Comdial Express 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 q: 
l Your ringing line is your prime line, or 
l Your telephone has ringing line preference. 
Intercom Calls 
To answer a voice call, 
l Speak toward the telephone. 
l 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 tone...

Call Pickup (continued) 
You can answer a call that is ringing at any telephone if you know 
the extension of the ringing telephone, 
l Lift handset. 
l Press @. 
l Dial a (46;>. 
l Dial extension number of ringing telephone. 
Night Transfer 
After you set up the night transfer feature, an outside call can be 
answered from any station within the system. 
l Press ITcu 
0 when you hear ringing. 
l Dial @@. 
* Answer call. 
Off-Hook Voice Announce 
Your telephone can be set up for either a Secure Off-Hook...

Off-Hook Voice Announce (continued) 
A SOHVA consists of both several short tone bursts and an 
announcement in the handset receiver. The distant party cannot 
hear the announcement. To respond: 
l Verbally: Press and hold MUTE button down and reply 
by speaking into handset. Distant party cannot hear 
response. 
l Non-verbally: If the announcing station has an LCD 
speakerphone, pressing a preprogrammed message 
response button causes a message to appear in their dis- 
play and disconnects the...

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Making Calls 
Outside Calls 
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 lif your handset a line is 
automatically selected. 
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For automatic dialing, just press the programmed but- 
ton and lift handset to talk. 
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If your system has line groups, 
l Press rTCM . 0 
l 
Dial line group...

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. 
l Press 
0. ITCY 
0 Dial the line group access code (9,81,82,83). 
0 Hear busy tone. 
0 
Dial a @ and hang up. When line group is free, 
your telephone ringer will sound five short tone bursts.. 
l Lift handset, hear dial tone, and place call. i 
To cancel queuing, 
- 
l Press w. 
. 
Dial a @ and hang up. 
Intercom Calls 
Intercom calls may be dialed manually or, using a...

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

Automatic Callback 
If the intercom station you have called is busy, you can queue to 
the busy telephone. 
1. 
2. 
3. Dial 6 @ when you hear a busy signal. 
Hang up. Your telephone will ring with five short tone 
bursts when the one you called becomes idle. 
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@=@. 
2. Hang up. 
Automatic Dialing 
This is one- or two-button...

Automatic Redialing (continued) 
If called station is busy, 
l Press auto redial button to begin redial cycle immediately. 
(ITCM light flashes.) 
To cancel automatic redial, 
l Press auto redial button or lift and replace handset, or press 
any station button. (ITCM light goes out.) 
NOTE: Using your telephone cancels auto redial. 
Speed Dialing 
Speed dialing is autodialing using the keypad buttons. Station 
numbers are personal numbers, i.e., business associates, travel 
agencies, etc., that are used...