Telephone operation
Intercom
Make and answer an intercom call
Use the intercom feature for conversations between handsets. 1. Press int on your handset when not in use.
•If you have two handsets, your originating handset screen shows calling other handset. The other
handset rings and its screen shows other handset is calling.
•If you have more than two handsets, your originating handset screen shows intercom to: Use the dialing key to select the destination handset. The originating
handset screen shows calling handset x (X represents the handset number). The destination handset rings and its screen shows handset x is calling.
INTERCOM TO:
CALLING
HANDSET X
2. To answer the intercom call, press any dialing key | INTERCOM | |
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or #), PHONE/FLASH, /SPEAKER or int on the other |
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handset. Both handset screens now show intercom. |
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3.To end an intercom call, press 
OFF/Cancel or place
the handset back in the telephone base or charger. Both handset screens now show intercom ended.
notes:
•Before the intercom call is answered, you can cancel it by pressing 
OFF/Cancel or int on your originating handset.
•If the other handset is not answered within 100 seconds, is in use, on a call or is out of range, your originating handset shows unable to call. try again.
•Pressing 
OFF/Cancel or mute/delete temporarily silences the intercom ringer.
•If you have four handsets, of which two handsets are on an intercom call, the other two handsets can be used on an outside call (see Join a call in progress on page 22) or a separate intercom call.
Answer an incoming call during an intercom call
If you receive an incoming outside call during an intercom call, there is an alert tone.
To answer the incoming outside call:
• Press 
PHONE/FLASH. The intercom call ends automatically.
To end the intercom call without answering the incoming outside call:
•Press 
OFF/Cancel. The intercom call ends and the handsets ring for the incoming call.
To let the answering system answer the incoming outside call:
• Do nothing. Continue with the intercom call. If the answering system is on, it answers the incoming call after the number of rings you have set.
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