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Choosing a line using a line button
You have one line button for each line assigned to your 
telephone. Press the line button to select the line you want to 
answer or use to make a call. Having several line buttons 
allows you immediate access to more than one line. 
The M7100 and T7100 sets each have two intercom paths 
which are used instead of line buttons to answer and make 
calls. Each set can be assigned two lines. You can...

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Line pools
A line pool is a group of external lines that can be shared by 
many telephones. You can use a line in a line pool to make an 
external call.
The MICS system can have 15 line pools, and a telephone can 
be programmed to access any number of them.
A line pool access code is a number you dial to get a line pool. 
The access code can be up to four digits long. You can have 
several different line pools for your system, each...

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Programming a memory button with a line pool feature code
When you program a button with the line pool feature code, 
you must enter a line pool access code after the feature code. 
The programmed line pool button accesses a specific line pool, 
not the line pool feature. See Programming feature buttons on 
page 139 for more information.
If you program a button with an indicator to access a line pool, 
when all the lines in a line...

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The dialing modes feature code cannot be programmed onto a 
memory button.
Using Standard dial
Standard dial allows you to make a call by selecting a line and 
dialing the number. If you have a prime line, it is selected 
automatically when you lift the receiver or press the button 
labeled Handsfree/mute.
You cannot use Standard dial on an M7100 or a T7100 set 
unless you pick up the receiver first. If you have this type of 
set, use...

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When the internal number you have called is busy
There are a couple of methods you can use if the set you are 
calling is currently busy.
Priority Call
If you get a busy signal or a Do Not Disturb message when you 
call someone in your office, you can interrupt them. Use this 
feature for urgent calls only.
Making a priority call
1. Press ²ßá. 
2. Wait for a connection, then speak.
A person who receives a priority call while on...

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does nothing, the priority call feature puts their active call, 
including conference parties, on Exclusive Hold and connects 
your call. 
Giving a telephone the ability to make priority calls
You need the programming template found at the front of this 
guide. See Getting started with Norstar on page 13 for more 
information.
1. Press ²¥¥ÛßßÜÝÝ.
2. Press ÛÜßÝß (the default System Coordinator 
password).
3. Press ≠ and enter the...

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You can make a priority call only while your telephone 
displays:
Using Ring Again
Use Ring Again when you call someone on your Norstar 
system and their telephone is busy or there is no answer. Ring 
Again can tell you when they hang up or next use their 
telephone. You can use Ring Again to tell you when a busy 
line pool becomes available.
Turning on Ring Again
1. Press ²Û before you hang up. 
Using Ring Again cancels any previous...

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Displays
You cannot use Ring Again on your current 
call. You can only use Ring Again while you 
have a busy signal on an internal call or line 
pool request, or while an internal call is 
ringing.
Press Y ES to use Ring Again. Press NO if you 
prefer to send a message.
Can't ring again
Ring Again?
YES NO EXIT 

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Time savers for making calls
Storing a number on a memory button for Autodial
You can program memory buttons for one-touch dialing of 
internal or external telephone numbers. 
Buttons used for lines, answer or Handsfree/Mute cannot be 
used as autodial buttons.
If the power to your Norstar system is off for more than three 
days, autodial numbers, and some other system programming, 
may be lost from the memory.
Adding an autodial button
Use these...

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Choosing a line for Autodial
To include a line selection for an external number, press the 
line or intercom button before you enter the number. To select 
a line pool, press a programmed line pool button, or press the 
button labelled Intercom and enter a line pool access code.
If you select a line before pressing the autodial button, the call 
goes out on the line you have selected instead of the line that 
is part...