Comdial Scout 900MXS Cordless Telephone User Guide

							7.5 Making A Call Non-Private(Privacy Release)
It is often the case that telephones will share line appearance
for one or more lines. When one telephone is active on a line
that several other telephones share, the call is private (users at
the other telephones cannot join the conversation by pressing
the line button of the line being used). A situation may exist
where users want others to join an in-progress call. In this case,
they need a method to make the call non-private. If you have
this situation with your digital wireless telephone, ask your sys
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tem installer to assign aPRIVACY RELEASEbutton on your
telephone.
To release privacy from your telephone while on a call,
press preprogrammedPRIVACY RELEASEbutton.
The light associated with the PRIVACY RELEASE but
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ton will remain on steady when your telephone is in a
non-private mode.
Others who wish to join the call must press the active line but-
ton on their telephones. Privacy returns when the call is com-
pleted.
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							7.6 Monitoring A Conversation Between
Two Telephones
(Service Observing)
If your telephone provides the installer-programmed service
observing feature, you can use it to monitor an on-going con
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versation at another telephone in an undetected manner.
You may also make a SOHVA call to a station that you are ac
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tively monitoring thus enabling you to assist the station user
while you both listen to the distant party. To exercise this
SOHVA feature, your telephone must include an in
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staller-providedSOHVAbutton.
To monitor another station at any time,
lift handset and pressTALK(if necessary),
press intercom button (if necessary),
dial#03,
dial extension number of telephone to be monitored,
pressTALKto end monitoring.
To initiate a SOHVA while monitoring a station,
press preprogrammedSOHVAbutton.
make announcement (distant party to monitored station
will not hear your voice),
your SOHVA party can press MUTE to answer your call.
NOTE: The monitored station may not allow your SOHVA if it is in a
speakerphone mode; however, it will not block your SOHVA
while it is in an off-hook mode.
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							7.7 Muting Your Telephone
By using theMUTEbutton, you can block transmission of
your voice to the calling party. For example, if someone comes
into your office to talk to you and you do not want this conver
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sation to interrupt the distant party, press theMUTEbutton.
To mute your telephone,
press and holdMUTE(you can still hear the distant
party’s voice).
To speak to the calling party,
releaseMUTE.
7.8 Operating A Department Station
If your station is within a departmental group of stations, you
can place you station in either an off-duty or a wrap-up mode.
Off dutyis when you leave your station for an extended period
of time.Wrap upis when you need time after a call to complete
related paperwork but you will remain at your telephone. In
both cases, you calls will ring at another department station
while the feature is active. Your telephone must include a pre-
programmedDND(do not disturb) button if you need to exer-
cise this feature.
To switch between on duty and off duty,
press preprogrammedDNDbutton.
To switch between on duty and wrap up,
pressHOLD,
press preprogrammed DND button.
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							7.9 Sending A Paging Announcement
There are several ways to make a public announcement to all or
a portion of your location. Your system might be arranged with
an external paging unit that you access by pressing a line but
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ton or by dialing a special code. This unit sounds the an
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nouncement over an external speaker unit.
Your system may provide an all-call or a zone page feature that
you access by dialing special codes. This arrangement sounds
your voice announcement through the telephone speakers.
All-call sounds the announcement through all telephones, while
zone paging sounds it only through those telephones located in
a specific area. Check with your system administrator to deter
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mine the type of paging and access method that you should use.
You might want to use the procedure in section 9.6 of this
user’s guide to add anALL CALLorZONE PAGEbutton to
your telephone.
If your system provides an external paging unit,
lift handset and pressTALK(if necessary),
press intercom button (if necessary),
dial paging access number or push line button (if external
paging is on a line); if paging through auxiliary paging
port, dial89.
make announcement and hang up.
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							To page through station speakers,
lift handset and pressTALK(if necessary),
press intercom button (if necessary),
dial87for all call or dial84–86for individual paging
zones,
make announcement and either remain on line if awaiting
a reply (known as a “meet-me” page), or hang up.
NOTE: To guard against the annoying noise caused by audio feedback,
do not stand near a paging speaker while you deliver a page an
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nouncement.
To reply to a “meet-me” page,
hear page announcement,
lift handset and pressTALK(if necessary),
press intercom button (if necessary),
dial88,
meet paging party on line.
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							7.10 Setting A Do Not Disturb
Condition At Your Telephone
The do not disturb (DND) feature keeps calls from ringing at
your telephone and makes it appear to be busy to intercom
calls. If your telephone includes a installer-providedDNDbut
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ton, you have this feature. Generally, callers cannot override a
DND feature. They hear two quick tone bursts every two sec
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onds when they call a telephone with the DND feature enabled.
However, some telephones are programmed to override a do
not disturb condition set at another telephone.
To enable or disable the do not disturb condition at your tele
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phone,
press preprogrammedDNDbutton.
To override a do not disturb condition at another telephone,
make intercom call and hear DND tone,
dial
03(called party will hear several short tone bursts),
wait for a reply.
NOTE: When you override a Do Not Disturb condition at another sta-
tion, the condition remains disabled until that station user
re-enables it.
CAUTION
Remember, your telephone has a power saving feature that turns
off the display after a short period of time. Be sure that you do not
set and forget a DND condition. If you do, the blanked display will
hide the displayed DND reminder from your view thus leaving your
telephone in DND with out any visible reference.
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							7.11 Setting The Volume Control
Your telephone has a push-button volume control. This is a
multipurpose control that you can use to set the volume, or
loudness, of the ringer and the handset.
There are tworingerloudness levels and a vibrator position.
Set the level as follows:
while your telephone is idle, pressVOLUMEonce for
each ringer loudness change that you desire. The ringer
sounds once for each change as an example of the current
setting. When you reach the setting that causes no ringer
sound, you have reached the vibrator enable setting. The
display indicates “Ringer Off” at this setting. Your final
change becomes the new default setting and will result in
your telephone ringing at that level for all future calls (un
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til you change the default by repeating the procedure).
There are twohandsetloudness levels (also two levels on the
optional headset as well).
Set the volume level for the current call as follows:
while on a call, pressVOLUMEonce for each change in
loudness that you desire. (Be sure you are on a call when
you set handset receiver volume; otherwise, you may in-
advertently adjust your ringer level instead.)
7.12 Switching The Dialing
Mode Between Pulse And Tone
If your local telephone service is pulse (rotary dialing), your
telephone is arranged to dial in this manner (when programmed
to do so by the installer). If you need to send tones during a di-
aling sequence (e.g., to send bank-by-phone tones), you can
convert to tone while dialing. The system will switch back to
pulse dialing when you end your call. You can store a#as part
of an automatic dialing number to cause pulse-to-tone switch-
ing where needed.
To convert to tone dialing at any time during dialing or while
on an active call,
press#.
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							7.13 Using Automatic Station Relocation
If your telephone system provides this feature, you can move
your telephone to another digital station port and either keep
your old programming or accept the programming at the new
location.
To keep extension number and programming from old location,
connect base unit line cord to new station jack,
immediately pressHOLD.
NOTE: If you do nothing for several seconds, the system will automati
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cally select the old parameters.
To assume extension number and programming from new loca
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tion,
connect base unit line cord to new station jack,
immediately press#.
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							7.14 Using Toll Restriction Override
You can override one station’s toll restriction assignments with
your own toll restriction assignments by dialing an in
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staller-assigned four-digit toll restriction override (TRO) code
prior to dialing your desired number. (Ask your system atten
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dant for your TRO code.)When you dial the TRO code, the sys
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tem replaces the current station’s toll restriction requirements
with those that matches your home station. After entering a
TRO code at another station, you get your own prime line or
idle line preference and its accompanying toll restriction as
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signment. You then have 15 seconds to dial an outgoing call.
Once you have hung up from a call, you have 15 seconds to
make another without re-entering your TRO code. You can
transfer a TRO call and pick it up at another station with the
call now belonging to that station.
To use TRO at another station’s telephone,
press intercom button at that telephone,
dial

6,
dial you extension number,
dial your TRO code number
immediately dial outgoing number.
To clear the TRO code at another station’s telephone,
press intercom button at that telephone,
dial

6,
hang up telephone to end.
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							7.15 Using The Tracker Paging System
The Tracker Paging System option allows you to send call back
and parked call messages to Tracker pagers assigned to station
extension numbers.
Along with the parked call message, The system parks the call
in orbit for retrieval by the paged party. The type of message
that the system delivers (either alphanumeric or numeric-only)
is dependent upon the Tracker pager model in use at the station.
When outside callers call into a system that has both a Tracker
Paging option and a voice mail option installed, the system
gives these callers the option of either leaving a message or
tracking the person that they are calling.
If you have a Tracker pager assigned to your personal inter
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com number you can receive messages that someone else sends
you. The system automatically installs the Tracker pager for
your use; however, you can disable it when you do not wish to
receive paged messages and when you leave at the end of your
day. Of course, if you do disable your Tracker pager at the end
of your day, be sure to enable it at the beginning of your next
day.
To track a called party after receiving a ring—no answer,
make an intercom call to someone and receive no answer,
dial#01,
pressTALKto end.
To track a called party without first calling them,
lift handset and pressTALK(if necessary),
press intercom button (if necessary),
dial#01,
dial extension number,
pressTALKto hang up.
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