Making Calls - Basic Functions; Answering Calls; Answering A Call With The Handset; Answering A Call With The Speaker (Speakerphone Mode) - Siemens HiPath 500 Operating Instructions Manual

Making Calls – Basic Functions
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Making Calls – Basic Functions

Answering Calls

Special default ring signaling is set for your telephone:
• When you receive an internal call, your telephone
rings once every four seconds (single-tone
sequence).
• When you receive an external call, your telephone
rings twice in rapid succession every four seconds
(dual-tone sequence).
• When you receive a call from the entrance tele-
phone, your telephone rings three times in rapid
succession every four seconds (triple-tone se-
quence).
• If a call is waiting, you hear a short tone (beep) every
six seconds.
The number or the name of the caller appears on the
display.

Answering a Call With the Handset

The telephone rings. The caller appears on the screen.
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Lift the handset.
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or Raise or lower the volume. Keep pressing the key until
the desired volume is set.
Answering a Call with the Speaker
(Speakerphone Mode)
This function is not available with
optiPoint 500 economy and optiPoint 500 basic.
The telephone rings. The caller appears on the screen.
Press the key. The LED lights up.
Speakerphone mode.
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or Raise or lower the volume. Keep pressing the key until
the desired volume is set.