Central Office Calls, Placing
You can placing an outside call by:
• Pressing a Line Key
Your phone can have line keys for one-touch access to specific lines.
• Pressing a Loop Key
Loop Keys provide one-touch access to the assigned Loop Group. Loop Groups can consist of one or more Line Groups.
• Using Line Dial-Up
With Line Dial-Up, you can select a specific line by pressing INTERCOM and dialing the Line Dial-Up code (#9)
followed by the line number (1-64).
• Using Direct Line Access
Direct Line Access allows you to access a line by pressing INTERCOM and dialing the line’s extension number (e.g.,
101 for line 1, 102 for line 2. etc.).
• Dialing a Line Group Access Code
You can also place outside calls by pressing INTERCOM and dialing a Line Group Access Code (90-98).
• Line Group Routing
If your system has Line Group Routing enabled, you get the first available line when you press INTERCOM and then
dial 9.
Using Line Keys
To place an outside call over a specific line using a line key:
1. Lift handset.
2. Press line key.
a) You hear dial tone on the line you select and the line key lights green.
b) You can also use Loop Keys for placing outside calls.
3. Dial outside number.
a) If the number doesn't dial out within 6 seconds, your system probably has Store and Forward enabled. Just
dial
# to have the call go through.
Using Line Dial-up or Direct Line Access
To place an outside call using Line Dial-up or Direct Line Access:
1. Lift handset.
2. Press
INTERCOM.
3. Do one of the following:
a) For Line Dial-up, dial #9 followed by the line number (e.g., 01 for line 1).
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