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The telephone number can have up to 16 characters, including these special characters:
– For a p (pause), touch H o l d .
–For an s (stop), touch D r o p .
–For an r (switchhook flash), touch Recall and then touch H o l d .
NOTE: This special character for the switchhook flash works only as the first character in a sequence of characters stored under a system speed dial code. If it appears anywhere but first in the sequence, it automatically disconnects the call at the point when the system dials the switchhook flash.
–For a t
NOTE: If you want to include a pound symbol (#) in a sequence of characters to be stored under a system speed dial code, you have to dial the pound symbol twice (##) at the point in the sequence where you want it inserted when you enter it in step 2 below. Otherwise the system will think you're requesting another speed dial code when you dial the #. The system will enter only one of the two pound symbols you dial in the stored sequence.
To assign a system speed dial code to a telephone number and store it in the system's memory, do the following:
1Enter administration mode.
The red lights go on next to Administer and Restrict.
2Find the telephone number in the System Speed Dial Directory, and dial the
3Dial one of the following codes:
Dial *90 to a assign the speed dial code without Restriction Override. o r
Dial *92 to assign the speed dial code with Restriction Override.
4To assign the code to a telephone number and designate the telephone number as private (will not be printed out on call reports) or public (will be printed out on call reports), dial one of the following:
Dial * plus the telephone number (private), o r
Dial the telephone number (public).
The console beeps twice on the sixteenth character to confirm the entry and to remind you that you can't add another character m this entry.
The console does not beep on an entry of fewer than 16 characters.
5Touch Administer.
The console beeps twice.
6Repeat steps 2 through 5 for each telephone number you want to encode.
7Go on to assign codes to account numbers, or leave administration mode.