Comdial LCD Speakerphone System Reference Manual

Next to an intercom button:
•Steady green with a quick flash = you are using your intercom.
•Fluttering red = an LCD message is set on your telephone for others to
receive when calling.
•Flashing orange = someone is calling your extension or a call is being
transferred to you.
Above the HOLD button:
•Fast flashing red = message awaits pick up.
•Winking green with repetitive off periods = a line is on hold at your
station.
Above the SPEAKER button:
•On steady (with the telephone on hook and busy) =...

1.6 Adjusting The Telephone Pedestal
(Models 8312S, 8324S, and 8324F only)
Your telephone has an adjustable pedestal to allow you to select the most
comfortable viewing angle. When you receive the telephone, the pedestal
is in its lowest position—flush against the pedestal.
·To adjust the pedestal,
1. Grasp the rear of the pedestal base firmly with one hand while
lifting the rear portion of the telephone upward with your other
hand
2. While pivoting the telephone upward with one hand, pivot the
telephone...

Answering Calls
NOTE: Throughout this book, all references to fixed buttons are
printed in upper case bold type, for example “Press the
INTERCOMbutton.”
All references to interactive buttons are printed in upper case
bold italic type, for example “Press the OPTIONS button.”
2.1 Answering Outside Calls
A call that rings on an outside line will sound long, single-tone bursts
and will light the line status light. If the installer enabled ringing line
preference at your station, an orange light flashes next...

·After you have answered an outside call at your station, your
LCD will displayHOLD,TRANS,andCONF:
1. PressHOLDto place the call on hold at your station,
—OR—
pressTRANSto initiate a transfer to another station, then dial the
station number, announce the call or hang up to complete the
transfer,
—OR—
pressCONFto initiate a conference call.
2.2 Answering Intercom Calls
An intercom call is one that is made from one system telephone to
another. An intercom party can voice-announce through your speaker...

2.3 Answering Calls At Monitored Stations
Your telephone may have the personal intercom number of another
telephone appearing at a button location. You can use the light associated
with this button to monitor the status of that telephone, and you can press
the button to make a call to that telephone if you wish. The associated
light is known as the Busy Lamp Field (BLF) light, and the button is
known as the Direct Station Select (DSS) button.
If the installer arranged for your telephone to have the...

2.4 Answering Night-Transferred Calls
The system attendant can transfer incoming calls to a particular station or
stations for off-hour ringing. Additionally, the installer can program the
system for night-answer zones (up to four) with a loud bell associated
with each zone. The loud bell sounds when the night transfer of ringing
feature directs incoming calls to a zone. The installer may choose
different night-answer dialing codes than those default values detailed in
this procedure. When in doubt, ask...

2.5 Making A Call Pick-Up
The installer often arranges several telephones together in a user group.
If your telephone is so arranged, you can answer calls that are ringing at
other stations within your particular group. Also, you can answer a call
that is ringing at any telephone in the system if you know the telephone’s
extension number.
·To answer a call that is ringing within your group,
1. PressINTERCOM.
2. Dial#4.
3. Speak toward telephone to answer call. Lift handset if privacy is
desired.
·To...

2.6 Responding To A Subdued
Off-Hook Voice Announcement
Your installer can set your LCD speakerphone to receive a Subdued
Off-Hook Voice Announcement (SOHVA). This feature allows an
intercom caller to break into your call by making an announcement
through your handset receiver. (This means that if you are on a
speakerphone call, you cannot receive a SOHVA call.) The distant party
that you are currently talking to cannot hear the announcement made by
the SOHVA caller.
Please note that you can receive a...

Making Calls
3.1 Dialing Manually
You can manually dial a number over any telephone line you select. Or,
if the installer assigned a prime line or the idle line preference feature to
your LCD speakerphone, it will automatically select a line for use when
you lift the handset.
·To dial an outside number manually,
1. Press line button to select line (remember: selecting a line is not
necessary if a prime line or idle line preference feature is assigned
to your telephone and if you lift the handset or...

3.2 Dialing Automatically
This feature provides one- or two-button speed dialing using
programmable buttons at which you have previously stored numbers.
Two levels of number storage are available at each storage location, and
you can use one or both levels as needed. Further, since you usually store
a line choice as part of a speed dial number, line selection is automatic
with speed dialing. This user’s guide discusses button programming in a
separate section. Refer to it when you are ready to store...