Zoom Dialer 26 - Manual (Page 15)

Using the Dialer 15
Using the Dialer
When you place a call that should be routed, the dialer
listens to the digits you have dialed and stores them.
When the dialer is storing those dialed digits, they sound
very soft because the dialer is preventing them from being
heard by your local telephone office. When you have
finished dialing, the dialer will route the call by adding
appropriate digits, if any, to the digits you’ve dialed. When
the dialer finishes dialing, it waits passively on the phone
line for you to start another call.
If you want to redial the last number you dialed (because
it was busy, for example), you can do so by dialing
##
The dialer will route the redialed number appropriately.
In the dialer’s manual mode, numbers that don’t start
with a * will not be routed. In all modes, some calls should
not be routed, such as local calls that don’t start with a 1.
The dialer typically lets the digits dialed for these calls go
directly to the central telephone office.
When you dial international calls starting with 011 that
are routed by the dialer, the dialer will dial after you’ve
stopped dialing for about three seconds. The dialer does
this because international phone numbers vary in length,
so it’s hard for the dialer to tell when you’ve finished
dialing all the required digits. To avoid the three-second
delay, you can simply press # after you have dialed the
last digit of the phone number. As soon as the dialer hears
the #, it dials.
When you dial international calls that start with 1 (i.e.,
calls to other North American countries), your dialer will
recognize when you have completed the call without your
needing to wait or to dial a #. Most domestic calling cards
handle these calls. If necessary, you can program the
dialer to route calls to Canada and the Caribbean through
your international calling card. See Frequently Asked
Questions (page 17).