Making and Answering Calls
Tones
When making a call or using a feature, you may hear a different tone. Each tone has a different meaning.
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| Dial tone (steady tone) | You can make a call. | |
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| Busy (slow repeating tone) | The phone you are calling is | |
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| Fast busy (fast repeating | No lines are available. | |
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Alternating high and low | You dialed a number | ||
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Confirmation tone (double break in dial tone followed by steady tone)
You used a feature properly.
Callback tone (five short beeps)
The outside line or the extension is busy and your phone is programmed for Callback. (See Chapter 5)
Call Waiting tone (one or two beeps while you are on another call)
You have an inside call (one beep) or an outside call (two beeps) waiting.
Tones
