ATT Mls6 Phone Manual

Call Handling
In this section you will learn how to handle calls using PARTNER phones, and
how to use the system’s built-in calling features. The information given here is a
more detailed version of the information on the Quick Reference. We recom-
mend that you read this chapter first, and then use the Quick Reference as a
reference.
For instructions on using standard single-line touch-tone, rotary, or feature
phones, see chapter 5.
Using the
Speakerphone
A Word about
Dial TonesThe procedures in this...

Making an Outside Call
If you lift the handset before
pressing an outside line button,
you will be automatically con-
nected to the first idle line. The
sequence of idle lines to which
you are connected is determined
by the Automatic Line Selection
feature. See p. 3-3.
To make an outside call:
1.Press any idle line button. (An idle line button is one that is not lit.)
The light next to the line button is steady green.
2.Lift the handset.
3.
Dial the number.
To dial a Speed Dial number:
1.Press [ Feature...

To make a voice-signaled intercom call (to another PARTNER phone only):
1.
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3.
If you have a PARTNER 12-
button phone, and you leave the
microphone on all the time, you
can answer a voice-signaled
intercom call without lifting the
handset. Be a ware that after
your phone beeps, the caller can
hear through your phone’s micro-
phone.
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Answering a Call
Press either [ Intercom ] button.
Lift the handset.
The green light appears and you hear the intercom dial tone.
Press [  ] and the 2-digit extension...

Transferring a Call
To transfer a call means to pass the call from one phone to another. You can
only transfer outside calls; you cannot transfer intercom calls. There are three
ways to transfer a call:
A transferred call will ring like an
intercom call (Ring-BEEP) until
the person transferring the call
hangs up, at which time the call
will ring like a transferred call
(Ring-BEEP-BEEP).
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You can only announce a call
through the speaker of a
PARTNER phone. If it is busy, or
if it is a...

Making a Conference Call
You should not add a busy or
ringing outside call to a confer-
ence; if you do, all callers will
hear the busy or ringing signal. If
you hear a busy signal or the
A conference call connects you with two other parties—outside or inside—in a
single call.
During the conference call, any inside party can exit the call at any time by
hanging up. However, if an outside party hangs up during a conference call,
the callers that remain on the conference will hear a dial tone. A PARTNER...

Joining a Call
You can connect yourself to an outside call being conducted at another exten-
sion. This is called joining. For example, if John is on an outside call and wants
you to participate in that call, you can join in simply by pressing the button of the
line John is on. You cannot join an intercom call.
To join a call:
A steady red light at a line button indicates a call in progress . . .
1.
2.
Press the line button.
Lift the handset.
The red and green lights alternately flash. You are now...

Built-In Calling Features
Four built-in calling features help you make and handle calls. On a PARTNER
12-button phone, use each feature by pressing its calling feature button, as
shown in figure 4-2. On a PARTNER 6-button telephone, use the feature by
pressing [
 Feature ] and a 2-digit dial code, also shown on the figure.
PRIVACY.Press this button to prevent other
extensions from joining a call on
your phone. Press again to turn
Privacy off. When green light is on,
Privacy is on. (Not available on...

Using Standard Telephones
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Contents
Overview
Setting Up Extensions for Standard Phones
Using the Switchhook
Using Feature Phones
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Call Handling
Making an Outside Call
Making an Intercom Call
Answering a Call
Ringing Patterns
Putting a Call on Hold
Transferring a Call
Making a Conference Call
Speed Dialing
Using Calling Features
Using a Combination Extension
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Overview
The call handling procedures in
this chapter are meant to be
photocopied and given to those
users with standard phones.
Single-line cordless phones, and
fax machines and answering
machines with built-in phones,
function the same way standard
phones do as described in this
chapter.
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Setting Up Extensions
for Standard Phones
Using the Switchhook
Some feature phones have a
button labeled “Recall” or “Flash”
that you can press instead of
pressing the switchhook.
Using Feature Phones
You can...

Call Handling
Making an Outside Call
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3. To make an outside call:
Lift the handset.
You hear the intercom dial tone.
Dial [ 9 ] to get an outside line.
You hear the outside line dial tone.
Dial the number.
Making an Intercom Call
To make a ringing intercom call:
1.
2.Lift the handset.
You hear the intercom dial tone.
Dial the 2-digit extension number.
To make a voice-signaled intercom call:
You can only voice-signal a
PARTNER phone. A standard1.Lift the handset.
phone will ring.You hear an intercom...