Telrad Digital Executive Set And Executive Set With Display User Guide

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DN buttons may be programmed in three different modes:
•
ringing mode - the telephone rings and the DN button 
flashes green when a call is received.
•
flashing mode - the DN button flashes green when a 
call is received, but there is no ringing.
•
delayed ringing mode - a call rings first at another sta-
tion or group of stations, for a programmed length of 
time, before beginning to ring at your station.
Outside line buttons
One or more of the buttons on your telephone may be 
associated with either specific lines or outside line groups. 
To access a line for dialing outside the system, press an 
outside line button.
Floating buttons
Calls on outside lines for which no button has been 
defined, may be associated with a button just for the dura-
tion of the call. These buttons are called floating buttons.
NOTE
Some of the access codes in your system may 
be different from those indicated here. If so, see 
your System Administrator for the correct codes.
SWITCHING FROM HANDSET 
TO HANDSFREE OPERATION
During a call conducted via the handset:
1. Press
 [SPKR].
2. Replace the handset and talk via the telephone set 
microphone. 
						

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DISTINCTIVE RINGING
You can program telephone sets located close to each 
other with distinctive rings, to enable you to identify which 
telephone is ringing. Nine different rings are available.
To change the ring for your telephone set
1. Press
 [*] and
 [#] simultaneously.
2. Press one of the dialpad buttons (
[1] - [9]).
When you hear the ring that you want:
3. Press
 [#].
4. Lift and replace the handset.
Your telephone set reinitializes and all telephone rings 
(internal, external, recall, etc.) sound with the distinctive 
ring selected. 
						

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MUTE
If you want to talk to someone in your office during a call, 
without the connected party hearing, you can disable the 
handset or telephone set microphone.
To enable or disable the microphone 
(MUTE)
•Press
 [MUTE] during a conversation.
To enable or disable 
the handset microphone (HANDSET MUTE)
During a handset call:
• Press the 
HS MUTE button (if programmed).
NOTE
If your station is Single Audio Path (SAP), pressing 
[MUTE] deactivates both microphones. 
ALLOWING OTHER PEOPLE TO HEAR 
YOUR CONVERSATION (SPEAKER MONITOR)
While you are speaking through the handset, the conversa-
tion can be directed through your telephone speaker, so 
that people in your vicinity can hear the other end of the 
conversation.
1. Press
 [FEAT].
2. Press
 [SPKR].
The
 [SPKR] button indicator turns on.
Both you and the other party are heard via the speaker. 
						

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HOT DIALPAD
The hot dialpad enables you to dial and activate features 
without lifting the handset or pressing 
[SPKR] first.
NOTE
The instructions in this guide assume that you 
have hot dialpad capability. 
						

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INTERNAL CALLS
To place a non-ringing call
• Dial the extension number.
To place a ringing call
1. Dial the Tone access code
 [1].
2. Dial the extension number.
IF THE EXTENSION YOU CALLED 
IS BUSY (CALLBACK)
When you dial an extension and hear busy tone, you can 
activate the Callback feature:
1. Press
 [CB/QUE].
2. Hang up.
When the called extension becomes available, your tele-
phone rings.  Then:
3. Press
 [SPKR] or lift the handset.
You hear the called extension ringing.
To cancel Callback
• Press 
[CB/QUE] again.
BARGE INTO A CONVERSATION
Depending on system programming, you may be able to 
break into another conversation.
When you dial an extension and hear busy tone:
1. Press 
[FEAT].
2. Dial the BARGE IN access code (
[2][4]).
A warning tone is heard by all parties, depending on 
system programming. 
						

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PAGE CALLS
You can make announcements through an external page 
unit, or through the speakers of all DIGITAL telephones in a 
page zone.
1. Lift the handset.
2. Press
 [FEAT].
3. Dial the PAGE zone access code (
[4][1] - [4][8]).
After the double tone burst:
4. Make your announcement.
To speak directly with a page initiator 
(MEET ME PAGE)
You can call a page initiator during a page call:
1. Lift the handset.
2. Press 
[FEAT].
3. Dial the MEET ME PAGE access code (
[6][6]).
4. Dial the PAGE zone access code (
[4][1] - [4][8]). 
						

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ANSWERING CALLS
When you receive a call an indicator flashes green on a 
telephone set that is programmed with DN buttons. For an 
internal call the top line of the display shows the name of 
the caller and their extension number. For an external call 
the display shows the trunk name and number. You usually 
also hear a ring, unless your station has been programmed 
not to ring.
NOTE
Telrads DIGITAL systems support Caller Name 
and Caller Identification display.
To answer a ringing or flashing call
• Pick up the handset;
or
• Press the button that is flashing green.
After you answer the call the indicator of the DN or pri-
vate trunk line lights steady green. 
To answer an intercom call
To answer an intercom call coming through your telephone 
speaker:
• Talk through the microphone
If you prefer, you may lift the handset instead. 
						

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CALL WAITING
You may hear either a ring or a beep, indicating a second 
call, while already engaged in a conversation. You can 
answer the call without disconnecting the first call.
To answer a second call 
1. Press
 [HOLD]; 
the first call is put on hold. The indicator for that line 
flashes green. 
2. Press the DN or outside line button that is flashing 
green; 
you receive the second call.
To return to the first call
1. Press 
[HOLD].
2. Press the flashing DN button.
NOTE
If your telephone does not have DN buttons, you 
cannot put an internal call on hold. This means that 
you cannot answer another arriving internal call 
without disconnecting the first internal call. In this 
case, you must hang up first. You can then answer 
the second call when it rings. 
						

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OUTSIDE CALLS
Outside calls may be placed by accessing an outside line 
(or group) or by using the Least Cost Routing (LCR) fea-
ture. 
When the instructions tell you to access an outside line, 
you may:
• Dial an outside line, outside line group number or LCR 
access code;
• Press an outside line or outside line group button;
• Press the LCR button (usually 
[9]).
Depending on system programming, the cost of your call 
may be displayed briefly at the end of the conversation.
To place an outside call
1. Obtain an outside line.
2. Dial the desired number.
See also, 
Abbreviated dialing, below.
To redial the last outside number you dialed
1. Obtain an outside line.
2. Press
 [REDIAL].
To save a frequently dialed outside number 
( S AV E / R E P E AT )
After dialing the desired number, but before hanging up:
•Press
 [ S AV E / R E P E AT ]. 
						

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To dial the number saved
1. Access an outside line.
2. Press
 [ S AV E / R E P E AT ].
AUTOMATIC REDIAL
If you dial an outside number and hear busy tone, you can 
have the system redial the number several times, at pre-
defined intervals.
• Press an 
ARD button.
When the called party answers: 
• Press 
[SPKR] or lift the handset.
If the dialed number rings, or if the system has made 
the maximum number of dialing attempts, the Auto-
matic redial is deactivated.
To temporarily deactivate 
or reactivate Automatic Redial
• Press the
 ARD button again.
NOTE
Several Automatic redials may be activated 
simultaneously by using more than one
 ARD 
button.
WAITING FOR AN AVAILABLE OUTSIDE LINE
(TRUNK QUEUE)
When you try to select an outside line and hear busy tone:
1. Press 
[CB/QUE].
When an outside line becomes available, the system rings 
your extension.  Then:
2. Press
 [SPKR] or lift the handset. 
3. Listen for outside dial tone and dial the desired number.