Strata CT Standard Telephone User Guide November 2001 29
Features Tone/Voice First Signalling
➤To make a call with a station or system speed dial code
Tone/Voice First Signalling
Your Strata CT system may be set for Tone Signalling or Voice First Signalling as the standard
internal call signalling method for calls to digital and electronic telep hones. The Tone Signal consists
of repetitive ring tones, while the Voice First Signal consists of a tone burst followed by the caller’s
voice. Standard telephones always ring with Tone Signalling, no matter what the system signalling
method. When you initiate a call, you can change to the alternate signalling method.
➤To change the signalling mode
1. Lift the handset. You hear dial tone.
2. Press # *. Dial tone continues.
3. Dial a Speed Dial access
code. Dial tone continues while you enter the access code. See
Table 4 on page 37. The system automatically dials the
telephone number assigned to this code.
1. Call an internal digital/
electronic telephone. If the signalling mode is set for Voic e First Sign alling, you
hear a single tone burst followed by the caller’s voice or
sounds from the surrounding area of the called telephone.
If the signalling mode is set for Tone Signalling, you hear
repetitive ringback tone.
2. To change the mode, press 1. Ringing stops and you hear a tone burst if you changed
from Tone Signalling to Voice First Signalling. You can
converse after the tone burst.
The call rings the called station if you changed from Voice
First Signalling to Tone Signalling.