GE 28118 manual Receiving an Intercom Call, Advanced Intercom Features

Receiving an Intercom Call

When you receive an intercom call, your handset beeps. To answer the call press the del/conf/ intercom button, talk or speaker button.

Advanced Intercom Features

Receiving an Incoming Call During an Intercom Call

If you receive a telephone call during an intercom call, the intercom call is immediately terminated and both handsets ring. Either handset user may press the talk button to answer the call.

Using Intercom with External Telephone Calls

During a telephone call, you may use the intercom/paging function to page another handset and have an off line, private (two-way) intercom conversation. You may also have a three-way conversation between the external caller and the handsets, or you may transfer the external telephone call to another handset.

NOTE: Before you intercom/page another handset, you must decide whether you want to create a two-way or a three-way conversation.

Two-Way Calling

1.During an external call, press the del/conf/intercom button, and use the touch-tone pad to enter the handset number you want to call.

NOTE: The receiving handset presses the del/conf/intercom button to answer the intercom call. Both intercom users may speak privately. The external caller will not hear the intercom conversation.

2.When finished, press the end button to end the intercom call, return to the talk mode, and resume your original telephone conversation.

Three-Way Calling

1.During an external call, press the del/conf/intercom button. LINE ON HOLD EXTENSION? shows in the display.

2.Use the touch-tone pad to select Handset #. You will hear a paging tone and PAGING shows in the originating handset’s display.

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