Feature Reference
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Example
A supermarket installs a hotline phone at its meat counter. When a customer uses 
the hotline phone, the butcher’s phone rings. Alternatively, if the loudspeaker 
paging system is programmed as the alert extension, a sales clerk could request 
a “price check” over the loudspeaker simply by lifting the handset of the hotline 
phone.
Programming
(See Figure 2-3 on page 2-22 for the location of special programming buttons such 
as 
s and e on system phones.)
To identify a hotline extension and its alert extension:
1. Press 
f 0 0 s s # 6 0 3 at 
extension 10 or 11
. 
2. At the 
Extension:
 prompt, enter the hotline extension number—see 
“Valid Entries” on the previous page. For example, to program extension 33 
as the hotline, press 
3 3. 
3. At the
 Data 
- - - - - - - - - - - - prompt, enter the alert extension number—
see “Valid Entries” on the previous page. For example, to program 
extension 32 as the alert extension, press 
3 2. A display similar to the 
following appears:
Internal Hotline Ext 33
Data 32
4. At this point:
■ To change the hotline and alert extension numbers you just entered, 
repeat Steps 2 and 3.
■ To delete the existing hotline and alert extension numbers, press 
r.
■ To identify another hotline and alert extension pair, press n or 
p until the new hotline extension number shows on the 
display. Then repeat Step 3.
5. Select another procedure or exit programming mode.
Using
To use the hotline phone:
1. Lift the handset of the hotline phone.
The designated alert extension rings.
2. When the call is answered, speak into the handset.