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Intercom
Use the intercom feature for
conversations between two handsets, or
a handset and the telephone base. You
can buy additional expansion handsets
(
DS6290
) for this telephone base to
expand your telephone system (up to
12 handsets).
Initiate, answer, and end an
intercom
Using a cordless handset:
1.
Press
MENU
in idle mode to enter the
main menu. Press
or
to scroll to
Intercom
, then press
SELECT
.
If you have one handset, the
handset shows
Calling base
.
If you have more than one handset,
the handset shows
INTERCOM
TO
:
Use the dialing keys to eenter
a specific device number (
0
for the
telephone base,
1-9
for handsets
1-9,
TONE
followed by
0
-
2
for
handsets
10-12
, or
TONE
followed by
#
for all
devices),
or press
or
to scroll
to the desired device and press
SELECT
.
Your handset screen
shows
Calling HANDSET X,
Calling BASE 0
or
Calling all
.
The destination device(s) rings and
shows
HANDSET X is calling
or
HANDSET X is calling all
(
HANDSET
represents the handset name,
X
represents the handset number)
.
2.
To answer the intercom call, press
HOME
, ,
CELL 1
,
CELL 2
or
any dialing key (
0
-
9
,
TONE
) on the
destination handset, or press
HOME
on the telephone base. Both
devices now show
Intercom
.
3. To end the intercom call, press
END
,
CANCEL
,
or place the handset back
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in the telephone base or charger; or
press
END
on the telephone base.
The other party hears four beeps.
Both devices display
Intercom
ended
.
Using the telephone base:
1.
Press
MENU
in idle mode to enter the
main menu. Press
CALLER ID /
or
PHONEBOOK /
to scroll to
Intercom
, then press
SELECT
.
If you have one handset, the
telephone base shows
Calling
HANDSET X
.
If you have more than one handset,
the telephone base shows
INTERCOM TO
:
Use the dialing
keys to eenter a specific handset
number (
1-9
for handsets
1-9,
TONE
followed by
0
-
2
for handsets
10-12
, or
TONE
followed by
#
for all handsets),
or press
CALLER ID /
or
PHONEBOOK /
to scroll to
the desired handset and press
SELECT
.
The telephone base
shows
Calling HANDSET X
or
Calling all
.
The destination handset(s) rings and
shows
Base is calling
,
BASE 0 is
calling
or
BASE 0 is calling all
.
2. To answer the intercom call, press
HOME
, ,
CELL 1
,
CELL 2
or
any dialing key (
0
-
9
,
TONE
) on the
destination handset. Both the base
and the handset now show
Intercom
.
3. To end the intercom call, one party
press
END
,
CANCEL
,
or place the
handset back in the telephone base
or charger; or press
END
on the
telephone base. The other party
The other party
hears four beeps. Both devices
display
Intercom ended
.
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