AT&T 555-620-126 manual To Identify Tones, Tone Meaning

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To Identify Tones

When making a call or using a feature, you may hear a tone. Each tone has a different meaning.

Tone		Meaning
Dial tone (steady tone)		You can make a call.
Busy (slow repeating tone)		The phone you are calling
		is busy.

Stutter dial tone		After a switchhook flash,
(several breaks in		indicates that you can use
dial tone)		a feature or dial a number
		for a transfer or conference
		call. You also hear this
		tone when you lift the
		handset if you have a voice
		mail message or a fax, or if
		the system operator has a
		message for you.

	Fast busy (fast repeating	No lines are available.
	tone)

	Alternating high and low	You dialed a number
	tones	incorrectly or misused a
		feature.

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Contents Merlin Legend Copyright 1992 AT&T All Rights Reserved Issue October TrademarksContents About This Guide Using Feature Codes Contents Features Contents Programming Special Characters Feature Codes Important Safety Instructions Page About This Guide Dial feature code ConventionsHow to comment on This Guide Your Single-Line Telephone Telephone Desk Stand not shown HandsetYmgk Telephone DialpadAnalog Telephone Program button Analog Telephone Mute button Page Headsets Amplifiers Buttons and Switchhook Flash Caring for Your Telephone Identifying Call Types To Identify Ringing Calls Ring MeaningTo Identify Tones Tone MeaningTone Meaning To Make Outside Calls Making CallsTo Make Inside Calls Answering Calls To Answer a Ringing CallTransferring Calls To Transfer to an Inside Extension or Outside NumberSetting Up a Conference Using Feature Codes General Instructions T eIf You Are Not on a Call If You Are on a CallCustomizing Your Telephone Feature Finder Calling Basics If You want to Use…If you want to Use Pickup, Forward and Follow MeMessaging and Paging If you want to… UsePrivacy TimekeepingFeatures Account Code Entry Entering an Account Code Before Calling Page Callback Using Selective Callback for Busy Extensions Using Selective Callback for Busy Outside LinesUsing Automatic Callback Canceling a Callback RequestCall Waiting Completing a Call and Answering a Waiting CallPutting a Call on Hold and Picking Up Waiting Call Conference To Set Up a Conference Call Forward and Follow Me To Forward Calls to an Inside Extension To Forward Calls to an Outside NumberTo Turn On Follow Me at Another Extension To Turn Off Forward or Follow Me at Your PhoneAt your phone, lift the handset Dial # Hold Using HoldHold Using Last Number Dial Last Number DialLeaving Messages To Leave a Message on Display Phone when CallingMessaging Receiving Messages To Cancel a Message You Left on a Display PhoneTo Leave a Message on a Display Phone without Calling To Turn Off Your Message Light Lift the handset Dial #54Using Speakerphone Paging PagingUsing Loudspeaker Paging Park Parking a CallPicking Up a Parked Call Using Park and PagingReturning to a Call You Parked ParkPage Personal Speed Dial Programming Personal Speed Dial CodesUsing Personal Speed Dial Pickup Using PickupUsing Group Pickup Privacy To Use Privacy when You Are Not On CallTo Use Privacy when You Are On Call Canceling a Reminder Reminder ServiceSetting a Reminder Using System Speed Dial System Speed DialTransfer To Transfer a CallTransfer Programming Special Characters Special Characters Table Press MeansFeature Codes Feature Code #87#88 Index IN-2 Index