MERLIN LEGEND Communications System Release 5.0
Feature Reference
555-650-110
Issue 1
June 1997
Features
Page 478
Privacy
Privacy is on automatic at data workstations, except modem data-only
workstations, and at MLX voice and modem data stations, where Privacy can be
activated as part of the dialing sequence.
Telephone Differences
3
6
Queued Call Consoles
3
6
A QCC operator cannot use Privacy.
Other Multiline Telephones
3
6
To turn on Privacy, either press the programmed Privacy button—the green LED
turns on—or press the Feature button and dial
31
.
To turn off Privacy, either press the programmed Privacy button—the green LED
turns off—or press the Feature button and dial
*31
.
When an MLX display telephone user turns on Privacy, the display briefly shows
the message
Privacy On
before returning to the Home screen or call-handling
display. When the user turns off Privacy, the display briefly shows the message
Privacy Off
.
When an MLX-5 or MLX-10 nondisplay or analog multiline telephone user (with or
without a display) turns Privacy on or off, there is no visual confirmation unless a
Privacy button is programmed on the telephone. If a Privacy button is
programmed, its green LED turns on and off with the Privacy feature.
Single-Line Telephones
3
6
To turn on Privacy before making or receiving a call, lift the handset and, while
listening to inside dial tone, dial
#31
; then hang up. To turn on Privacy while a call
is in progress, press and release either the Recall or Flash button or the
switchhook and dial
#31
. To return to the call, press and release either the Recall
or Flash button or the switchhook again.
To turn off Privacy before making or receiving a call, lift the handset and (while
listening to inside dial tone) dial
#*31
; then hang up. To turn off Privacy while a
call is in progress, press and release either the Recall or Flash button or the
switchhook and dial
#*31
. To return to the call, press and release either the
Recall or Flash button or the switchhook again.
A single-line telephone user has no indication of whether Privacy is on or off.
NOTE:
Some single-line telephones, such as Lucent Technologies models
2500YMGL and 2500MMGK, use a positive or timed disconnect. On these
telephones, pressing the switchhook disconnects the call. The user must