MERLIN LEGEND Communications System Release 6.1
Feature Reference
555-661-110
Issue 1
August 1998
Features
Page 533Privacy
Privacy is automatically on at data workstations, except for modem data-only
workstations and for MLX voice and modem data stations, where Privacy can be
activated as part of the dialing sequence.
Telephone Differences 37
Queued Call Consoles 37
A QCC operator cannot use Privacy.
Other Multiline Telephones 37
To turn on Privacy, either press the programmed Privacy button—the green LED
turns on—or press the Feature button and dial
.
To turn off Privacy, either press the programmed Privacy button—the green LED
turns off—or press the Feature button and dial
.
When an MLX display telephone user turns on Privacy, the display briefly shows
the message
3ULYDF\2Q before returning to the Home screen or call-handling
display. When the user turns off Privacy, the display briefly shows the message
3ULYDF\2II.
When an MLX-5 or MLX-10 nondisplay or analog multiline telephone user (with or
without a display) turns Privacy on or off, there is no visual confirmation unless a
Privacy button is programmed on the telephone. If a Privacy button is
programmed, its green LED turns on and off with the Privacy feature.
Single-Line Telephones 37
To turn on Privacy before making or receiving a call, lift the handset and, while
listening to inside dial tone, dial
; then hang up. To turn on Privacy while a call
is in progress, press and release either the Recall or Flash button or the
switchhook and dial
. To return to the call, press and release either the Recall
or Flash button or the switchhook again.
To turn off Privacy before making or receiving a call, lift the handset and (while
listening to inside dial tone) dial
; then hang up. To turn off Privacy while a call
is in progress, press and release either the Recall or Flash button or the
switchhook and dial
. To return to the call, press and release either the
Recall or Flash button or the switchhook again.
A single-line telephone user has no indication of whether Privacy is on or off.
NOTE:
Some single-line telephones, such as Lucent Technologies models
2500YMGL and 2500MMGK, use a positive or timed disconnect. On these
telephones, pressing the switchhook disconnects the call. The user must