Multiple handset use

Intercom

Use the intercom feature for conversations between two handsets. This feature is only available if you have at least two system handsets. Intercom is not available for the CL82101 model. You can buy accessory handsets (AT&T model CL80101) to expand your system.

Use a handset to initiate intercom calls and transfer calls.

1.Press MENU/SELECT in idle mode to enter the main menu. Press qCID or pDIR to scroll to >Intercom, then press MENU/SELECT. Choose from the options below.

If you have a two-handset system, your handset screen shows Calling other handset.

If you have more than two handsets, your screen shows INTERCOM TO: Use the dialing keys to enter a specific handset number (1-9for handsets 1-9, TONE and 0 for handset 10, TONE and 1 for handset 11, TONE and 2 for handset 12, or TONE and # for all handsets), or press qCID or pDIR to scroll to the desired handset and press MENU/SELECT. Your handset screen shows Calling HANDSET X or Calling all handsets.

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The other handset(s) rings and shows either Other handset is calling or HANDSET X is calling (HANDSET represents the handset name, X represents the handset number).

2.To answer the intercom call, press PHONE/FLASH, /SPEAKER� or any dialing key (0-9, TONE , or #) on any called handset. Both handsets now show Intercom.

3.To end the intercom call, one party presses OFF/CANCEL, or places the handset back in the telephone base or charger. The other party hears four beeps. Both handsets display Intercom ended.

NOTES:

• Before the intercom call is answered, you can cancel it by pressing OFF/CANCEL.

If the called handset is not answered within 100 seconds, or if it is in the directory or caller ID log, or is on a call, or is out of range, the calling handset shows No answer. Try again.

Pressing OFF/CANCEL or MUTE/DELETE temporarily silences the intercom ringer.

You can only use one pair of handsets to make intercom calls at a time.

Answer an incoming call during an intercom call

If you receive an incoming outside call during an intercom call, there is a two-beep call waiting tone.

To answer the call, press PHONE/FLASH. The intercom call ends automatically. The party on the intercom call hears four beeps. Other system handsets can also answer the incoming call by pressing PHONE/FLASH.

To end the intercom call without answering the incoming call, press OFF/CANCEL.

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