Using Intercom with a Telephone Call

During a telephone call, you can use the intercom/paging function to page the base or cordless handset and set up a private (2-way) intercom conversation with another user while the telephone call is placed on hold. Or, you can create a 3-way conversation between the telephone caller, the base, and the cordless handset.

Two-Way Intercom Calls

1.To make an intercom call press the PAGE/INTERCOM button (base) or intercom button (cordless handset), depending on where the external call originated.

The external caller is placed on hold and both intercom users may speak privately.

2.To answer the intercom page, press the PAGE/INTERCOM button (base) or intercom button (cordless handset). When finished press the PAGE/INTERCOM button or intercom button to retrieve the external caller.

Three-Way Intercom Calls

1.Press the PAGE/INTERCOM button (base) or intercom button (cordless handset) during an outside call.

The external caller is placed on hold, and a paging tone sounds at the base and cordless handset. PAGING (cordless handset) or PAGING HANDSET (base) displays on the originating unit and PAGING FRM BASE (handset) or PAGING FROM HANDSET (base) on the other unit.

2.If the originating unit is the handset, press the PAGE/INTERCOM button on the base to set up the intercom. Then press the MEMORY/conference button on the handset to retrieve the external caller. Three-way conversation begins, and CONFERENCE shows in the display.

3.If the originating unit is the base, press the intercom button to setup the intercom. Then press the base MEM/CONFERENCE button on the base to retrieve the external call. Three-way conversation begins, and CONFERENCE shows in the display.

NOTE: A handset or the base may enter a conversation directly by pressing the TALK/call back button on the handset or the SPEAKER/ CALL BACK button on the base while the other handset or the base is engaged with an external call.

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GE 27881 manual Using Intercom with a Telephone Call, Two-Way Intercom Calls, Three-Way Intercom Calls

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