GE 2-9451 manual

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    We bring good things to life. 2-9451 Four -Line Business Phone with Intercom Mini User's Guide[...]

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    2 S ETUP C LOCK S ETUP P ROGRAMMING THE H OUR F ORMA T The clock is capable of being set to a 12- or 24-hour format. 1. Press PROGRAM. 2. Press TIME SET . 3. Press 0 for 12-hour mode, or 1 for 24-hour mode. 4. Press # to confirm. S ETTING THE T IME 1. Press TIME SET . 2. Enter the 4-digit time. For instance, in 12-hour mode, 9:00 a.m. would be 0900[...]

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    3 T ELEPHONE O PERA TION L INE S T A TUS I NDICA TOR L IGHTS Indicator Light Is It Means Off Line not in use. Red Someone else is using the line. Flashing red fast Incoming call. Green Y ou’re using the line. Flashing green Line on hold. Flashing red Line on hold by other stations. Flashing yellow Incoming call transfer .[...]

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    4 B ASIC O PERA TION M AKING O UTSIDE C ALLS U SING THE H ANDSET 1. Pick up the handset and the phone will select an open line. 2. W ait for a dial tone. 3. Dial a phone number . U SING THE S PEAKERPHONE 1. Press the SPEAKERPHONE button and the phone will select an open line. 2. W ait for a dial tone. 3. Dial a phone number .[...]

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    5 U SING THE H EADSET 1. Press the HEADSET button. The HEADSET indicator blinks. 2. Press the line you want. 3. Wait for a dial tone. 4. Dial a phone number . R ECEIVING I NCOMING C ALLS U SING THE H ANDSET • Pick up the handset. The line is automatically selected. U SING THE S PEAKERPHONE • Press the SPEAKERPHONE button. The speakerphone comes[...]

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    6 S WITCHING B ETWEEN U SING THE S PEAKERPHONE , H ANDSET , AND H EADSET T o switch to the speakerphone, press SPEAKERPHONE. The speakerphone indicator will come on. T o switch to the handset, pick up the handset. The speakerphone or headset will go off. T o switch to the headset, press HEADSET . The headset indicator will come on. T IMER During a [...]

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    7 D O N OT D ISTURB This feature can be set at individual telephones to disable (silence) an incoming ring signal, intercom, or page. 1. While the phone is not in use, press PRIV ACY . 2. T o cancel, press PRIV ACY again. H OLD P LACING A C ALL ON H OLD • Press HOLD. The indicator for the line on hold flashes green. P ICKING U P A C ALL ON H OLD [...]

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    8 R EDIAL 1. Pick up the handset, or press SPEAKERPHONE or HEADSET . 2. The line is automatically selected. 3. W ait for a dial tone. 4. Press REDIAL. R EVIEWING THE R EDIAL B UFFER 1. Press REVIEW . 2. Press REDIAL. A UTOMA TIC B USY R EDIAL BUSY REDIAL automatically redials a busy number every 30 seconds (up to 10 times W HEN Y OU R ECEIVE A B US[...]

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    9 T RANSFER T RANSFERRING A C ALL TO A NOTHER S TA TION 1. With the caller on the line, press TRANSFER. 2. Within 5 seconds of pressing TRANSFER, press the 2-digit station location button (01-16) or memory button where you wish to transfer the call. If the transfered call is not picked up for any reason, the line will be put on hold and the transfe[...]

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    10 P ROVIDING P RIV ACY ON A C ALL 1. While on a line, press PRIV ACY . The indicator will come on. 2. T o cancel, press PRIV ACY again or hang up. V OLUME R INGER V OLUME 1. While the phone is on the hook, press the VOLUME up or down button. The phone will ring with the current setting. S PEAKERPHONE , H ANDSET , AND H EADSET V OLUME • While the[...]

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    11 NOTE: The handset and headset volumes will return to the default settings after you hang up the phone. C ONFERENCE T o connect 1. T o place a call, press the line you want. 2. Press HOLD. 3. Place a call on another line. 4. Press CONFERENCE. T o disconnect one of the parties Simply press the line of the person you want to continue talking to. T [...]

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    12 I NTERCOM I NTERCOMING A S TA TION 1. Press INTERCOM. The indicator will turn green. (Pick up the handset if you want to use it instead.) 2. Press the 2-digit station number (01- 16) or memory button you want. 3. T o end the conversation, hang up or press INTERCOM. O VERRIDING A S T A TION U SING D O N OT D ISTURB 1. Press INTERCOM. 2. Press the[...]

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    13 R ECEIVING AN I NTERCOM The INTERCOM indicator will flash red. Press INTERCOM. (Pick up the handset if you want to use it instead.) P AGING A LL S T A TIONS 1. Lift the handset. 2. Press P AGE and listen for the beep. 3. T alk into the handset. Y ou will have 30 seconds paging in this mode. 4. When finished, hang up. NOTE: If no page group numbe[...]

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    14 5. Listen for the beep. The other stations in the specified group will automatically activate their speakphones and receive your page. 6. T alk into the handset. Y ou will have 30 seconds paging in this mode. After 30 seconds, the page will be cancelled. 7. When finished, hang up. D ISABLING OR E NABLING P AGE 1. With the handset hung up, press [...]

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    15 M EMORY Each of the 16 memory buttons has the capability of storing 2 separate telephone numbers (up to 30 digits each). S TORING A N UMBER 1. Press the STORE IN button. 2. Enter the phone number you want to store using the keypad digits. 3. Press STORE IN again. 4. Press the memory location button (1- 16) where you want to store the number . If[...]

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    16 5. T o cancel the storing procedure at any time, press STORE IN. If the indicator is blinking, press it once. If it is continuously lit, press it twice. C HANGING A S TORED N UMBER If you want to change the stored number , simply enter the new number over the old number using the previous memory storing procedure. S TORING A C HAIN OF N UMBERS Y[...]

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    17 For example Location Memory Local access number of long 6 distance company Authorization code (ID) 7 Where entire sequence 8 is to be stored, including long distance phone number Storing 1. Press STORE IN. 2. Press memory location 6. 3. Press P AUSE. 4. Press memory location 7. 5. Press P AUSE.[...]

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    18 6. Enter long distance number . 7. Press STORE IN. 8. Press location 8, where the entire location is to be stored. S TORING THE L AST N UMBER D IALED Y ou can quickly and easily store into memory the last number dialed by pressing the redial button. Follow steps #1-7 of “Storing a Number ”, but press REDIAL instead of entering the number thr[...]

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    19 D IALING A S TORED N UMBER 1. Pick up the handset, press SPEAKERPHONE, or press HEADSET . 2. Press the line you want. 3. W ait for a dial tone. 4. Press the memory button of the person you want to call. If the number is stored in lower memory , press the LOWER button first. C HAIN D IALING This process allows you to dial a succession of stored n[...]

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    20 R EVIEWING A N UMBER S TORED IN A M EMORY L OCATION 1. Press REVIEW . 2. Press the memory location you want to review . S TORING A M EMO With this feature, you are able to temporarily store a number into memory (up to 30 digits), even while you are on the phone. 1. Press MEMO. 2. Enter the phone number you want to store using the keypad digits. [...]

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    21 S TORING A M EMO INTO A P ERMANENT M EMORY L OCATION 1. Press STORE IN. 2. Press MEMO. 3. Press STORE IN. 4. Press the memory location key where you want to store the memo. D ATA P ORT This phone is equipped with a DA T A POR T jack for you to connect an auxiliary phone device, such as a fax machine, computer modem, answering machine, or even a [...]

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    22 S PECIAL F EA TURES A DJUSTING THE R INGERS The ringers for all 4 of the lines can be set independent of one another . 1. Press STORE IN. 2. Press the desired line button. 3. Press 0-4 for different ringer sounds (0 disables). 4. Press # to confirm. A DJUSTING THE C ONTRAST OF THE D ISPLA Y 1. Press STORE IN. 2. Press VOLUME up to increase the c[...]

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    23 S ETTING THE P RIORITY L INE A priority line allows you to select one of the 4 lines to have precedence over the other 3 lines. 1. Press STORE IN. 2. Press LOWER. 3. Press any line button to enter Priority Line mode. 4. Press the line button you want to have priority . 5. Press # to confirm. P ROGRAMMING THE P AUSE D URA TION 1. Press PROGRAM. 2[...]

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    24 P ROGRAMMING THE F LASH D URA TION 1. Press PROGRAM. 2. Press FLASH. 3. Press the amount for the duration (1- 9); i.e. 1=100ms, 9=900ms. The default is 6. 4. Press # to confirm. P ROGRAMMING THE E XTENSION N UMBER The line 3 and line 4 extension numbers are used for some of the advanced functions utilized by the system. 1. Press PROGRAM. 2. Pres[...]

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    25 P ROGRAMMING A P AGE G ROUP Y our station can be assigned to one of a total of 9 groups for the paging functions. Each station in a page group must be programmed as follows: 1. Press PROGRAM. 2. Press P AGE. 3. Press the page group number (0-9) you want to assign to your station. 4. Press # to confirm. NOTE: The default is 0 for no page group as[...]

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    26 A DJUSTING D O N OT D ISTURB The length of time before the Do Not Disturb feature is cancelled can be adjusted from 1 to 9 hours, or unlimited. 1. Press STORE IN. 2. Press PRIV ACY . 3. Press the keypad digit (1-9) for the desired length of time, or 0 for unlimited. 4. Press # to confirm. A DJUSTING THE A UTOMA TIC B USY R EDIAL T IME I NTERV AL[...]

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    27 1. Press PROGRAM. 2. Press BUSY REDIAL. 3. Press the keypad digit 0-9 to set the desired length of time corresponding to 0-90 seconds. 4. Press # to confirm. A DJUSTING THE W AIT FOR B USY T ONE D ETECT The time the phone waits until it receives a busy tone can also be adjusted. 1. Press PROGRAM. 2. Press LOWER. 3. Press BUSY REDIAL. 4. Press th[...]

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    28 S ETTING A UTO I NTERCOM The phone can be set to automatically answer in the speakerphone mode when being intercommed. 1. Press PROGRAM. 2. Press LOWER. 3. Press INTERCOM. 4. Press the digit for the desired default mode. Press 1 for automatic intercom operation during intercom, or 0 for manual intercom operation. 5. Press # to confirm.[...]

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    29 C HANGING A S T A TION A DDRESS 1. Press PROGRAM. 2. Press INTERCOM. 3. Press the new 2-digit station address (01-16) or memory location button you want. 4. Press # to confirm. The indicator will blink red while the phone checks the new station location. If it is already assigned, you will hear an error tone. Y ou must then select another one. T[...]

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    Model 2-9451 15339440 (Rev. 1 E/S) 99-06 Printed in China © 1999 Thomson Consumer Electronics, Inc P.O. Box 1976, Indianapolis, IN 46206 Trademark(s) ® Registered Marca(s) Registrada(s)[...]