84CHAPTER 8: PERSONALIZING YOUR TELEPHONE

Returning to the Certain brands of headsets enter a power-saving mode that prevents the Headset After a telephone from ringing for one or more calls when both of these

Long Delay circumstances are true:

The headset amplifier buttons for Mute and On are both set to On.

The handset is off the phone for a long time (for instance, overnight).

It may take a few minutes for your headset to return from the power-saving mode to the active mode when calls first come in, so your telephone may not ring until the headset has returned to active mode, and you may miss a call.

If you plan to not use the headset for a long time (for instance, overnight), 3Com recommends that you set the mute and headset buttons on the amplifier to Off and hang up the handset on your telephone. When you are ready to receive calls again, set up the headset for receiving calls:

1Pick up the handset on your telephone and set it on your desk.

2Put on the headset. On the amplifier, set the headset button to On.

Palm Integration (NBX 2102-IR Business Telephone only) — The infrared port on the front edge of the NBX 2102-IR Business Telephone receives infrared signals from a hand-held device that runs the Palm operating system. You can use your hand-held device to call numbers in its directory and to perform standard telephone operations, such as Forward, Redial, and Transfer.

Install the Palm Dialer software (available on the NBX Resource Pack CD) on your hand-held device. See your administrator for details.

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3Com 3101, 3102 manual Personalizing Your Telephone

3102, 3101 specifications

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