Contents
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Basic operating instructions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

optiPoint 500 economy/basic/standard control panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
optiPoint 500 advance control panel with optiPoint key modules. . . . . 10
How to Use these Operating Instructions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Screen Displays. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Accessing Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
... Interactively . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
... Via the Program/Service Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
... With Function Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Functions You Can Use. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Basic and Enhanced Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Additional Team and Executive/Secretary Functions. . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Using the Telephone Efficiently. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
ØBasic and Enhanced Functions

Making and Answering Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Answering a Call With the Handset. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Answering a Call with the Speaker
(Speakerphone Mode). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Open Listening in the Room During a Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Switching to Speakerphone Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Switching to the Handset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Using Call Waiting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Accepting a Waiting Call (Camp-On) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Preventing and Allowing Call Waiting (Automatic Camp-On). . . . . . 17
Turning the Call Waiting Tone On and Off. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Accepting a Specific Call for Your Colleague. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Rejecting Calls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Using Mailboxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Accessing the Mailbox. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Using Timed Reminders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Using the Speakerphone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Enabling and Disabling Handsfree Answerback. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Answering a Call With a Headset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Turning Do Not Disturb On and Off. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Turning Ringer Cutoff On and Off. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Trace Call: Identifying Anonymous Callers (Not for U.S.) . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Turning the Microphone On and Off. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Answering Calls from the Entrance Telephone and Opening the Door. 23
Accepting a Call From an Answering Machine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Display Number of Waiting Calls and Overload Indication. . . . . . . . . . . 25