AT&T 518-455-317 manual Hands-Free Answer on Intercom Hfai

If you prefer to dial and conduct calls without lifting the handset, you can use the speaker and the microphone instead. Use these techniques to make calls with the speaker and the microphone (if you have one):

■To make a call without lifting the handset, press [ Spkr ] to get dial tone; then dial the number and you will hear the call ringing. When the other party answers, you can talk without lifting the handset. On MLS-6 phones (which have no microphone), you must lift the handset to talk when the other party answers. You cannot listen through the handset and the phone’s speaker at the same time.

■To turn off the microphone when you are using the speaker, press [ Mic ]. This will mute your voice so the other party cannot hear you.

■If you are already on a call, you can switch from the handset to the speaker and microphone (on an MLS-34D, MLS-18D, MLS-12D, or MLS-12 phone) by pressing [ Spkr ] and hanging up the handset.

Conversely, if you are using the speaker and microphone and want to switch to the handset, lift the handset and the speaker and microphone will turn off.

■Use the Hands-Free Answer on Intercom (HFAI) feature to answer voice-signaledcalls without lifting the handset (see below).

Hands-Free Answer on Intercom (HFAI)

When you receive a voice-signaledintercom call, your phone beeps once to indicate that your speaker has been turned on automatically, and you hear the caller’s voice over your phone’s speaker. If you leave your microphone on all the time, you can start talking when you hear the caller, without lifting the handset. This feature is called Hands-Free Answer on Intercom.

NOTE:

Since MLS-6 phones do not have microphones, you must lift the handset to answer voice-signaled calls to those phones.

Any user in the system can make a voice-signaled call to an idle MLS-model phone by pressing [ Intercom ] [ ✳ ] and then dialing an extension number or pressing an Auto Dial button programmed for voice signaling. (You can make a voice-signaled call from either a system phone or a standard phone. However, if you try to make a voice-signaled call to a standard phone or MLC-6 phone, it will ring.)

NOTES:

1.The HFAI feature can be turned on or off only when your phone is idle. Muting your voice while you are on a call only turns off the microphone for the duration of the call.

2.If HFAI is on and you are already on a call, you will not receive any voice-signaled calls to your extension—they will ring instead.

3.If you make a voice-signaled intercom call to a busy extension, you may

initiate a voice interrupt on busy call to that extension. See “Voice Interrupt On Busy Calls” on the next page for more information.

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