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Multiple handset use
Intercom
Use the intercom feature for conversations between two handsets, a handset
and the telephone base, or a handset/telephone base and a cordless headset/
speakerphone (sold separately). You can buy additional expansion handsets
(model AT&T CL80119), cordless headsets and speakerphones for this
telephone base to expand your telephone system (up to 12 handsets or 10
cordless handsets and two cordless headsets/speakerphones).
Using a cordless handset:
1. Press MENU/
SELECT in idle mode to enter the main menu. Press TCID or SDIR
to scroll to Intercom, then press
MENU/SELECT.
f If you have one handset and no other registered devices, the handset
shows Calling base.
f If you have cordless headset(s)/speakerphone(s) or more than one
handset, the handset shows INTERCOM TO:. Use the dialing keys to enter
a specific device number (0 for the telephone base, 1-9 for handsets
1-9, TONE
followed by 0-2 for handsets 10-12, # for a single headset/
speakerphone, # followed by 1 or 2 for headset/speakerphone 1 or 2, or
TONE
followed by
#
for all devices), or press TCID or SDIR to scroll to
the desired device and press
MENU/SELECT. Your handset screen shows
Calling HANDSET X, Calling BASE 0, Calling headset or Calling all
devices.
The destination device(s) rings and shows HANDSET X is calling or
HANDSET X is calling all (HANDSET represents the handset name, X
represents the handset number).
2. To answer the intercom call, press
PHONE/FLASH, /SPEAKER or any
dialing key (0-9, TONE
, or
#
) on the called device. Both devices now show
Intercom.
3. To end the intercom call, one party presses
OFF/CANCEL, or places the
handset back in the telephone base or charger; or presses CANCEL on the
telephone base. The other party hears four beeps. Both devices display
Intercom ended.