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VOICE PRO
5.22 Additional Tips for Using the System
Try the following tips to use the system to your best advantage.
5.22.1 A
CCESSING
T
ELEPHONE
C
OMPANY
C
USTOM
F
EATURES
Many of the custom features offered by local telephone companies make use of the
* and # keys for activating a service. For example, you can call back the last phone
number that called you by dialing
* 6 9
. To gain access to these types of features:
1. Lift the receiver.
2. Dial
* *
and listen for the outside dial tone.
3. Dial the code for the feature, for example
* 6 9
.
5.22.2 U
SING THE
S
PEED
D
IAL
F
EATURE
If your telephone has a speed-dial feature, you can program speed-dial buttons to
activate Voice Pro features.
1. Lift the receiver.
2. Follow the instructions for your telephone to program a speed-dial button.
3. When instructed to dial a phone number, dial the Voice Pro code for the
feature.
Example:
When instructed to dial a phone number, dial
* 5 0
, which is the feature
code for call pickup from an idle station. When you press the speed-dial button in
the future, it will activate the “call pickup” feature.