Ericsson 230i manual Cost Manager

Call barring

You can prevent certain numbers from being called from a handset by block- ing those numbers in the base station.

If you call a blocked number, the line gives a congestion tone.

>Handset

>DirectCall

Switching on

To activate direct call

1. Select DirectCall and press Y E S . Enable Direct Call? is displayed.

2.Press Y E S to confirm.

DirectC.No: is displayed. If a direct call number has already been set, this is shown in the display.

3.Enter the direct call number with the number keys, press Y E S to confirm.

Note Direct call switches off the automatic key lock. For information about

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automatic key lock, see “Blocking handset keys” on page 22.

If direct call is on, Direct Call and the number are displayed. To call it, press any

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key on the handset. You can still make an emergency call without first switch-

ing off direct call. See “Making an emergency call” on page 13.

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If you want to switch off the direct call feature, it is important not to wait too

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long between the steps, otherwise the direct call number is dialled.

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The base station is equipped with a call budgeting feature, which you can use

to set the amount of time or money a particulare handset can spend on external

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calls. When the budget for a particular ilhandset has been exceeded, the base

station does not end an mongoing callbbut blocks the next external call until a

new budget is set. However, emergency calls and calls to exempt numbers can

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still be made (see “Exempt numbers” on page 27).

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If a particular handset has gone over its budget, a congestion tone is heard and

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No Budget appears in the display when an external call is attempted.

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tTime or money can be budgeted depending on the budget type setting.

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Call budgets

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NoYou can set a budget for a particular handset or, if the budget is exceeded,

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grant a new budget. If you set the budget for cost, your network must support

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“Advice Of Charge at End of call”. The cost of the call is passed on at the end

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of the call. Contact your network operator for more information.

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Remaining budget

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You can easily check the remaining budget of your handset. The amount can

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show a negative value which means that the budget has been exceeded and no

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more external calls can be made with your handset.

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