Specifications
ADMINISTRATION
PROGRAMMING
None
HOW TO USE
Use the basic telephone, facsimile machine, or modem and computer
connected to the auxiliary jack as you normally would.
terminal connected to Line A or Line E. This will prevent employees from
answering calls that should be going to the accessory device connected to the
auxiliary line.
If you do not want the accessory device to ring on incoming calls, you can
simply turn it off or set it not to ring, and program Line A or Line E for
normal ringing.
You cannot use a MERLIN Plus system voice terminal on the auxiliary jack.
You cannot connect a loudspeaker paging system into the auxiliary jack.
The system administrator can administer the Privacy feature for Line A and/or
Line E so that no one else in the system can bridge onto or monitor these
lines while a call is active on them. For more information, see “Privacy (on
Lines A and E).
”
If you want calls that come in on the line connected to an auxiliary jack to
ring at that device but not at any other voice terminal that has the same line
assigned to it, program the other voice terminals to not ring on that line.
(See “Ringing Options.
“)
If you don’t want calls that come in on the line connected to an auxiliary jack
to ring at that device, you will have to see if the device has a switch to turn
off the ring and set it accordingly.
Plug in the auxiliary telephone whenever you want to bridge or monitor Line
A or Line E.
DESCRIPTION
If you share a line with another person, you can join (or “bridge” onto) a call
in progress on that line. In this way you can easily join a conference call by
just touching a line button and
Speakerphone
or lifting your handset.
(See
”
Conference.
”
)
CONSIDERATIONS
Up to three people connected to the MERLIN Plus system, including the
originator of the call, can bridge onto a call at one time. When a person
bridges onto a call in progress, the red and green lights next to the line
button on your voice terminal flash alternately so that you know that
someone else has joined the call.
You cannot use the Bridging feature on a voice terminal with Button-Free Line
Operation.
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