GE 27958 - Manual (Page 23)

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Base - Speakerphone rings. To take the call, press the SPEAKER/CALLBACK
button or lift the corded handset.
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During a telephone call, you can use the intercom/paging function to page
the base or cordless handset and set up a private (2-way) intercom
conversation with another user while the telephone call is placed on hold.
Or, you can create a 3-way conversation between the telephone caller, the
base, and the cordless handset.
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1. To make an intercom call press the PAGE/INTERCOM button (base) or
intercom button (cordless handset), depending on where the external
call originated.
The external caller is placed on hold and both intercom users may
speak privately.
2. To answer the intercom page, press the PAGE/INTERCOM button (base)
or intercom button (cordless handset). When finished press the PAGE/
INTERCOM button or intercom button to retrieve the external caller.
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1. Press the PAGE/INTERCOM button (base) or intercom button (cordless
handset) during an outside call.
The external caller is placed on hold, and a paging tone sounds at the
base and cordless handset. PAGING (cordless handset) or PAGING
HANDSET (base) displays on the originating unit and PAGING FRM
BASE (handset) or PAGING FROM HANDSET (base) on the other unit.
2. If the originating unit is the handset, press the PAGE/INTERCOM button
on the base to set up the intercom. Then press the mem/conference
button on the handset to retrieve the external caller. Three-way
conversation begins, and
CONFERENCE shows in the display.
3. If the originating unit is the base, press the intercom button to setup the
intercom. Then press the base MEMORY/CONFERENCE button on the
base to retrieve the external call. Three-way conversation begins, and
CONFERENCE shows in the display.