1.6 Making/Answering a Paging Announcement
1.6.1 Paging
Paging
You can make a paging announcement to several people at once. Your paging announcement can be heard through an external speaker and through the built-in speakers of proprietary telephones (PTs). An extension user can answer your paging announcement and establish an intercom call. There are 4 types of paging as shown below: |
All Extensions: Paging through the built-in speakers of all PTs. |
Group: Paging to a certain extension group through the built-in speakers of PTs. |
External: Paging through an external speaker. |
All Extensions & External: Paging through both the built-in speakers of all PTs and an external speaker. |
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*1 Enter "#33" when "Plan 2" or "Plan 3" is selected as the numbering plan through system programming. |
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*2 Enter "#34" when "Plan 2" or "Plan 3" is selected as the numbering plan through system programming. |
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Only one person can use the Paging feature at a time. If someone is already using the Paging feature when you try to make a paging announcement, you will hear a busy tone. |
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Paging and then Transferring a Call
You can transfer a call after making a paging announcement. |
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*1 Enter "#33" when "Plan 2" or "Plan 3" is selected as the numbering plan through system programming. |
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*2 Enter "#34" when "Plan 2" or "Plan 3" is selected as the numbering plan through system programming. |
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After you go on-hook, the party on hold can talk to the person who answers the page. |
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You may have to enter the Call Hold feature number ("20" when "Plan 1" is selected as the numbering plan, or "#20" when "Plan 2" or "Plan 3" is selected*) after pressing the Recall/hookswitch on your single line telephone (SLT), depending on the SLT Hold Mode of your PBX. Ask your manager or dealer about the mode assigned to your PBX. * For United Kingdom/New Zealand: "50" when "Plan 1" is selected, or "#50" when "Plan 2" or "Plan 3" is selected |
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1.6.2 Answering/Denying a Paging Announcement
You can answer a paging announcement from any extension. You can also set your proprietary telephone (PT) to not receive paging announcements. |
To refuse/accept paging announcements (Paging Deny)
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* Enter "#43" when "Plan 2" or "Plan 3" is selected as the numbering plan through system programming. |
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When an outside (CO) line call is paged and transferred, you can answer the call by pressing the corresponding CO button whose indicator is flashing slowly. |
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The following are extensions that cannot receive paging announcements: |
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— a PT that is ringing or busy |
— a PT in Paging Deny mode |
— a PT in Do Not Disturb (DND) mode |
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