Quick Start
To Identify Tones
When making a call or using a feature, you may hear a tone. Each tone has a different meaning.
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Dial tone (steady tone) | You can make a call. |
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Busy (slow repeating tone) | The phone you are calling |
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Stutter dial tone | After a switchhook flash, |
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(several breaks in | indicates that you can use |
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dial tone) | a feature or dial a number |
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| for a transfer or conference |
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| call. You also hear this |
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| tone when you lift the |
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| handset if you have a voice |
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| mail message or a fax, or if |
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| the system operator has a |
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| message for you. |
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| Fast busy (fast repeating | No lines are available. |
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| Alternating high and low | You dialed a number |
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| tones | incorrectly or misused a |
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| feature. |
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Identifying Call Types
