Intercom – AT&T CL81219 User Manual
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Multiple handset use
Intercom
Use the intercom feature for conversations between handsets. This feature
is not available for model CL81109 unless you have purchased additional
handsets (CL80109).
You can buy additional expansion handsets (model AT&T CL80109) for this
telephone base. You can register up to 12 handsets to the telephone base.
The first nine handsets that you register are named Handsets 1-9. Use the
handset number to initiate intercom and transfer calls.
Although the names for handsets 10-12 appears in their displays as 10-12,
when you intercom or transfer to one of them, you must use
*0 for Handset 10,
*1 for handset 11, and *2 for Handset 12.
1. Press
INT on your handset when not in use.
If you have a two-handset system, your handset screen
shows
CALLING OTHER HANDSET.
If you have more than two handsets, your screen shows
INTERCOM TO: Use the dialing keys to enter a handset
number. Your handset screen shows
CALLING HANDSET X.
The other handset rings and its screen shows either
OTHER
HANDSET IS CALLING or HANDSET X IS CALLING.
2. To answer the intercom call, press
PHONE/
FLASH
,
INT,
SPEAKER or any dial pad keys (0-9, #, *) on the other
handset. Both handsets now show
INTERCOM.
3. To end an intercom call, press
INT,
OFF/
CLEAR
, or place
the handset back in the telephone base or charger.
NOTES:
1. Before the intercom call is answered, you can cancel the intercom call by pressing
OFF/
CLEAR
or
INT on the calling handset.
2. If the called handset is not answered within 100 seconds, or if it is in the directory or call log
mode, or is on a call, or is out of range, the calling handset shows the message
UNABLE TO
CALL TRY AGAIN.
3. Pressing
OFF/
CLEAR
or
MUTE/
DELETE
temporarily silences the intercom ringer.
4. You can use a maximum of four handsets at a time. When you use two handsets on an intercom
call, others can use two other system handsets for an outside call.
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CALLING
OTHER HANDSET
OTHER HANDSET
IS CALLING
INTERCOM