User`s guide

ESI Feature Phone operation User’s Guide
D.4
Basic phone use
Note: References to the SPEAKER key and speakerphone apply to only the 24-Key Feature Phone, not the
12-Key Feature Phone (which lacks both items).
Outside calls
To answer (double-ring cadence): Lift the handset or press SPEAKER.
To place: Lift the handset or press SPEAKER. Then either press an unlit line key or dial 9 (or 8 or 7)
to be assigned an outside dial tone.
To hang up: Replace the handset or — if using the speakerphone — press SPEAKER.
Internal calls
To answer (single-ring cadence): In hands-free mode, answer directly through the speakerphone or pick
up the handset. Or, to answer a ringing call, lift the handset or press SPEAKER.
To place: Lift the handset and dial the extension number or press a station key (see “Direct station
select,” p. D.4).
To hang up: Replace the handset or press RELEASE or press the station key again or — if using the
speakerphone — press SPEAKER.
Shortcut for either outside or internal calls:
If you press a station key or dial an extension number, the phone system automatically activates
the speakerphone.
Direct station selection
Programming some of the programmable feature keys (see p. C.1) as station keys will provide direct
access to those stations as well as providing lamp information as to their status. The station keys’
LEDs indicates the status of the station assigned to each key:
If a station key’s LED is . . . The station assigned to that key is . . .
Unlit Available; currently unused
Red; steadily lit In use
Red; blinking Ringing from another call
Green; steadily lit Connected to you
Green; blinking Ringing from your call
Amber; steadily lit In DND mode
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