Lucent Technologies 108522426 manual Tones, Rings, Tone Meaning, Ring Meaning

Understanding Your Direct-Line Console

Tones

Tone		Meaning
	Dial tone (steady)	You can make a call.
	Busy (slow repeating tone)	The telephone you are calling is busy.
	Fast busy (fast repeating tone)	No lines are available.
	Error (alternating high-low tones)	You dialed a number or used a feature
		incorrectly.
	Confirmation (double break in	You used a feature correctly.
	dial tone followed by steady tone)
	Callback (5 short beeps)	This call is receiving Callback treatment
		(p. 21).

Call Waiting (1 or 2 beeps)

You have an inside (1 beep) or an outside (2 beeps) call waiting (p. 22).

Rings

The table below helps you identify the different types of ringing. You can also personalize ringing at your telephone or adjust ring timing for the line buttons where calls arrive. Programming Buttons & Settings, p. 31, tells you how to change the settings. Listed below are your options:

•Personalized Ring. Allows you to give calls ringing at your telephone one of eight distinctive rings.

•Abbreviated Ring. When you are on a call and another call arrives at your telephone, you can use this feature to give the second call a short ring.

•Immediate Ring. Calls ring immediately on line buttons set this way.

•Delay Ring. This setting causes calls to ring at your telephone after a delay. If your calls are being covered, this allows time for another person to answer a call before you do.

•No Ring. Calls do not ring (except for returning transferred and Callback calls). Calls on lines set for No Ring do not receive Coverage (p. 22).

Ring		Meaning
	1 long ring	Inside call
	1 long ring and 1 short ring	Outside call
	1 long ring and 2 short rings	Priority ring; outside call transferred to you or
		returning camped-on call (p. 22)
	1 long ring and 3 short rings	Returning Callback call (p. 21)

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