User`s guide

Outside Auto Dial
DESCRIPTION
You can use the Outside Auto Dial feature to dial frequently used numbers
and codes with one touch. These numbers and codes can include telephone
numbers, account numbers, and PBX, Centrex, or Custom Calling feature
codes. Whenever instructions tell you to dial an outside number, you can
press an Outside Auto Dial button instead.
IMPORTANT: When programming emergency numbers and/or making test
calls to emergency numbers:
1 Remain on the line until the dispatcher answers and
briefly explain the reason
2 Perform such activities in
morning or late evening.
for the call before hanging up.
the off-peak hours, such as early
CONSIDERATIONS
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If your system uses account numbers on printed call reports, you can
program frequently dialed account numbers on Outside Auto Dial buttons.
Then while you have a call in progress for which you need to dial an
account code, you can dial the code with one touch.
You can include up to 16 digits and special characters in an Outside Auto
Dial number.
If your system is set up for Dial Access to Line Pools, a programmed
Outside Auto Dial button number must include a Pool Access code and
two pauses before the telephone number. For example, to program an
Outside Auto Dial button in a system in which you usually dial the access
code 891 before you dial an in-state telephone number, you would dial the
Pool Access code, 891, press Hold twice, and then dial the 7-digit
telephone number.
Special Characters in Programmed Dialing Sequences
MERLIN II System Features
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