Contents Introducing your Meridian Digital Telephone Meridian Digital Telephones ... 1 M2616 ... 1 M2008/M2008HF ... 2 Selection a position for your Meridian Digital Telephone ... 3 Parts of your Meridian Digital Telephone ... 4 Your telephone’s display Idle screen format ... 5 Calling party information ...
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Contents Stored Number ... 18 Hot Line ... 19 Voice Call ... 19 Receiving a call Call Pickup ... 20 Timed Recall Reminder ... 21 Automatic Answerback ... 21 During a call Call Transfer ... 22 Timed Reminder Recall ... 22 Call Park ...
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Working without interruption Call Forward ... 35 Make Busy ... 36 Options Your Telephone’s Control Terms you should know Flexible Feature Codes (FFCs) Contents...
Introducing your Meridian Digital Telephone This guide introduces you to your new Meridian Digital Telephone. It provides you with a description of the controls, and a description of the features that are available to you. Meridian Digital Telephones There are two basic models of the Meridian Digital Telephone and the following are features of each type: M2616 Introducing your Meridian Digital Telephone...
Introducing your Meridian Digital Telephone M2008/M2008HF Handsfree (on the M2008HF only) On-Hook Dialing Message Waiting Indicator Wall Mount Capability 8 configurable Feature Keys (7 on the M2008HF) Volume Control bar for: Ringing Tone Buzz Tone Speaker Handset/Headset Handsfree (M2008HF) Support for the following set options:...
Selecting a position for your Meridian Digital Telephone Desk Position (Default) Wall Mount Introducing your Meridian Digital Telephone On Your Desk: Your Meridian Digital Telephone can be placed on your desk so that it is tilted upwards making it easier to see the display. On the wall: The wall mount lets you attach your telephone on the wall by rotating the base.
Microphone A microphone is an integral part of the M2616 and M2008HF telephone, allowing you to have a telephone conversation without using the handset (Handsfree calling). The preceding figure shows the location of the control buttons on your Meridian Digital Telephone.
Your telephone’s display Idle screen format The Meridian M2616 and M2008/M2008HF can be equipped with a 2 x 24 Character display module. The idle display, as shown below, gives the current date and time. When you go off hook, the time and date disappear and information about your call is displayed.
Your telephone’s display Using Display Options Volume Adjustment Predial Recall Contrast Adjustment It is easy to adjust the volume on your on your telephone by following these steps: 1. Press the Program Key. 2. Press then . Following by pressing to adjust the ringing tone.
Call Timer Enable Idle Screen Format Language Selection Your telephone’s display 3. Use the Volume Control Bar decrease the contrast. 4. Press the Program Key. Sometimes it is interesting to see how long we stay on the phone with certain customers or fellow employees.
Your telephone’s display Display Diagnostics Key Click 2. Press then 3. Use the Volume Control Bar desired language. 4. Press the Program Key. Select Display Diagnostics by following these steps: 1. Press the Program Key. 2. Press then 3. Scroll through the various test screens using Volume Control Bar.
Your telephone’s features Your telephone system administrator assigns features to your programmable feature keys. Whenever this guide describes a procedure that requires special codes or passwords, ask your telephone system administrator to provide these to you. To use a feature, you will be instructed to press a feature key, or enter an FFC code.
Your telephone’s features Answering Calls When you receive an incoming call, your telephone rings and the LCD indicator flashes. To answer a call, perform one of the following: Placing a call on hold Use the hold feature to place a call on hold. An example of where hold would be useful would be to answer a call on a second line without disconnecting from your original call.
Call Transfer Use the Transfer feature to redirect a call to a third party. To transfer a call to another number: If the person you are calling is not available: Your telephone’s features 1. Press Transfer. The other party is on hold and you will hear a dial tone.
Your telephone’s features On-hook dialing On-hook dialing allows you to dial a number without lifting the handset. To use On-hook dialing: If the number you are calling is busy: Predial Predial allows you to enter and preview a number, making corrections if re- quired, before dialing the number.
To use Last Number Redial: Handsfree If your telephone is an M2616 or an M2008HF, you can use the built-in micro- phone and speaker instead of the handset. At any time during a call, you can switch to the handset by picking it up.
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Your telephone’s features To mute a handsfree call: To switch from the handset to Handsfree: 1. Press the Handsfree Mute indicator flashes. 2. Press the Handsfree Mute return to a two-way conversation. 1. Press the Handsfree Mute Replace the handset. Key.
Making a call This chapter describes features that you can use when making a call. Auto Dial Auto Dial lets you dial a specific telephone number by pressing a feature key. To store an Auto Dial Number: To use Auto Dial: To display the Auto Dial number: Ring Again If you receive a busy tone or the person does not answer when trying to reach...
Making a call: Ring Again - Speed Call To cancel Ring Again: Speed Call Speed Call allows you to dial frequently-called telephone numbers using a brief code to represent the number. The codes are one, two or three digits long (i.e. 000-999).
To delete a Speed Call number: To make a Speed Call: System Speed Call System Speed Call lets you dial Speed Call codes and override all restrictions on the telephone during the call. See Speed Call for more information on setting up speed call does.
Making a call: Stored Number Stored Number The Stored Number feature allows you to store a single telephone number that you can dial quickly. You can easily change the stored number. To store a number when you’re not on a call: To store a number when you’re on a call: To display the stored number:...
Hot Line The system administrator can program a Hot Line telephone number that is dialed automatically. To use Hot Line: Voice Call You can page another person or make an announcement through another telephone’s speaker. To make a voice call: To respond to a voice call: Making a call: Hot Line - Voice Call Press...
Receiving a call: Call Pickup (for Meridian 1) Receiving a call This chapter describes features that you can use when receiving a call. Call Pickup Using Call Pickup, you can answer a ringing telephone from any telephone in your Pickup group or another Pickup Group. To answer a ringing call in your own Call Pickup group: To answer a ringing call in...
To Answer a recall: Automatic Answerback When Automatic Answerback is activated, your set automatically answers in Handsfree mode after one ring. This feature is not supported on the M2008/M2008HF. To activate Automatic Answerback: To deactivate Automatic Answerback: 1. Press Transfer. The call is placed on hold and you hear a dial tone.
During a call: Call Transfer - Timed Reminder Recall During a call This chapter describes features that you can use during your call. Call Transfer Call Transfer allows you to transfer a call to another number. To transfer a call while on a call: If the person you are calling is not available:...
If the transferred call is not answered, your telephone rings: If the person to whom you are transferring the call answers while you are on the line, a conference call is set up between the three of you. or press Release to complete the transfer.
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During a call: Call Park To Park a call on a DN other than the System Park Extension or your own DN: To Park a call using the FFC: To retrieve a parked call: If you park a call and it isn’t answered within a specified period of time, it rings back to your telephone or to the attendant.
Meridian Display When you are on an active call, you can identify a second incoming caller with the Display feature. Meridian 1 systems may be equipped with “Automatic Set Display”. This feature automatically updates your telephone’s display with the information on the incoming call. To view the name or number of a second caller while on a call in progress:...
While you are away from your desk: Call Forward While you are away from your desk This chapter describes features that you may wish to use when you are away from your desk. Call Forward Call Forward allows you to transfer all your calls so that they ring at another DN. You cannot forward calls while your telephone is ringing.
While you are away from your desk: Call Forward - Internal Call Forward - Internal Call Forward - Internal allows only calls originating at internal DNs to ring at another DN. Calls originating outside your Meridian 1 system will still ring at your telephone.
While you are away from your desk: Remote Call Forward Remote Call Forward Remote Call Forward allows you (from any telephone other than your own) to forward your calls to any telephone. This is a custom feature. Contact your System Administrator. To activate Remote Call Forward: To cancel Remote Call Forward: Lift the handset...
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While You are away from your desk: Remote Call Forward To verify Remote Call Forward: 3. Enter the Remote Call Forward Deacti- vate FFC. Dial your Station Control Password (Contact your system administrator) Dial your DN. 6. Press the Pound Sign Lift the handset or press a 2.
Away from your desk: Call Forward Deactivation - Intercom Call Forward Destination Deactivation Call Forward Destination Deactivation allows you to deactivate the Call Forward All Calls feature on a telephone which has been forwarded to your telephone. To lock your telephone: You will receive a confirmation tone indicating that you were successful in deactivating Call Forward at the other telephone.
To Talk with more than one person This chapter describes features which allow you to talk with more than one person at the same time. Conference You can set up a conference call for up to three (or six) people, including yourself.
To talk with more than one person: Conferee Display & Disconnect Selectable Conferee Display and Disconnect You can view the list of active conferees by using the Conferee Selectable Display Key and disconnect any party that has been added to the conference call.
Group Call Group Call automatically calls members of a predefined group, one at a time, until they have all answered. Ask your system administrator for details on creating a conference call group. To call group members: To answer a Group Call: To talk with more than one person: Group Call Lift the handset 2.
To talk with more than one person: Call Join - Privacy Release To end a Group Call: Call Join To connect a call on hold (on a different line) to your current call: Privacy Release Privacy Release allows one or more people who share your DN to join your call. To use Privacy Release: If you are on a call on another telephone in your group when a group call is made, you...
Working without interruption This chapter describes features that allow you to avoid receiving calls. Call Forward Call Forward allows you to transfer all your calls so that they ring at another DN. You cannot forward calls while your telephone is ringing. To forward all your calls: To cancel Call Forward: To reinstate Call Forward to the...
Working withough interruption: Make Busy Make Busy Make Busy allows you to make your telephone appear busy to all callers. To make your telephone appear busy: To receive calls again: Press Make Busy. Press Make Busy again.
Options Optional items are available for use with your Meridian Digital Telephone. Please contact your System Administrator for further details. Key Expansion Module External Alerter Interface Meridian Communications Adapter Analog Terminal Adapter (ATA) Meridian Display Option The Key Expansion Module provides 22 additional feature keys for the M2616.
Raise the volume by pressing the right side of the bar. Lower it by pressing the left side. Microphone A microphone is integrated into the M2616 and M2008HF telephones, allowing you to have a telephone conversation without using the handset (known as Handsfree calling).
Terms you should know Terms you should know Attendant - the attendant is a telephone operator in your organization. Directory Number (DN) - a DN is any extension on a telephone. Flexible Feature Codes (FFCs) - your system may use FFCs to access some of your telephone’s features.