Tones and Their Meaning

Note: The tables below describe the defaults for each ringing and feedback tone. Check with your system manager to verify that the descriptions in the Meaning column are accurate for your system.

Ringing Tones are produced by an incoming call.

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

A call redirected from your telephone to

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(half-ring)

another because Send All Calls or Call

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Forwarding All Calls is active.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Feedback tones are those which you hear through the handset (receiver) or the speaker.

Feedback Tones

Tones

Meaning

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

busy

A low-pitched tone repeated 60 times a

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

minute; indicates the number dialed is in

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

use.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

call waiting

A ringback tone with lower-pitched signal

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ringback

at the end; indicates the extension call is

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

busy, and the called party has been given

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

a call waiting tone. If you hear this tone,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

you may wish to activate Automatic

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Callback.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

confirmation

Three short bursts of tone; indicates a

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

feature activation or cancellation has

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

been accepted.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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