Comdial Non-LCD Telephone Reference Manual

2.4 Answering Night Transferred Calls
The system attendant can transfer incoming calls to a particular station or
stations for off-hour ringing. Additionally, the installer can program the
system for night-answer zones (up to four) with a loud bell associated
with each zone. The loud bell sounds when the night transfer of ringing
feature directs incoming calls to a zone. The installer may choose
different night-answer dialing codes than those default values detailed in
this procedure. When in doubt, ask...

2.5 Making A Call Pick-Up
Often, the installer arranges several telephones together in a user group.
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,
1. Lift handset and pressINTERCOM.
2. Dial#4.
3. Speak toward telephone to answer call. Lift handset if you...

2.6 Responding To A Subdued
Off-Hook Voice Announcement
Your installer can set your speakerphone to receive a Subdued Off-Hook
Voice Announcement (SOHVA). This feature allows an intercom caller
to break into your call by making an announcement through your handset
receiver. (This means that if you are on a speakerphone call, you cannot
receive a SOHVA call.) The distant party that you are currently talking to
cannot hear the announcement made by the SOHVA caller.
Please note that you can receive a SOHVA...

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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...