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Telephone Operation

Intercom calls

Intercom calls

Use the intercom feature to have conversations between the handsets. If you have added additional handsets, see page 24 to register the handsets.

Press the INTERCOM button on a handset to initiate an intercom call. Then after entering the number of the handset you wish to intercom with, your handset will call the other handset.

Press PHONE, INTERCOM, SPEAKER, or any dial pad key on the handset being paged to enter intercom mode with the first handset.

To end the intercom call, press OFF, press INTERCOM or place the handset in the base or charger.

NOTE: The intercom feature cannot be utilized while any handset is in phone book or call log mode. Pressing INTERCOM while on an outside call will initiate Call Transfer ( see page 14).

Handling incoming calls

The phone will beep if you receive an outside call during an intercom conversation. Now you can either:

Press PHONE to terminate the intercom call and answer the incoming call.

OR

Press INTERCOM or OFF to disconnect the intercom connection without answering the outside call.

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