ATT Spirit Communications System User Manual

							n Add a Held Call to a Conference
l Press CONFERENCE. l Pressbuttonof callon hold.
n Place a Conference on Hold
l Press HOLD/PAUSE. To go back to the conference call, press any line or INTERCOM button
involved in the conference.
n Drop a Line or Telephone from a Conference (Originator Only)
l Press RECALL/DROP. l Press line or INTERCOM button to be dropped. (Or, the person
hang up, leaving the other callers on the conference.)can
n End a Conference CaII
Originator of conferencecall hangsup. (The originator is the person who added the third person
to the call.)
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							20Hold
Hold
n Hold (so the call can be retrieved from any telephone in the system)
l Press HOLD/PAUSE.
n Hold (so the call can be retrieved at your telephone ONLY— may be used for outside lines that are
not part of a conference)
l Press HOLD/PAUSE  twice.
n Retrieve Call on Hold
l Press line or INTERCOM button of call on hold. l Lift receiver (or press SPEAKER).
n Retrieve a Held Line not Programmed on a Button (Pickup by Line-2448 System)
l Press INTERCOM. l Lift receiver (or press SPEAKER). l Dial Q 5. l Dial two-digit line number
(01 through 24). 
						

							n Held Call Reminder
If you place a call on hold and hangup without retrieving the call, your telephone can remind
you with a periodic short ring. The interval between these rings is a customized feature.
Transfer
n Transfer an Outside Call tO Another lntercom Extension (308/616 System)
l Press TRANSFER. l Dial intercom extension number or press auto-dialbutton. l Hang up.
n Transfer an Outside Call to Another lntercom Extension (2448 System)
l Press TRANSFER. l Dial intercomextensionnumber or press intercom extension button.
l Hang up.
n Returned Transferred Call
If the transferred call is not answered, it will
SPEAKER). The call will continue to ring at
return to your telephone.
both telephones until it isl Lift receiver (or press
answered.
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Message
Message
To use MESSAGE, you and another person need to have agreed to take messages for each other. If
you have a message for the other person, turn on the Message Indicator for that persons telephone.
If your Message Indicator is on, check with that person for your message. This feature is typically
used by the system attendant.
n Turn on the Message Indicator at Another Telephone (308/616 System)
l Press INTERCOM. l Lift receiver (or press SPEAKER). l Dial Q 6. l Dial intercom extension
number or press auto-dial button.
n Turn on the Message Indicator at Another Telephone (2448 System)
l Press INTERCOM. l Lift receiver (or press SPEAKER).l Dial Q 6. l Dial intercom extension
number or press intercom extension button.
If you make a call to an extension with a prearranged agreement, and the extension is busy or there
is no answer, l Dial Q 6. l Hang up. The message indicator at that extension will turn ON.
Remember, the other person must be someone with whom you have a message agreement. 
						

							nTurn off the Message Indicator at Another Telephone (308/616 System)
l Press INTERCOM. l Lift receiver (or press SPEAKER).l Dial # 6. l Dial intercom extension
number or press auto-dial button.
n Turn off the Message Indicator at Another Telephone (2448 System)
l Press INTERCOM. l Lift receiver (or press SPEAKER). l Dial # 6. l Dial intercom extension
number or press intercom extension button.
n Turn off Your Own Message Indicator
l Press INTERCOM. l Lift receiver (or press SPEAKER). l Dial # 6. l Hang up.
Change to Touch Tone
n Change to Touch Tone
If your local telephone service is pulse (rotary) dial, and you want to change to touch tone, l Press Q .
The change to touch tone will be cancelled when you hang up.
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							Do Not Disturb/Line Reserve
Do Not Disturb
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n Turn on Do Not Disturb
l Press INTERCOM. l Lift receiver (or press SPEAKER). l Dial Q 2. Your phone will not ring
for incoming calls, transferred calls, or manual signaling. The MUTE light will blink as a reminder
that you have turned on the DO NOT DISTURB feature.
n Turn off Do Not Disturb
l Press INTERCOM. l Lift receiver (or press SPEAKER). l Dial # 2.
Line Reserve
If you want to reserve a line that is busy, l Press
is free you will hear three short rings every fourline button without lifting the receiver. When the line
seconds for twelve seconds.
2448 System: If the line is not assigned to a button on your telephone, l Press INTERCOM.
l Lift receiver (or press SPEAKER). l Dial 8 l Dial two-digit line number (01 through 24).
When the line is free you will hear three short rings every four seconds for twelve seconds. 
						

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Privacy Release and Bridging
n Privacy Release
If your company is using the privacy feature, others cannot join your call without your permission.
If you want someone else to join your call, hold down the line button of your call while the person
joining the call presses the line button for that call on his/her telephone.
2448 System: If the call is on a line that is not on a line button on your telephone, hold down the
INTERCOM button on which you have accessed that line.
n Bridging (Joining a Call in Progress)
Press the line button of the call you want to join. If your company is using the privacy feature, the
person already on the call must press the button for that line while you press that line button on your
telephone.
2448 System: If the call is on a line that is not on a line button on your phone, l Press INTERCOM.
l Lift receiver (or press SPEAKER). l Dial Q 5. l Dial two-digit line number (01 through 24).
Switchhook Flash
n Switchhook Flash
Sometimes a feature provided by your local telephone company (or your PBX system) will require
a switchhook flash. An example of such a feature is call waiting. To send a switchhook flash,
l Press RECALL/DROP.
Privacy Release /Bridging /Switchhook Flash 
						

							Night Service/Auto Callback26
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Night Service
Turn on Night Service
l Press INTERCOM. l Lift receiver (or press SPEAKER). l Dial Q 4.
Turn off Night Service
l Press INTERCOM. l Lift receiver (or press SPEAKER). l Dial # 4.
Auto Callback (2448 System)
n Auto Callback (Intercom only)
If the intercom extension you called is busy or does not answer, l Dial Q 1. l Hang up. Your
telephone will ring with three short rings when the intercom extension you called is next hung up.
After you answer your telephone, the system will ring the other person. If you make a second auto
callback request, the first request will be canceled.
To cancel the auto-callback request, l Press INTERCOM. l Lift receiver (or press SPEAKER). l Dial # 1. 
						

							Intercom Call Forward (Follow Me-2448 System)
For more information about lntercom Call Forward, see the person in your company who main-
tains your system.
n Intercom Call Forward-follow Me
To forward incoming intercom calls to another telephone, l Press INTERCOM at any telephone.
l Lift receiver (or press SPEAKER). l Dial Q 3. l Dial intercom extension number or press intercom
extension button of telephone from which you want calls forwarded.
l Dial intercom extension number or press intercom extension button
calls forwarded.of telephone to which you want
To turn off Intercom Call Forward, l Press INTERCOM at telephone from which calls should no
longer be forwarded. 
l Lift receiver (or press SPEAKER). l Dial # 3.
Mute
Press MUTE during a call to turn on this feature. When the MUTE indicator light is on, the person at
the other end cannot hear you or the sound around you. The feature will mute either the receiver
or the speakerphone. Turn off by pressing the MUTE button again. The feature will automatically turn
off when you hang up, or when you change from speaker to receiver, or receiver to speaker.
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							Paging/Programmable Buttons
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Paging (308/616 System) Both paging features may be programmed on buttons numbered
26 and 27 on 24-button telephones.
n Page to All Intercom Extensions
l Press INTERCOM. l Lift receiver (or press SPEAKER). l Dial 61. Make announcement.
NOTE: Only one person may answer a pageto all intercom extensions. All other extensions
are disconnected from the page when someone answers.
n Loudspeaker Paging (For systems with optional public address system)
l Press INTERCOM. l Lift receiver (or press SPEAKER) l Dial 60. Make announcement.
Programmable Buttons (308/616 System, 24-button telephones only)
Buttons labeled 26 and 27 can be programmed by you (1) to manually signal another intercom
extension, or (2) for one of the paging features described above.
NOTE: To program buttons on telephone 10, the controller administration switch must be OFF.
n Programming Button for Manual Signal
l Press INTERCOM. l Lift receiver (or press SPEAKER). l Dial Q 0 (zero). l Dial intercom
extension number of telephone you want to signal. l Press button you want to program (button
26 or 27).