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Using Intercom with a Telephone Call

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Using Intercom with a Telephone Call During a telephone call, you can use the intercom/paging function to page cordless handset and set up a private (2-way) intercom conversation with another user while the telephone call is placed on hold. Or, you can create a 3-way conversation between the telephone caller, the base, and the cordless handset. Two-Way Intercom Calls 1. To make an intercom call while on an external call, press the page/intercom button on base or trans button on cordless handset. The external caller is placed on hold and both intercom users may speak privately. 2. To answer the intercom page, press the speaker/call back button on base or talk/end/call back button on cordless handset. When finished press the page/intercom button on base or trans button on cordless handset to retrieve the external caller. Conference the External Caller with Cordless Handset and Base 1. Press the page/intercom button on base or trans button on cordless handset. The external caller is placed on hold, and a paging tone sounds at the base and cordless handset. PAGING or PAGING HANDSET displays on the originating unit and PAGING FRM BASE or PAGING FROM HANDSET on the other unit. 2. Press the trans button on handset or page/intercom on base to set up the intercom. Then press the conference/ans on/ off button on base or mem/conf button on handset to retrieve the external caller. Three-way conversation begins, and CONFERENCE shows in the display. NOTE: The handset or the base can enter conference directly by pressing talk/call back button on the handset or speaker/call back button on the base while the other party (handset or base) is on the external line. 27

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Using Intercom with a Telephone Call
During a telephone call, you can use the intercom/paging function to page cordless
handset and set up a private (±-way) intercom conversation with another user
while the telephone call is placed on hold. Or, you can create a 3-way conversation
between the telephone caller, the base, and the cordless handset.
Two-Way Intercom Calls
1. To make an intercom call while on an external call, press the page/intercom button
on base or trans button on cordless handset.
The external caller is placed on hold and both intercom users may speak privately.
±. To answer the intercom page, press the speaker/call back button on base or
talk/end/call back button on cordless handset. When finished press the
page/intercom button on base or trans button on cordless handset to retrieve the
external caller.
Conference the External Caller with Cordless Handset and Base
1. Press the page/intercom button on base or trans button on cordless handset.
The external caller is placed on hold, and a paging tone sounds at the base and
cordless handset.
PAGING
or
PAGING HANDSET
displays on the originating unit and
PAGING FRM BASE
or
PAGING FROM HANDSET
on the other unit.
±. Press the trans button on handset or page/intercom on base to set up the
intercom. Then press the conference/ans on/ off button on base or mem/conf
button on handset to retrieve the external caller. Three-way conversation begins,
and
CONFERENCE
shows in the display.
NOTE: The handset or the base can enter conference directly by
pressing talk/call back button on the handset or speaker/call back
button on the base while the other party (handset or base) is on the
external line.