Distinctive Ring (#308)

Description

This System Programming procedure determines whether calls should ring at a standard device using the system’s distinctive ringing patterns—different patterns for outside, intercom, and transferred calls—or whether all calls to the standard device should ring like outside calls.

Considerations

■Change the setting to Not Active if a standard device such as a modem or answering machine does not pick up intercom or transferred calls.

■If distinctive ring is set to Not Active for an extension where both a system phone and a standard device are installed, the system phone continues to use the system’s distinctive ringing pattern, but all calls ring at the standard device using a single ring burst.

■The system does not pass distinctive ringing patterns generated by a PBX or central office through to extensions (regardless of the setting for this feature).

Valid Entries

1 = Active (outside, intercom, and transferred calls ring differently using the system’s distinctive ringing patterns) ✔

2 = Not Active (outside, intercom, and transferred calls all ring using a single ring burst)

Programming

To change the Distinctive Ring setting:

1.Press [ Feature ] [ 0 ] [ 0 ] [ System Program ] [ System Program ] [ # ] [ 3 ] [ 0 ] [ 8 ].

2.At the Extension: prompt, enter the number of the extension to be

programmed. For example, to program extension 42, press [ 4 ] [ 2 ].

3.To activate or deactivate Distinctive Ring for the extension, press [ Next Data ] until the appropriate value displays.

4.To program another extension, press [ Next Item ] or [ Prev Item ] until the extension number shows on the display. Then repeat Step 3.

5.Select another procedure or exit programming mode.

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