Comdial Impression Speakerphone And Monitor Telephone System Reference Guide

·Locating Your Speakerphone
— Place your speakerphone at least eight inches away from your
desk edge (the desktop helps to reverberate your voice into the
microphone).
— Do not place your speakerphone in a high-traffic area.
Background noise from voices and machines can inhibit the
speakerphone’s performance.
— Do not place anything directly beside or beneath your
speakerphone; objects in the speakerphone’s path may inhibit
the microphone’s operation.
·Using Your Speakerphone
— Speak directly into the...

1.4 Understanding What the Lights Mean
The lights on your telephone indicate the status of lines, features, and
intercom.
·Beside a Direct Station Select (DSS)/
Busy Lamp Field (BLF) button:
— Steady red = station is in use, or in Do Not Disturb.
— Flashing red = station is receiving a call or station is
calling you.
— Fluttering red = station-to-station messaging has been set.
·Beside a line button:
— Steady green = line is in use at your station.
— Steady red = line is in use at another station.
—...

·Beside the HOLD button:
— Flashing red = message awaits pick up.
— Fluttering red = automatic station relocation has been set.
·Beside the SPKR button:
— On steady (with telephone on hook and busy) = speakerphone
mode active.
— On steady (with telephone on hook and idle) = background
music turned on.
— On steady (with telephone off hook and busy) = group
listen is active.
·Beside the MUTE button:
— On steady = called party cannot hear your conversation.
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1.5 Understanding What the Rings Mean
— Two short rings = intercom call.
— Single longer ring = outside call.
— One short ring burst = voice announce.
— Three short ring bursts = ring back from a held call, callback
from a queued call.
You can vary the ringing tone of your telephone, choosing from one of
six different rings. This way, you can identify your ring even though you
may not be close to your telephone.
Additionally, so you won’t be disturbed when you’re busy on a call and
another call rings at...

Answering Calls
2.1 Answering Outside Calls
·To answer an outside call,
— press button of ringing line (flashing red light),
— 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
(flashing orange light).
2.2 Answering Intercom Calls
·To answer a voice call,
— speak toward the telephone,
— lift handset if privacy is desired.
NOTE: Voice calls can be blocked. See the discussion titledBlocking
Voice Announce...

2.3 Responding To A Subdued
Off-Hook Voice Announcement
Your telephone can be set up for Subdued Off-Hook Voice Announce
(SOHVA).
This feature allows an intercom caller to break into your outside call
with an announcement through your handset or headset receiver.
A Subdued Off-Hook Voice Announce consists of several short tone
bursts and then an announcement in the handset receiver. The distant
party cannot hear the announcement.
·You can respond to SOHVA in one of two ways:
— verbally: press and...

2.4 Using Call Pickup
Often, several telephones are arranged together in a user group by the
system installer. If your telephone is so arranged, you can answer calls
that are ringing at other stations within your particular group. Also, you
can answer a call that is ringing at any telephone in the system if you
know the telephone’s extension number.
·To answer a call that is ringing within your group,
— lift handset,
— pressITCM,
—dial#4,
—talk.
·To answer a call that is ringing at any telephone in the...

2.6 Using 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, the DSS light will go out.
PressTA Pif you need to retrieve the call from hold.
Answering Calls
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Making Calls
3.1 Calling Outside The System,
·To dial an outside call manually,
— press button to select line or select line group
(see section 3.11),
— listen for dial tone,
— dial number,
— lift handset to talk when party answers.
NOTE: Selecting a line is not necessary if the installer assigned a
prime line to your telephone; simply lift handset and listen for
dial tone before making a call.
·For automatic dialing,
— press the pre-programmed button of the number you wish to
dial and lift handset to...

3.2 Calling Intercom Numbers
You can manually dial intercom calls or use a pre-programmed DSS
button. You may make an intercom call that causes your voice to sound
out at the called station, or you may make a call that causes the called
telephone to ring; however, a called party can set a voice-announce block
condition to prevent all voice-announce calls (in which case the
telephone would always ring).
(The following instructions assume a tone-first default setting. Any user
can change a call to voice...