60 2420 Digital Telephone User’s Guide
Tones and Their Meaning
Note:
Note: The following tables describe the defaults for each ringing and feedback tone.
Check with your system manager to verify if the descriptions in the Meaning
column are accurate for your system.
Ringing Tones are produced by an incoming call.
Feedback tones are those which you hear through the handset, headset, or the speaker.
Ringing Tones
Rings Meaning
1 ring A call from another extension.
2 rings A call from outside or from the attendant.
3 rings A priority call from another extension, or from
an Automatic Callback call you placed.
ring-ping
(half-ring)
A call redirected from your telephone to
another telephone because Send All Calls or
Call Forwarding All Calls is active.
Feedback Tones
Tones Meaning
busy A low-pitched tone repeated 60 times a minute.
This tone indicates that the number you dialed
is in use.
call waiting
ringback
A ringback tone with lower-pitched signal at the
end. This tone indicates that the extension you
called is busy. The called party hears a call
waiting tone. If you hear the call waiting
ringback tone, you may want to activate
Automatic Callback.
confirmation Three short bursts of tone. This tone indicates
that the system accepted a feature activation
or cancellation.
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