Telephone Buttons and Indicators
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Intercom Buttons
Press either button to place an inside (intercom) call to another extension.
Volume Control Buttons
Press to decrease (
▼
) or increase (
▲
) the volume:
■
To adjust ringer volume, press while phone is idle and handset is on the phone.
■
To adjust speaker volume, press while listening through the speaker.
■
To adjust handset earpiece volume, press while listening to a call through the
handset
■
To adjust background music volume, press while listening to music through the
phone’s speaker.
To adjust the display brightness on an MLS-18D phone, when the phone is idle and
the handset is on the phone, press [
★
]. Then press
▼
to decrease brightness or
▲
to increase brightness.
Speakerphone Operation
[MLS-34D, MLS-18D, MLS-12D, and MLS-12 only]
Press [
Spkr
] to dial and speak on your phone without lifting the handset. When you
press [
Spkr
], both the speaker and the microphone come on (indicated by the lights
next to the [
Spkr
] and [
Mic
] buttons). When the party on the other end answers, you
can speak without lifting the handset. (On the MLS-6, press to dial without lifting the
handset; when the party you are calling answers, lift the handset to speak.)
Mic (Microphone) Button
[MLS-34D, MLS-18D, MLS-12D, and MLS-12 only]
Press [
Mic
] to turn your microphone on and off. When the green light next to [
Mic
] is
on, the microphone is on. To answer calls without lifting the handset, leave the
microphone on (see “HFAI” below). On a speakerphone call, press [
Mic
] to mute
your voice.
HFAI (Hands-Free Answer on Intercom)
For more convenient speakerphone operation, leave the microphone on all the time
(press [
Mic
] when the phone is not in use). When you receive a voice-signaled call
(you hear a beep), the person calling can talk to you over your phone’s speaker;
simply begin speaking to have a hands-free, two-way conversation.
Message Indicator
Lights when someone signals you using Message Light On (see page 9) or if you
have a message in your voice mailbox. To turn off, dial [
Feature
] [
1
] [
0
] and your
extension number, or call the voice messaging system to retrieve then delete your
messages.
Feature Button
Press to program (page 5) or to use dial-code features (pages 7-10).
Conf (Conference) Button
Press to add other parties to your call (page 15).
Transfer Button
Press to pass a call to another extension (page 13).
Hold Button
Press to put a call on hold for later pickup (page 14).
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