Operating Your System
Making and Answering a Call
To make and answer calls using the handset:
1Lift the handset.
If you wish to override automatic line selection, press desired LINE button before lifting the handset.
2Replace the handset in the cradle to hang up.
When you lift the handset to make a call, the phone selects a line according to its automatic line selection setting. (See page 12.) If you lift the handset while your phone is ringing, your phone will automatically select the ringing line. If you wish to override automatic line selection, press the desired LINE button before lifting the handset.
To make and answer calls using the speakerphone:
1Press the SPEAKER button to acti- vate the speakerphone.
If you wish to override automatic line selection, press the desired LINE button instead of pressing the SPEAKER button, and you will be connected to that line on speaker- phone.
2Press SPEAKER again to hang up.
Note: You may make calls on either handset or speakerphone using the “predialing” feature. Many people find this a convenient and relaxing method of placing calls. See page 49 for details on using the predialing feature.
You can use the speakerphone to make or answer an outside call, an intercom call or a page. Simply press the SPEAKER button instead of lifting the handset.
When you press the SPEAKER button to make a call, the phone selects a line according to its automatic line selection setting. (See page 12.) If you press the SPEAKER button while your phone is ringing, you will automatically answer the ringing line. If you wish to override automat- ic line selection, press the desired LINE button instead of pressing the SPEAKER button, and you will be connected to that line on the speak- erphone.
During a call, you may switch back and forth between handset and speakerphone as much as you like. Simply press the SPEAKER button while using the handset to activate the speaker- phone and then hang up your handset. To switch back to a handset call, lift the handset.
Note that whenever the SPEAKER indicator is on, you may hang up the handset without dis- connecting your call.
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