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AT&T
®
Communications
DEFINITY
System Generic 2
and System 85
7406BIS Voice Terminal
User's Guide
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Contents Your 7406BIS Voice Terminal 1 A Quick Look at the Features 4 How to Use the Features 7 Voice Features 9 Abbreviated Dialing (AD) 9 Automatic Callback 11 Bridging 12 Call Coverage 12 Call Forwarding — Busy/Don’t Answer 13 Call Forwarding — Follow Me 14 Call Park 15 Call Pickup 16 Conference 16 Drop 17 Hold 18 Intercom (Automatic/Dial) 18 Last Number Dialed 19 Leave Word Calling (LWC) 19
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20 Message 21 Mute 21 Priority Calling 22 Select Ring 22 Self-Test 23 Send All Calls 24 Shift 24 Speaker 26 Speakerphone 27 Terminal Busy Indication 27 Transfer 28 Display Features 28 Inspect 29 Message Retrieval 30 Normal 30 Time 31 Tones and Their Meanings 32 Key Words to Know 34 Quick-Reference Lists
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Your 7406BIS Voice Terminal The 7406BIS voice terminal is available in two models: one with a display and one without a display. The display adds some functionality, but both models are designed so that you can conveniently use the features of the AT&T DEFINITY® Communications System Generic 2 and System 85. The 7406BIS voice terminal also offers a high-quality, built-in speakerphone. You can use the speakerphone for placing and answering calls or for using voice features without lifting your ha
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Call appearances/ Select Ring feature buttons button Handset Display Shift button Display-viewing adjustment Speaker button Mute button Feature button Message light Transfer button Conference button Hold button Drop button Volume control Shiftable feature (under voice buttons terminal) Speaker volume- control buttons Dial Pad Figure 1. 7406BIS Voice Terminal
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Starting at the upper left of Figure 1 and continuing clockwise: Handset For placing and answering calls. In most cases, you must lift the handset (go off-hook) before you can use a feature. Also known as the receiver. Call appearances/ For handling incoming and outgoing calls (call appearances), feature buttons labeled with extension numbers. For accessing features (feature buttons), labeled with feature names. Display For showing information (2-line, 48-character display). Select Ring button F
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Mute button For turning off the microphone of the built-in speakerphone or the handset so that the caller cannot hear you. Note: If your voice terminal is set for the Speaker (listen only) feature, pressing the Mute button will affect only the handset. Feature button For accessing a feature, labeled with a feature name and equipped with a green light. Transfer button For transferring a call to another voice terminal. Hold button For putting a call on hold. Shiftable feature For accessing each, t
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Drop button For disconnecting from a call or dropping the last party added to a conference call. For setting up conference calls. Conference button Message light For indicating when a message has been left for you (steady green light). The following optional modules are compatible with the 7406BIS voice terminal: 500A Headset Adapter Provides a dual-purpose switch that turns on the adapter connecting the headset to the voice terminal. Pressing the ON switch is equivalent to going off-hook with t
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Provides total voice terminal operation without using the S101A and S201A Speakerphone handset. Turning on the speakerphone is equivalent to going off-hook when placing or answering a call and turning off the speakerphone is equivalent to going on-hook. A mute switch is provided to temporarily cut off transmission to the distant caller.
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A Quick Look at the Features Here are brief descriptions of some features, including what each one does and how you might want to use it. The first features are voice features followed by display features. You will have the Conference, Drop, Hold, Message, Mute, Select Ring, Self- Test, Shift, and Transfer voice features, and Message Retrieval and Normal display features. In addition, you may have many of the other features listed here; your System Manager can advise you. Voice Features Abbrevia
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Bridging Permits you to answer or join calls to someone else’s extension by pressing a bridged appearance button on your voice terminal. This button can be any call appearance labeled with another user’s primary extension number, as assigned to you by your System Manager. Use to assist in handling calls for a designated coworker. Call Coverage Provides automatic redirection of certain calls to your voice terminal for answering. (Your System Manager determines which calls will be sent to you.) Us
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Lets you answer a call at your voice terminal for another extension in Call Pickup your pickup group. Use when you want to handle a call for a group member who is absent or otherwise unable to answer. Note: You can use this feature only if you and the called party have been assigned to the same pickup group by your System Manager. Conference Allows you to add a third party to a call, so that you can conduct a 3- way conversation. (If you want to conference more than 3 parties, call your attendan
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Last Number Dialed Automatically redials the last number you dialed, either an extension or an outside number. Use to save time in redialing a busy or unanswered number. Available with DEFINITY Generic 2 and System 85 R2V4 and some R2V3 systems. Check with your System Manager to see if the feature is available in your system. Leave Word Calling (LWC) Leaves a message for another extension to call you back. The called party will be able to dial message center, AUDIX, or a covering user to retriev
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Self-Test Allows you to test the operation of the lights and ringer of your voice terminal. Send All Calls Temporarily sends all your calls to the extension of a person designated to answer them when you cannot (perhaps a secretary or receptionist). Use when you will be away from your desk for awhile, or when you do not want to be interrupted by telephone calls. Shift Allows you to access the top-labeled features on split-labeled, shiftable buttons, including Select Ring. Use whenever you need t
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Transfer Transfers a call from your voice terminal to another extension or outside number. Use when your caller needs to speak further with someone else. Note: Calls from an outside number to your voice terminal can be transferred only to an extension, not to another outside number. Display Features Note: These features can be used only with a 7406D05A voice terminal, the 7406BIS voice terminal with a display. Inspect Shows you call-related information for an incoming call when you are already a
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How to Use the Features Many features are available for use with your 7406BIS voice terminal. Because no organization can use all of the available features, each organization must choose those that best suit its needs. After the choices have been made, the person within your organization who manages your telecommunication system must do any necessary administration and label the feature buttons on individual voice terminals. This System Manager can tell you how to use the features that have been
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● System 85 exists in several versions. In some cases, a feature operates differently with one version than it does with another; where this occurs, the procedures include a release (R) and version (V) notation. Be sure to follow the directions corresponding to the release and version you are using. Ask your System Manager if you do not know the release and version you have. Note: You must press [ Shift ] before you use any of the top-labeled features on shiftable buttons. Also, if you receive a
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[ Feature ] and Boxes representing buttons that have features assigned to them. The buttons are labeled with the feature name, [ Feature xxxxx ] sometimes followed by an extension number or a person’s name. [ DISPLAY INFORMATION ] A box containing fully capitalized words represents information shown on the display. [feedback tone] The tone appearing in brackets after a step indicates what you hear after successfully performing that step. For more information, see Tones and Their Meanings and Ke
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Voice Features Note: When placing and answering calls or using the voice features, you have the option of doing so by lifting the handset or by pressing the Speaker button. If your voice terminal is set for the Speakerphone feature, pressing the Speaker button simultaneously activates the built-in microphone so that you can place and answer calls without lifting the handset. Abbreviated Dialing (AD) Note: If you hear the intercept tone while programming,. start over from the beginning. Abbreviat
