Tones and Their Meanings
Ringing tones are produced by an incoming call. Handset tones are those which you hear through the handset (receiver) or speakerphone.
Ringing Tones
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1 ring — A call from another extension.
2 rings — A call from outside or from the attendant.
3 rings — A priority call from another extension, or from an Automatic Callback call you placed.
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Handset Tones
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confirmation tone — Two rising tones; indicates a feature activation or cancellation has been accepted.
coverage tone — One short burst of tone; indicates your call will be sent to another extension to be answered by a covering user.
dial tone — A continuous tone; indicates dialing can begin.
error beep — One beep; alerts you that you pressed an invalid softkey.
error tone — An alternating high and low tone; indicates a dialing error, a denial of the service requested, or a failure to dial within a preset interval (usually 10 seconds) after lifting the handset or dialing the previous digit.
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local error tone — A steady low tone; indicates an incorrect button press.
programming tone — A low continuous tone when you are in programming mode with switch features (programming an Abbreviated Dialing button).
recall dial tone — Three short bursts of tone followed by a steady dial tone; indicates the feature request has been accepted and dialing can begin.
reorder tone — A fast busy tone repeated 120 times a minute; indicates all trunks are busy.
ringback tone — A
speakerphone reset tones — A rising set of tones; indicates the speakerphone is adjusting itself to the surrounding room acoustics.
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