NEC Portrait 308/824 Multibutton Telephone Feature Handbook

extension can make a voice announced Intercom call over the speaker
of both executive extensions. The users at the executive extensions
can reply Handsfree and all three parties can talk. 
Tired of always reaching for the handset or cradling it under your chin
while you type? Install a headset and enable Headset Operation
(page 36). 
Personalizing Your Telephone
If your system is a Portrait 824,
when you need to cover up noise
in your office that might be dis-
tracting to your work, turn on
Background...

Your Multibutton Phone
Volume/Contrast
Control
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Clear Check
Line keys
One-touch keys
Feature
Last Number Dial
Message Waiting lamp
Room Monitor lamp
Intercom
Dial Control
Transfer
Flash
Speaker
Do Not Disturb/ConferenceHold
Microphone MuteMicrophone Handset
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Account Codes
Account Codes are codes you enter that help keep track of outside
calls. There are two types of Account Codes: Optional and Forced.
With optional codes, the Account Codes you enter are solely for cate-
gorizing your calls. For example, if you work in an accounting firm
that must bill back customers for time on the phone, Optional Account
Codes are for you. Forced Account Codes also let you categorize calls,
but you must enter one before placing outgoing calls. If you dont
enter the code,...

1.Press . 
2. Press  . 
If programmed as a One-Touch key,
press the One-Touch key instead. 
3. Dial  to set the first alarm or dial
to set the second alarm. 
4. Dial time in terms of a 24-hour clock. 
For example, dial 1545 for 3:45 PM. 
5. Dial  . 
6. To hang up, press  . 
1. Press  .
2. Press  . 
3. Dial  to check the first alarm or
dial  to check the second alarm. 
4. Press  .
1. Press  .
To stop the alarm
tone:
To check an alarm
setting:
To set an alarm at a
display keyset:
Alarm Clock
10...

1. Press  . 
2. Press  . 
If programmed as a One-Touch key,
press the One-Touch key instead. 
3. Dial  to cancel the first alarm or
dial  to cancel the second alarm. 
4. Dial  . 
5. To hang up, press  .
Background Music (Portrait 824 only)
Background Music (BGM) sends music from an FM receiver, tape
deck or CD player your company provides to the speaker in your tele-
phone. This helps give you a pleasant working environment. The
Background Music plays whenever your phone is idle.
1. Do not lift handset....

2 = Call Forward When Unanswered
Forwarded only if the call is unanswered. 
3 = Call Forward When Busy / Unanswered
Forwarded only when the extension is busy or unanswered. 
Call Forwarding will reroute all calls, including calls transferred from
another extension. You must enable Call Forwarding from your phone. 
Executive Call Forwarding
This feature allows two extensions to be specially paired for the pur-
pose of forwarding calls. The extension designated as the executive
can forward its incoming...

3 = Call Forward When Busy /
Unanswered
- Forwarded only when the extension is
busy or unanswered.
-Listen for: one short beep as confirma-
tion of procedure or one long beep
indicating call cannot be forwarded to
that extension.
- Note: If no code is entered, all calls
forward immediately to the destination
extension. 
5. Press  .
1. Press  .
2. Press  twice.
3. Press  .
1. Press  at the executives extension.
1. Press  twice at the executives
extension. 
To cancel Executive
Call Forward:
To activate...

Call Parking (Portait 824 Only) 
Call Parking allows you to place an outside call in a waiting state
(called a Park orbit) so that any other keyset extension within the
same Park group may pick it up. After parking the call, you can Page
the person receiving the call and hang up. The paged party just presses
the Park key from any extension within the same Park group to pick
up the call. This is also useful when transferring a call to a keyset that
does not have a line appearance on their phone for that...

while on a call. You can also time Intercom calls or use the idle tele-
phone as a stopwatch.
1. Press to start timing.
2. Press  again to stop
timing.
3. Press  to return to the date and
time.
Call Waiting (Camp On)
After you call a busy extension, use Call Waiting to wait in line (i.e.,
Camp On) without hanging up. When you Camp On, the system sig-
nals the busy user indicating that you are waiting. Your call goes
through when the busy extension becomes free.
Call Waiting also helps when you are on the...

Caller ID
Caller ID allows a display keyset to show an incoming caller’s tele-
phone number and/or name with the time and date on the phone’s
display. The caller’s information can be checked before answering an
incoming call. The information received by the system depends upon
the capabilities of your local telco.
There are two types of Caller ID message formats currently available:
Single Message Format and Multiple Message Format. With Single
Message Format, the telco sends only the caller’s phone...