Download Partner R2 Installation and Use

Using the Switchhook
Some feature phones have a button labeled “Recall” or “Flash”
that you should press instead of
pressing the switchhook.
Some of the call handling instructions in this chapter direct you to “rapidly press
and release the switchhook.” Pressing the switchhook down for 1/4 to 1 second
sends a signal over the line called a switchhook flash. However, do not press
the switchhook too quickly. If you press the switchhook and nothing happens,
try again, pressing a little longer.
Limitations
Because standard phones do not have system line buttons, feature buttons, or
dedicated function buttons, basic call handling procedures are sometimes
different from those for system telephones. In addition, the following actions
cannot be performed at a standard telephone:
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Because there are no line buttons on standard phones, you cannot manually
select a line. You can only make outside calls on automatically selected
lines (for information on Automatic Line Selection, see page 3-2).
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You cannot join a call at another extension
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You cannot pick up a call on hold at another extension.
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You cannot answer a second call if you are already on a call.
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You can make a voice-signalled call from a standard phone, but if you try to
make a voice-signalled call to a standard phone, it rings.
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You cannot change system settings.
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You cannot use the Conference Drop or Privacy calling features.
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If a standard phone has a message waiting light, it will not work.
Feature Phones
A feature phone is an industry-standard telephone with more buttons than a 12key dial pad (for example, auto dial buttons, last number redial buttons, hold
buttons, and built-in speakerphones). Even though such phones were not
designed for this system, most of their features will work. You can use the
system’s calling features from a feature phone, and program them onto a
feature phone button. However, there are some limitations to what these
phones can do:
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The capabilities of a feature phone are in the phone itself. For example, if
you store a number on a feature phone’s auto dial button, that number is
stored in the feature phone. (When you program a button on a system
phone, the number is actually stored in the 206 module.) Similarly, when you
press a [Hold] button on a feature phone, the call is held at the phone itself,
and other system telephones do not show the call as “held.”
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To store an outside number on a feature phone’s auto dial button, add a 9
[pause] [pause] before each outside number. (The 9 gets an outside line,
and the [pause] makes sure the phone waits for an outside dial tone. )
Note that the feature phone’s redial button may not work for an outside call.
To redial the last number, use the system’s Last Number Redial feature by
pressing [#] [0] [5] .
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Using Telephones