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Telephone operation
Transfer a call (continued)
At the telephone base:
During a call, press
HOLD
and the outside call is put on hold. Press the
MENU
softkey and then press
/
CID
or
/
DIR
to select
Intercom
.
-OR-
During a call, press the
OPTION
softkey and the press
/
CID
or
/
DIR
to select
Intercom
. The outside call is put on hold automatically.
When you have only one system handset, your telephone base shows
Calling handset 1
and the handset rings and shows
Base is calling
.
-OR-
When you have more than one system handsets, 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 the intercom call on the destination handset, press , ,
or
INT
. The outside call is still on hold and both telephone base and the
destination handset now show
Intercom
. You can now have a private
conversation between the telephone base and the destination handset.
Press
CANCEL
or the
END
softkey on the telephone base. Both screens
show
Intercom ended
.
The telephone base and the destination handset show
L1)ON HOLD
if the
call is on line 1. Press on the destination handset to connect the call on
line 1. The same procedures apply if the call is on line 2.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
If you want to cancel an intercom call and reconnect to the outside call
before the destination handset answers, press the corresponding line button,
LINE 1
or
LINE 2
,
on your telephone base.
If the destination handset does not answer the intercom call within 100
seconds, is in the directory or call log, or is out of range, your telephone
base shows
Unable to call try again
and the outside call is still on hold.
Press the corresponding line button,
LINE 1
or
LINE 2
on your telephone
base to
reconnect to the outside call.
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