Comdial Scout 900MXS Cordless Instruction Manual

2.5 Making A Call Pick-Up
Often, the system installer arranges several telephones together
in a user group. If your digital wireless telephone is so ar
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ranged, 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 tele
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phone’s extension number.
To answer a call that is ringing within your group,
lift handset and pressTALK(if necessary),
press intercom button (if necessary),...

2.6 Responding To A Subdued
Off-Hook Voice Announcement
Your installer can arrange your telephone to receive a subdued
off-hook voice announcement (SOHVA) call. This calling
method allows an intercom caller to break into your current call
and make an announcement to you that only you can hear
through your handset receiver. The SOHVA call consists of
several short tone bursts followed by the SOHVA caller’s voice
giving you a message. Your distant on-line party cannot hear
the SOHVA call.
If your installer...

To respond verbally to a SOHVA call,
hear the SOHVA voice announcement,
press and hold the installer-programmedSOHVAbutton
and speak into your handset (your distant party cannot
hear your response),
release theSOHVAbutton after your response, and re
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turn to the distant party.
To send an LCD message to a caller who has initiated a
SOHVA call from an LCD speakerphone,
hear the SOHVA voice announcement,
press the appropriate fixedRESPONSE MESSAGEbut
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ton to send a preselected message (I Will Call...

Making Calls
3.1 Using Chapter Three
When you wish to make a call, you must press the TALK but
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ton to make the handset active and then select a line or the in
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tercom. After you press TALK, the display provides you with
several pieces of information. The display first shows theAc
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quiring Linkmessage. If the telephone can complete your call,
the display then shows the line you have selected. If your tele
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phone cannot complete the call, the display shows a message
detailing the reason (for example,...

3.2 Dialing Automatically
This feature provides speed dialing using programmable but
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tons where you have previously stored numbers. since you usu
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ally store a line choice as part of a speed dial number, line
selection is automatic with speed dialing. This user’s guide dis
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cusses speed dial programming in a separate section, and you
should refer to it when you are ready to store your speed dial
numbers.
The system makes two types of speed dial numbers available at
the dial pad location for your use:...

To automatically dial a memory location number using the
MEMO button,
lift handset and pressTALK(if necessary),
press line button to select line or intercom (remember: se
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lecting a line is not necessary if a prime line, prime inter
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com, or idle line preference feature is assigned to your
telephone),
listen for dial tone,
pressMEMO,
dial memory location01–20.
3.3 Dialing Manually
You can manually dial a number over any available telephone
line or intercom you select. Or, if the installer assigned...

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. The system temporarily saves the first
16 digits of this last manually dialed number for your redial
use.
You will overwrite a temporary system-saved number with sub
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sequent dialing activity. If you have need to permanently save
the first 16 digits of the last manually dialed number for later
redial, ask your system installer about programing steps that he
or she can take to...

listen for outside dial tone,
dial desired number,
listen for called party to answer.
3.6 Waiting For A Line(Queuing)
If all the lines in a line group are busy, you can place your tele
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phone 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,
lift handset and press TALK (if necessary),
press button to select intercom (if necessary),
dial the desired line...

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, although all systems have
tone-first as the default condition.
Keep in mind...