1.7 Setting the Telephone According to Your Needs

1.7.2Refusing Incoming Calls (Do Not Disturb [DND])

You can set your telephone to prevent incoming calls from ringing at your telephone. This can be useful in situations where you do not want to be disturbed, for example during a meeting.

To set/cancel

PT/SLT

 

 

 

4

Set

 

 

 

 

OR

OR

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

C.Tone

 

7

1

0

Cancel

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Off-hook.

Press FWD/DND

Enter 4 to set

Enter #.

On-hook.

 

or enter 71.

or 0 to cancel.

 

 

An SLT user can enter "0" instead of "#".

• The FWD/DND (Call Forwarding/Do Not Disturb) button light shows the current status as follows:

Off: Neither feature is set.

Red on: DND mode

Flashing red slowly: FWD mode

If your extension has set this feature, calling extensions will hear a DND tone.

If this feature is set, the FWD feature does not function.

Extensions can override this feature and call extensions in DND mode (DND Override) if they are allowed to do so through system programming.

Outside (CO) line calls can be received at your extension, but the telephone will not ring. The corresponding CO button will flash when an outside (CO) line call is received, and you can answer the call by pressing this button.

Even if this feature is set, timed reminder alarms and hold recall tones (ring tones or alarm tones) will still ring.

Customising Your Phone

3.1.3 Customising the Buttons

Create or edit an FWD/DND (Call Forwarding/Do Not Disturb) button.

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Panasonic KX-TES824, KX-TEM824 user manual Refusing Incoming Calls Do Not Disturb DND, To set/cancel

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