Comdial Americom Digital Telephone System Instructions Manual

What the Lights Mean 
The lights on your telephone let you know the status of lines, 
features and the intercom. 
Next to a DSS/BLF button: 
Steady red = station is in use. 
Flashing red = station is receiving a call. 
Fast flashing red = station-to-station messaging has been set. 
Next to a line button: 
Steady green = this is your line, either on-hook or off-hook, 
when the line is active. 
Flashing green = your line is on hold. 
Faster flashing green = your line has been recalled from hold. 
Steady...

Using Your Telephone 
Answering Calls 
Outside Calls 
To answer, 
l Press button of ringing line (flashing red light). 
l Lift handset to talk. 
NOTE: Pressing a button is not necessary if: 
* Your ringing line is your prime line, or 
. Your telephone has ringing line preference. 
Intercom Calls 
To answer a voice call, 
l Speak toward the telephone. 
* Lift handset if privacy is desired. 
NOTE: Voice calls can be blocked. See the discussion titled Voice An- 
nounce Blocking for details. 
To. answer a...

Call Pickup (continued) 
You can answer a call that is ringing at any telephone if you know 
the extension of the Tinging telephone, 
l Lift handset. 
l Press lTCM . 
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l Dial 3 @. 
l Dial extension number of ringing telephone. 
Night Transfer 
After the attendant sets up the night transfer feature, an outside 
call can be answered from any station within the system. 
l Press rTCM 
. 
8 when you hear tinging. 
Dial 8~ @. 
e Answer call. 
Secure Off-Hook Voice Announce 
Your. telephone can be set up for...

Station Monitoring 
If your station is set up for station monitoring, when a BLF light 
flashes (indicating station ringing), you can pick up the call by 
pressing the DSS button. 
However, after you answer the call and either put it on HOLD or 
begin to transfer it, the DSS light will go out. 
Press TAP 
0 if you have to retrieve the call. 
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Making Calls 
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To dial outside calls manually, 
l Press button to select line. 
l Listen for dial tone. 
l Dial number. 
When party answers, 
l Lift handset to talk. 
NOTE: Selecting a line is not necessary if a prime line has been as- 
signed to a telephone, i.e., when you li$t your handset a line is 
automatically selected. 
ton and lift handset to talk. 
If your system has line groups, 
l Press lTCM . 
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* Dial line group access code 
9 = line group 1 
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81= line group 2 
82 = line...

Outside Calls (continued) 
If all the lines in the group are busy, you can place your station in 
a queue to await an idle line. 
Press lTcM , 0 
Dial the line group access code (9,81, S2,83). 
Hear busy tone. 
Dial (*‘, @ and hang up. When line group is free, 
your telephone ringer will sound five short tone bursts.. 
Lift handset, hear dial tone, and place call.  0 
cancel queuing, 
l Press 
0. 
ITCM 
l 
Dial a @ and hang up. 
Intercom Calls 
Intercom calls may be dialed manually or, using a programmed...

Intercom Calls (continued) 
To rone call manually, 
l Lift handset. 
l Press rTCM . 
0 
l Dial extension number. 
l Press lTCM 
0 again. Called telephone will ring. 
NOTE: Some systems may be set up to tone signal as the first option. 
Pressing ITCM a second time is not necessary in this case. 
To tone call automatically (DSS), 
l Lift handset. 
l Press DSS button. 
l Press rTCM . 
0 When intercom party answers, two-way 
conversation can take place. 
Secure Off-Hook Voice Announce 
To make a voice...

Automatic Callback 
If the intercom station you have called is busy, you can queue to 
the busy telephone. 
1. Dial & @ when you hear a busy signal. 
2. Hang up. Your telephone will ring with five short tone 
bursts when the one you called becomes idle. 
3. After you lift the handset, the telephone you called will 
ring. If you don’t lift the handset, the callback is cancelled. 
To cancel automatic callback before it rings: 
1. Press@a@. 
2. Hang up. 
Automatic Dialing (Autodial) 
This is one- or...

Speed Dialing (continued) 
To speed dial station numbers if on-hook, 
l Dial the keypad number (0 through 9) you have 
programmed into your telephone. 
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If off-hook and on a line, :. 
l Press HoLD . 
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l Press the keypad digit (0 through 9). 
To speed dial system numbers if on-hook, 
l Press * . 
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l Dial the memory location numbers (01 through 99) you 
have programmed into the system. 
If off-hook and on a line, 
l Press HoLD . 
0 
l 
Dial a plus the memory location digits 
(01 through 99). 
Last...

Saved Number Redialing 
The first 16 digits of the last manually dialed number can be saved 
for later redial. 
To save the number, 
l Press button preprogrammed for this purpose. 
To dial a saved number, 
l Lift handset. 
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Press @ , then press preprogrammed button. 
NOTE: You can store only one 16-digit number at a time. 
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