Comdial Large Screen Speakerphone Reference Manual

Making Calls
3.1 Dialing Manually
You can manually dial a number over any telephone line you select. Or,
if the installer assigned a prime line or the idle line preference feature to
your LCD speakerphone, it will automatically select a line for use when
you lift the handset.
·To dial an outside number manually,
1. Press line button to select line (remember: selecting a line is not
necessary if a prime line or idle line preference feature is assigned
to your telephone and if you lift the handset or...

3.2 Dialing Automatically
This feature provides one- or two-button speed dialing using
programmable buttons at which you have previously stored numbers.
Two levels of number storage are available at each storage location, and
you can use one or both levels as needed. Further, since you usually store
a line choice as part of a speed dial number, line selection is automatic
with speed dialing. This user’s guide discusses button programming in a
separate section. Refer to it when you are ready to store...

3.3 Using Dial By Name
The Dial By Name feature provides an index of names you can search.
When you select a name in the index, the system will automatically dial
that person’s extension number.
·To use Dial By Name,
1.
PressOPTIONS, then select eitherINTERNAL DIAL BY
NAMEbutton for intercom calling, orEXTERNAL DIAL BY
NAMEbutton for speed dial calling.
2. The display shows several letters beside each interactive button.
3. Press the button next to the letter of the person’s name whom you
wish to call....

3.4 Redialing A Previously Dialed Number
If the last number you have called is busy or is not answering, you can
redial it once or initiate automatic redialing. The system will support
automatic redialing for up to 10 numbers.
You can permanently save the first 16 digits of the last manually dialed
number while on the call by pressingMOREthen pressing theSAVE
interactive button or by using aSAVED NUMBER REDIALbutton
that you or your system installer has preprogrammed.
If a distant party tells you an...

3.4.2 Using The Automatic Redial Feature
If your station has the multiple automatic redial feature enabled, you can
place up to 10 numbers in your telephone’s redial queue. Your telephone
will redial the numbers one at a time, in the order you placed them in the
queue, until (a) the call is answered, (b) you cancel the automatic redial
feature for a particular number, or (c) your telephone has dialed the
number a preprogrammed number of times (set by your system installer).
·To use the automatic redial...

·To interrupt the redialing procedure so that you can scroll through
numbers in your redial queue,
NOTE: You can only do this if the multiple automatic redial numbers
feature is enabled and you currently have more that one
number in your redial queue.
1. While your telephone is in the process of dialing a number, press
theAUTO REDIALbutton. This treats the number as answered,
cancels automatic redialing for that number, and puts the number
back in the automatic redial queue.
The display shows the last...

3.4.3 Storing Numbers For Redial
·To permanently store a number you’ve just dialed,
1.
While the number is still ringing, press theMOREbutton, then
pressSAVE.
2. Select anunusedprogrammable button location.
·To dial the saved number,
1. Press button where you saved the number.
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3.5 Using Line Groups
Some systems have telephone lines arranged into line groups. These line
groups are available at each telephone. Your attendant can tell you how
your system is arranged. When line groups are available for your use,
you may access them for outside calling instead of pressing a line button
to select an individual line for use.
·If your system has line groups, access them as follows:
1.
PressINTERCOM.
2. Dial desired line group access code:*
9=line group 1
80through89 =line groups 2...

3.6 Waiting For A Line (Queuing)
If all the lines in a line group are busy, you can place your telephone in a
queue to await an idle line. When you share a line with another telephone
and the line is busy, you can place your telephone in a queue to await the
idle line.
·To queue for a line group,
1.
PressINTERCOM.
2. Dial the line group access code.
3. Hear busy tone.
4.
DialS6.
·If you have line appearance for a particular line and wish to queue for
it,
1. Note the busy status light (LED).
2....

3.7 Making Intercom Calls
You can dial an intercom extension manually from the dial pad or
automatically using a direct station select (DSS) button that you have
previously programmed. There are two methods for making an intercom
call. One causes the called telephone to ring. The other causes your voice
to sound out at the called telephone. Your installer can set the system to
deliver either tone-first or voice-first calling.
Keep in mind that whatever the system setting, a called party can set a
voice...