Instruction manual

Other Devices
In addition, you can connect the following devices to your system:
■
PARTNER MAIL allows callers to reach a desired extension or group
without receptionist assistance and prompts callers to leave messages at
unanswered or busy extensions, In addition, system subscribers can
retrieve messages left in their mailboxes, send messages to other
subscribers, and record their own personal greetings. (PARTNER MAIL
is available in a 2-port system, supporting up to 20 subscribers or a
4-port system, supporting up to 40 subscribers.)
■
PARTNER Attendant answers calls and routes them to appropriate
extensions based on user responses to recorded messages.
■
Doorphones allow visitors to ring any number of extensions at once by
pressing a button on the doorphone; the person who answers a
doorphone call can then speak with the visitor at the doorphone.
■
Loudspeaker paging systems allow you to broadcast a message over a
large area.
■
Music-on-hold systems allow you to play recorded music to callers
while they are on hold.
■
Extra alerts are strobes, lights, chimes, horns, or bells that light or ring to
alert users when calls come in. For example, you can use an audible
alert (chime, horn, or bell) to replace a phone ring in a noisy area, such
as a factory. Similarly, you can use a visual alert (strobe or light) to
replace a phone ring in a quiet area, such as a library.
■
Speakerphones can be combined with MLS-model phones or standard
phones in conference rooms or offices, to provide an inexpensive way for
people at a meeting to conference in other parties. (MLS-model phones
have built-in speakers, but they are designed for individual—not
group—use.)
■
Headsets allow users to hold private, hands-free conversations.
■
Handsets for hard-of-hearing users with MLS-34D telephones allow
even more amplification than is provided by the phones’ volume controls.
■
In-Range Out-of-Building (IROB) protectors are required to prevent
electrical surges from damaging your system when phones are installed
in another building, but on the same continuous property.
■
Electromagnetic Interference (EMI) filters allow you to block “noise”
generated by a nearby radio station, as well as most electrical devices.
■
Caller ID devices, such as a PC with Caller ID software, support
applications for storing or processing Caller ID information (provided you
subscribe to the service from your local phone company). The system
provides functionally integrated, multi-line Caller ID on system display
phones; but you can also connect other devices to Caller ID lines.
Most of these devices can be ordered through AT&T—see “Product Ordering
Information” in Appendix B for details.
Overview 1-7