User's Manual

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Multiple handset use
Intercom
To answer an intercom at the destination handset:
Press
HOME . Both screens show Intercom.
To silence an intercom call:
Press SILENCE on the destination handset. Its screen displays Ringer muted
for a few seconds.
To mute while on an intercom call:
Press MUTE on the handset or telephone base. Its screen displays
Microphone off for a few seconds.
To end an intercom call at the destination handset:
Press
OFF/CANCEL, END or place either handset back in the telephone
base or charger. Both screens display Intercom ended.
To end an intercom call at the telephone base:
Press END or CANCEL. Both screens display Intercom ended.
NOTES:
You can cancel the intercom call before it is answered by pressing CANCEL on the
telephone base.
If you are calling all devices, only the first device to pick up can answer the
intercom call.
If the destination handset does not answer the intercom call within 100 seconds, is in
the directory or caller ID log, or is out of range, the telephone base displays Unable to
call. Try again. and returns to idle mode.
Answer an incoming call during an intercom call
When you receive an incoming home call during an intercom call, the two
handsets on the intercom call hear an alert tone, and their screens display
Home Incoming call and then the caller ID. The telephone base and all other
handsets ring.
Using a cordless handset:
Press
HOME/FLASH to answer the home call and the intercom call
ends automatically.
Press OFF/CANCEL to end the intercom call without answering the
incoming call. The telephone continues to ring.
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