Calls ring at both phones.

You can handle a call on the standard phone by pressing buttons on the MLS- or MLC-model telephone. For example, you can use the MLS or MLC-model phone to select a specific Centrex line, and conduct the call on the standard phone. Or, if someone is on a call using the standard phone, someone else can put that call on hold by pressing [ Hold ] on the MLS- or MLC-model phone. To do this, it is not necessary to lift the handset of the MLS- or MLC-model phone. Calls held in this way do not ring back to a standard phone at a combination extension.

If you make a voice paging call to a combination extension with an MLS- or MLC-model phone, only the MLS- or MLC-model phone signals.

Equipment Features

Your equipment controller provides equipment features that you can use to supplement the services you have available through Centrex. The equipment features are listed in the table below, and like your Centrex services, can be used in one of two ways:

Dial the code manually. For example, to use Last Number Redial on an MLS- or MLC-model phone, dial [ Feature ] [ 0 ] [ 5 ].

Put the feature onto a programmable button on an MLS- or MLC-model phone, so that you can use it with a single touch.

NOTES:

1.Do Not Disturb and Privacy cannot be dialed manually. They must be programmed onto a lighted button.

2.Equipment features are not available on standard phones.

 

 

To Use Programmed

Equipment Feature

To Use Manually

on a Button

 

Do Not Disturb

Not available

Press the button to

 

 

turn Do Not Disturb

Prevents your phone from ringing. Outside and inside callers hear

 

on; press it again to turn

ringing; intercom callers hear a busy signal.

 

if off. Use the button like

 

 

a switch—when the light

 

 

is on, Do Not Disturb is

 

 

on

 

 

 

Exclusive Hold

Dial [ Feature ] [ 0 ] [ 2 ] to

Press the button to put

Prevents a person at any other extension from picking up your held

put the call on hold. To

the call on hold. To

retrieve it, press the line

retrieve it, press the line

call.

button on which the call

button on which the call

 

is held

is held

 

 

 

 

Recall

Dial [ Feature ] [ 0 ] [ 3 ]

Press the button

While on a call, use this feature in place of a switchhook flash to

 

 

 

access Centrex services. Recall disconnects an intercom call.

 

 

 

Save Number Redial

Dial [ Feature ] [ 0 ] [ 4 ]

Press the button before

 

before hanging up. To

hanging up. To redial

Saves a telephone number (maximum 20 digits per phone number).

redial later, dial

later, press the button

After it is saved, the number can be redialed until you save a

[ Feature ] [ 0 ] [ 4 ] again

again

different number.

 

 

 

 

 

=Must be programmed onto a button with a light (see page 5-16 ). You cannot dial these features. manually.

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II specifications

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