Telrad Digital Executive Set With Extended Display User Guide R6

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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 codes in your system may be different 
from those indicated here. If so, see your System 
Administrator for the correct codes.
TO SWITCH FROM HANDSET TO HANDSFREE 
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
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
 {SAVE}.
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 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
 {CALL BACK}.
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 
{CNCL CBACK}.
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:
•Press
 {BARGE IN}.
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 code (
[6][6]).
4. Dial the PAGE zone code. 
						

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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 
internal calls the top line of the display shows the name of 
the caller and their extension number.
 For external calls, the display shows the trunk name and 
number. A softkey also appears for the incoming call, indi-
cating to which DN the call is allocated, or which outside 
line it is on. You usually also hear a ring, unless your sta-
tion 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 a beep, indicating a second call, while 
already engaged in a conversation. A
 {RING} softkey 
appears. 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 the DN 
flashes green. A 
{HOLD} softkey appears, indicating 
which line is on hold. The top line of the display shows 
the extension number of the call that is on hold or the 
outside line number.
2. Press 
{RING}  - or the other DN 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;
or
• Press the
 {HOLD} softkey.
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.
To answer a second call for which you hear 
a call waiting tone
When you hear a waiting tone, indicating a second call:
• Hang up.
You receive the second call. 
						

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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:
• Press an outside line or outside line group button.
• Dial an outside line code or outside line group code.
• Dial the LCR code (usually
 [9]).
• Press the LCR button.
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
 {SAVE}.
To dial the number saved
1. Obtain an outside line.
2. Press
 {REPEAT}. 
						

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AUTOMATIC REDIAL
If you dial an outside number and hear busy tone, you can 
have the system dial the number several times, at pre-
defined intervals.
When you hear busy tone
• Press an
 ARD button.
When the called party answers:
•Press
 [SPKR] or lift the handset.
If the dialed number rings, or if the system makes the 
maximum number of dialing attempts, the Automatic 
redial is deactivated.
To temporarily deactivate 
or reactivate Automatic Redial
• Press the 
ARD button again.
NOTE
Several Automatic redials may be activated simul-
taneously by using more than one
 ARD button.
IF THERE IS NO OUTSIDE LINE AVAILABLE 
(TRUNK QUEUE)
When you try to select an outside line and hear busy tone:
1. Press
 {TK 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.
To cancel trunk queue
•Press
 {CNCL TKQUE}.