Comdial Non-LCD Telephone Reference Manual

Speakerphone User Guidelines
•Both parties cannot talk at the same time. You must wait for silence
out of your loudspeaker before talking. You must stop talking to hear
the other party.
•Background noise may prevent the sound-activated switches from
operating properly. Avoid placing the speakerphone where it will
detect sounds from typewriters, keyboards, printers, paging systems,
and other equipment.
•Speak slightly louder than normal and with a clear, authoritative
tone. For the microphone to best...

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SPEAKER MESSAGE
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Message Button*
TAP Button*
Transfer/Conference Button*
Speaker Button*
Mute Button*
Hold Button*
Dialpad* Line Buttons,
DSS/BLF Buttons
Programmable Buttons
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Volume Down
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Microphone Opening
Intercom Button*
*NOTE: These are default button locations.
Your system installer may have reprogrammed
these buttons to better suit your needs.
8212S Speakerphone...

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Volume Down
Line Buttons,
DSS/BLF Buttons,
Programmable Buttons
Handset
Microphone
Opening
Volume Up
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1.4 Knowing Your Telephone’s Functions
Your telephone provides many versatile features for your use. These
features are explained in terms of what they allow you to do. Refer to
section 1.5Understanding What The Lights Meanfor information about
the lights associated with your telephone’s buttons.
Hold Button
•Places a line or intercom call on hold.
•Stores pauses in number sequences during programming.
Intercom Button
•Selects an intercom path.
•Allows you to initiate many of the telephone’s features....

pressing this button and turning the shift light on before storing or
automatically dialing a speed dial number from the second tier.
Speaker (not available on 8112N and 8212N)
•Sounds distant party’s voice.
•Sounds ringing and call-in-progress tones.
Speaker Button (not available on 8112N and 8212N)
•Turns your speaker on or off.
•Disconnects a call when you are on a handsfree call.
•Ends or cancels programming.
TAP Button
•Recalls dial tone or generates a hookflash.
•Retrieves held calls or last call...

1.5 Understanding What The Lights Mean
The lights (LEDs) on your telephone indicate the status of lines, features,
and intercoms.
Next to a Direct Station Select (DSS) button:
Steady red = station is in use.
Flashing red = station is receiving a call.
Winking red = message-waiting light set for you by station associated
with that DSS button.
Next to a line button:
Steady green = this is your line, either on-hook (in a handsfree mode)
or off-hook, when the line is active.
Steady red = another station is...

On steady (with telephone on hook and idle) = background music is
turned on.
Flashing = feature programming is in progress.
Above the MUTE button:
On steady = called party cannot hear your conversation.
Above the SHIFT button:
On steady = shift mode is activated to allow access to second level
speed dial numbers programmed at DSS button locations.
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1.6 Adjusting The Telephone Pedestal
(Models 8212S and 8212N only)
Your telephone has an adjustable pedestal to allow you to select the most
comfortable viewing angle. When you receive the telephone, the pedestal
is in its lowest position—flush against the pedestal.
·To adjust the pedestal,
1. Grasp the rear of the pedestal base firmly with one hand while
lifting the rear portion of the telephone upward with your other
hand
2. While pivoting the telephone upward with one hand, pivot the
telephone...

Answering Calls
2.1 Answering Outside Calls
A call that rings on an outside line will sound long, single-tone bursts
and will light the line status light. If the installer enabled ringing line
preference at your station, an orange light flashes next to the line that
your station will answer when you lift the handset; a red light will flash
for any other ringing line.
·When you hear outside ringing and observe a flashing light,
answer the call as follows:
1. Lift handset or press line button and speak...

2.3 Answering Calls At Monitored Stations
Your telephone may have the personal intercom number of another
telephone appearing at a button location. You can use the light associated
with this button to monitor the status of that telephone, and you can press
the button to make a call to that telephone if you wish. The associated
light is known as the Busy Lamp Field (BLF) light, and the button is
known as the Direct Station Select (DSS) button.
If the installer arranged for your telephone to have the...