2.
Dial the phone number or System Speed Dial code, or press an outside Auto
Dial button.
On a system display phone, the dialed number appears on the display.
If you are using a PBX or Centrex line, you also may need to use a dial-out code
(usually 9) before you dial a number outside the PBX or Centrex system.
Standard Phone
1.
Lift the handset.
You hear intercom dial tone.
2.
Dial [
9
] to get an outside line.
You hear outside dial tone.
3.
Dial the phone number.
If you are using a PBX or Centrex line, you may also need to use a dial-out code
(usually 9) before you dial a number outside the PBX or Centrex system.
How to Make an Intercom Call
System Phone
1.
You can lift the handset or press [
Spkr
] before dialing.
2.
Press an idle [
Intercom
] button.
You hear intercom dial tone, and the light next to the [ Intercom ] button is
steady green.
3.
Ring or voice-signal the extension:
■To ring the extension, dial the two-digit extension number or press an
intercom Auto Dial button.
■
To voice-signal a system phone at the extension, dial [
★
] plus the
two-digit extension number or press an intercom Auto Dial button
programmed for voice signaling. When you hear a beep, start talking.
Your voice is heard on the other extension’s speaker, If someone is
using the phone at the other extension (or that extension is an MDC
9000, MDW 9000, or standard phone), it will ring instead.
Standard Phone
1.
Lift the handset.
You hear intercom dial tone.
2.
Ring or voice-signal the extension:
■To ring the extension, dial the two-digit extension number.
■To voice-signal a system phone at the extension, on a touch-tone
phone, dial [ ★ ] plus the two-digit extension number. When you hear a
beep, start talking.
Your voice is heard on the other extension’s speaker. If someone is
using the phone at the other extension (or that extension is an MDC
9000, MDW 9000, or standard phone), it will ring instead.
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