS
Transfer/Conference Tone—Indicates your call is being held and you
can dial another party.
TRANSFER/CONF TONE—100 ms ON/100 ms OFF
CONTINUOUS
Confirmation Tone—Very short beeps followed by dial tone indicate
you have correctly set or canceled a system feature.
CONFIRMATION TONE—50 ms ON/50 ms OFF
FOR ONE SECOND
(programmable)
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THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW
USER ORIENTATION
Lifting the handset on your telephone will provide iDCS 500 dial tone. This is
also referred to as internal or intercom dial tone. To get an outside line from
the telephone company, dial an access code, usually the digit “
9
.” To call an-
other station in your system, simply dial its extension number. See your sys-
tem directory list for other access codes and extension numbers.
HOOKFLASH
Throughout this guide, you will see references to “hookflash.” A hookflash is
a momentary operation of the hookswitch required for a feature operation.
Some telephones have a
FLASH
key. This key may be pressed instead of
the hookswitch.
C.O. LINES
Lines from the telephone company are “C.O. lines.” Calls on these lines are
referred to as “outside calls.” These C.O. lines are accessed by dialing an
access code. For example, dial
9
to get a local outside line or dial
80
–
89
for
other line groups. Each line in the system is numbered beginning with 701,
and then 702, 703, etc. To get a specific line, dial its three digit line number.
If Least Cost Routing (LCR) is programmed into the system, you will only be
required to dial
9
.
DISTINCTIVE RINGING
iDCS 500 provides distinctive ring patterns to your phone:
•
Outside calls have a single ring tone repeated.
• Intercom calls have a double ring tone repeated.
• Door phone calls and alarm/appointment reminders have a triple ring
tone repeated.
