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Telephone operation
Intercom (continued)
To initiate an intercom call from the telephone base:
Press the
MENU
softkey when the telephone base is not in use.
Press
/
CID
or
/
DIR
to select
Intercom
.
When you have only one system handset, your telephone base shows
Calling handset
and the handset rings and shows
Base is calling
.
-OR-
When you have more than one system handset, your
telephone base shows
INTERCOM TO:
, press
/
CID
or
/
DIR
to select a destination handset and then
press the
SELECT
softkey. The telephone base shows
Calling handset X
. The destination handset rings and
its screen shows
Base is calling
.
To answer an intercom call at the handset:
Press , ,
or
INT
to answer. Both screens show
Intercom
.
To answer an intercom call at the telephone base:
Press
LINE 1
or
LINE 2
. Both screens show
Intercom
.
To silence the ringer of an intercom call:
Press the
MUTE
softkey on the originating handset or telephone base.
Press the
SILENCE
softkey on the destination handset or telephone base.
To end an intercom call:
Press the
END
softkey,
CANCEL
,
LINE 1
or
LINE 2
on the telephone
base; or press the
END
softkey,
INT
or
OFF
on the handset, or place the
handset back in the telephone base.
Both screens show
Intercom ended
.
1.
2.
3.
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1.
2.
You can cancel the intercom call before it is answered by pressing
OFF
or
INT
on your originating handset; or
CANCEL
on the telephone base.
If the destination handset or telephone base does not answer the intercom
call within 100 seconds, is in the directory or call log, or is out of range, your
originating handset or telephone base shows
Unable to call try again
and
returns to idle mode.
You can use a maximum of four handsets, or three handsets and the
telephone base, at a time. When two handsets are used on an intercom call,
use two other system handsets for an outside call.
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INTERCOM TO:
Handset 1
Handset 2
SELECT