Comdial Non-LCD Station Users Guide

Making Calls
3.1 Making Calls
The 8212N and 8112N telephones require that you lift the handset before
performing any operations with the telephone. When using the 8212S,
8112S, and 8124S, however, you may do one of three things in order to
use the telephone: lift the handset, press theINTERCOMbutton, or
press theSPEAKERbutton.
3.2 Dialing Automatically
The Automatic Dialing feature provides one- or two-button speed dialing
using programmable buttons with stored numbers. Two levels of number
storage are...

·To automatically dial a speed dial number stored at one of the
programmable buttons on your station (8112N and 8212N),
1. Lift handset and pressTA P.
2. Press preprogrammed speed dial button (line selection is usually a
part of the stored speed dial number),
—OR—
pressSHIFTbutton, then press preprogrammed button (to choose
a number stored as a second choice at that button).
With your station idle, you can automatically dial a personal or system
speed dial number stored at a dial pad location.
·To speed...

3.3 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 speakerphone, it will automatically select a line for use when you
lift the handset.
·To dial an outside number manually,
1. Lift handset or press line button and dial number.
3.4 Redialing A Previously Dialed Number
The systemtemporarilysaves the first 16 digits of the last manually
dialed number for your redial use—if the last...

·To later redial the saved number,
1. Lift handset or press line button.
2. PressSAVE NUMBER REDIALbutton (system automatically
dials the number that you saved earlier).
3.4.1 Using The Automatic Redial Feature
(8124S, 8112S and 8212S only)
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...

·To interrupt the redialing procedure so that you can use your
telephone to make a call,
NOTE: You can only do this if the suspend automatic redial feature is
enabled.
1. While your telephone is in the process of dialing a number, press
theAUTOMATIC REDIALbutton twice. This treats the number
as answered, and then puts the number back in the automatic redial
queue.
·To cancel the automatic redial feature,
NOTE: You can only do this if the suspend automatic redial feature is
disabled or while the telephone...

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. Lift handset or pressINTERCOM.
2. Dial the line group access code.
3. DialS6.
·If you have line appearance for a particular line and wish to
queue for it,
1. Note the busy status light (LED).
2. Lift handset...

(The following instructions assume a tone-first default setting. Any user
can change a call to voice announce signaling by pressing the
INTERCOM button again after dialing the extension number or by
pressing the DSS button again.)
·To manually cause the other telephone to ring,
1. Lift handset or pressINTERCOM.
2. Dial extension number (called telephone will ring).
·To tone call automatically,
1. PressDSSbutton (called telephone will ring).
(The following instructions assume a voice-first default...

3.8 Camping On At A Busy Station
And Waiting For An Automatic Callback
If you call another station and receive a busy tone or a Do Not Disturb
tone, you can press a button that will cause the system to ring your
telephone when the station is available. This is called “camping on at a
station.” Please note that you can camp on to only one station at a time.
·To camp on at any busy station,
1. DialS6when you hear a busy tone.
2. Hang up the handset. When the station you called becomes
available, your...

3.9 Camping On At An Idle Station
And Waiting For An Automatic Callback
If you call another station and hear ringing but receive no answer, you
can press a button that will cause the system to ring your telephone when
any activity is initiated at that station.
·To camp on at a station for which you hear ringing but receive no
answer,
1. DialS6and hang up the handset. Callback will occur after any
activity is initiated at dialed station. You may cancel the camp-on
condition at any time by...

3.10 Camping On At A Busy Station And
Waiting For An Answer (Call Waiting)
If the telephone you have called is busy, you can send a call-waiting tone
to the telephone and wait on the line for an answer (you must be using
the handset for this feature to work).
·To activate call waiting when you hear a busy tone,
1. DialS6(called party hears tone).
2. Wait on line for reply.
Called party can place the current call on hold or disconnect from the
call to answer your call-waiting tone, or choose to ignore...