CENTREX OPERATION

Setup Checklist

Before expanding your system or installing for Centrex, review the installation checklist. If you have Centrex, contact your local telephone company for further information about Centrex service.

The phone number for Line 1 must be the same on all phones in order for the Intercom and Paging features to work.

Determine the number of phones that will be on the system.

Identify the phone that will be the attendant phone.

Identify the private line for the attendant phone. The attendant phone must have its own private line. This line is not shared with any other phone.

Follow the regular installation instructions in this manual.

Enable the attendant phone.

Store the Centrex pickup codes and the seven-digit phone numbers into memory locations. See TELEPHONE MEMORY in this manual.

Setting Up a Fourth Line for Each Station

1Press G*#.

2Enter the line number (05–08) you want as your fourth line. For example, if stations 16, 19, and 20 share Line 5, those stations would enter 05.

3Press and release H. You’ll hear a confirmation ring.

Repeat Steps 1–3 for each station on the system that will have a private line.

Enabling/Disabling Attendant Station

This feature lets you have an attendant phone on the system. An attendant phone can pick up other Centrex lines through Centrex switching. Identify which station you want as the attendant. The attendant phone should also have a private line.

1Make sure the phone is not in use.

2Press G*#*.

3Press 1to enable

— OR —

Press 0to disable.

4Press M. You’ll hear a confirmation ring.

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