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Voice Operations
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Voice calls can be made either with the
handset, an extension or external telephone.
You can dial manually or use Quick-Dial
numbers.
Making a telephone call
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a
To make a telephone call, pick up the
handset.
b
When you hear the dial tone, enter a
number using the dial pad, One Touch,
Speed-Dial or Search.
c
To hang up, replace the handset.
Hold
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If you want to put a call on hold, press the
Hook/Hold
key. To release the call from hold
pick up the handset. Picking up an extension
handset will
not
release the call from hold.
Tone or pulse (Canada only)
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If you have a Pulse dialing service, but need
to send Tone signals (for example, for
telephone banking), follow the instructions
below:
a
Pick up the handset.
b
Press
#
on the machine’s control panel.
Any digits dialed after this will send tone
signals.
When you hang up, the machine will
return to the Pulse dialing service.
Fax/Tel mode when the power
key is on
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When the machine is in Fax/Tel mode, it will
use the F/T Ring Time (pseudo/double-
ringing) to alert you to pick up a voice call.
If you are at the machine, you can lift the
handset to answer.
If you are at an extension phone, you'll need
to lift the handset during the F/T Ring Time
and then press
# 5 1
between the
pseudo/double rings. If no one is on the line,
or if someone wants to send you a fax, send
the call back to the machine by pressing
l
5 1
.
Fax/Tel mode when the power
key is off
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You can change the default setting of the
On/Off
key to
Fax Receive:On
so that you
can receive faxes when the power key is off.
(See
on page 11.) Fax/Tel
mode will work in the following ways.
When the machine is in Fax/Tel mode and
pseudo/double-rings to tell you to pick up a
voice call, you can only answer by picking up
the machine’s handset.
If you answer before the machine F/T rings,
you can also pick up the call at an external or
extension phone.
Telephone Services and External
devices
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