AT&T 1231 - Manual (Page 8)

13
Telephone Operation
12
Telephone Operation
Intercom and call transfers
Intercom calls
The intercom allows conversation between handsets
without using an outside line.
Press the
INT
button to page the other handset. To
answer an intercom page, press
PHONE, SPK, INT
or any
dial pad button.
When your intercom call is finished, press
OFF
to end
the call.
Call forwarding
During a conversation you can press and hold
INT
to
forward the call to another handset. Press
PHONE
or
SPK
at the other handset to answer the call.
If the other handset does not respond in about 30 sec-
onds, the call will be returned to your handset. If you do
not press
PHONE
or
SPK
to answer within 30 seconds,
the external call will be terminated.
Call transfer
If you prefer to speak to the person at the other hand-
set before transferring a call, press
INT.
The call will be
placed on hold, and the other handset will be paged.
When the other handset answers, you can speak privately
while the outside call remains on hold. The outside call
will be transferred when you press
OFF
to end the
intercom call.
If the other handset does not answer, you can press
PHONE
to reconnect to the external call.
Handset locator
If you lose a handset, press
PAGE/HANDSET LOCATOR
at the base. Both handsets will beep for 60 seconds to
help you locate them. To stop the beeping, press
PHONE, SPK,
or any dial pad button at the handset, or
press
PAGE
at the base.
Press INT
CALLING
OTHER HANDSET
Handset settings
At the feature menu you can change settings to cus-
tomize how your handsets work.
Press
MENU
, then use the ^V buttons to scroll to
the feature you want to change. As you scroll through
the menu, the top menu item is always highlighted with
a > character. Press
SEL
to select the highlighted item.
Press
OFF
at any time to cancel an operation, back up
to the previous menu, or exit the menu display.
Ringer volume
At this menu you can set a default ring volume level (1-
6), or turn the ringer off. Use the
^V buttons to
hear an example of each volume level, then press
SEL
to select the one you prefer.
Ringer tone
This feature allows you to choose one of 10 ringing
tones. You can set different ringing tones for intercom
and outside calls. Use the
^V buttons to hear an
example of each ringer tone, then press
SEL
to select
the one you prefer.
Key tone
The handset is factory programmed to beep at each
keypress. Use the
^V buttons to select
ON
or
OFF
,
then press
SEL
to save your preference.
RINGER VOLUME
INTERCOM TONE
1
KEY TONE
ON
> PHONE BOOK
CALL LOG
Highlighted
menu item