AT&T System 25 - Manual (Page 29)

Incoming Calls ✓
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You can use either your SLAC or Selector Console to send calls
to other telephones. Before you send (extend) a call, you can
check to see if the person will accept the call. (This is called an
Announced Call.) While you are talking, the caller is on hold
and cannot hear you.
You can also send calls to other telephones
the call (Unannounced Call). If you send a
System 25 to a busy telephone, the caller is
on hold and a Call Waiting signal is sent to
without announcing
call from outside the
automatically placed
the busy line. If the
person does not answer the call, it will be returned to you after a
preset interval.
Answering Calls
1 Lift the handset.
2 Speak with the caller.
Extending Calls
1 Press
START
and listen for dial tone.
2 Dial the extension.
3 If you do not announce the call, or if you announce the call
and the person will accept it, press
RELEASE
and hang up.
NOTE: If you have been assigned the Automatic Release
Option, it it not necessary to press the RELEASE button.
You can continue with other calls by pressing another
LOOP
button, and you may release the call by hanging up.
4 If the person does not want to accept an announced call,
press
CANCEL
and speak with the caller before hanging up.
NOTE: Unannounced Calls that are not answered return on a
LOOP
button.
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