Tones and Their Meanings
Ringing tones
are produced by an incoming call. Feedback tones are those that you
hear through the handset (receiver) or speaker.
Ringing Tones
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1 ring
— A call from another extension.
2 rings
— A call from outside or from the attendant.
3 rings
— A priority call from another extension, or a call from an Automatic Callback
call that you placed.
half ring
— A call redirected from your voice terminal to another because Send All
Calls or Call Forwarding — Follow Me is active.
intercom ring
— A call directed to you by the Intercom feature.
Feedback Tones
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busy tone
— A low-pitched tone repeated 60 times a minute; indicates that the number
dialed is in use.
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call-waiting ringback tone
— A ringback tone with a lower-pitched signal at the end;
indicates that the extension called is busy, but the called party has been given a call-
waiting tone.
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confirmation tone
— 3 short bursts of tone; indicates a feature activation or
cancellation has been accepted.
coverage tone
— 1 long burst of tone; indicates that your call will be sent to another
extension to be answered by a covering user.
dial tone
— A continuous tone; indicates that dialing can begin.
intercept/time-out tone
— An alternating high and low tone; indicates a dialing
error, a denial of the requested service, or a failure to dial within a preset interval
(usually 10 seconds) after lifting the handset or dialing the previous digit.
recall dial tone
— 3 short bursts of tone followed by a steady dial tone; indicates
that the feature request has been accepted and dialing can begin.
reorder tone
— A fast-busy tone repeated 120 times a minute; indicates all trunks
are busy.
ringback tone
— A low-pitched tone repeated 15 times a minute; indicates the
number dialed is being rung.
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