Using The Speaker And Microphone; Hands-Free Answer On Intercom (Hfai) - AT&T Partner Series Installation And Use Manual

Using the Speaker and Microphone

Hands-Free Answer
on Intercom (HFAI)
Both PARTNER telephones have a speaker, which you can turn on by pressing
[ ]. The PARTNER 12-button telephone also has a microphone, which you
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can turn on by pressing [
speaker or microphone is on.
With the PARTNER 12-button phone, you can make and answer calls without lift-
ing the handset by turning both the speaker and the microphone on. When you
turn on the speaker, you will hear a dial tone. When the microphone is on, turn-
ing the speaker on and off is the same as lifting and replacing the handset.
On the PARTNER 6-button phone, you can turn on the speaker to get a dial
tone, dial the call, and hear the call ringing. When the other party answers, you
must lift the handset to talk since you do not have a microphone button.
You can switch from the handset to the speaker and microphone by pressing
[ ] and then [ ] and hanging up the handset. To go from the speaker and
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microphone to the handset, lift the handset.
This feature allows users with PARTNER 12-button phones to automatically
answer a voice-signaled intercom call. If you leave the microphone on all the
time, you can respond to a voice-signaled intercom call without lifting the
handset. The incoming voice-signaled intercom call will automatically turn on
your speaker. This is called Hands-Free Answer on Intercom. If the micro-
phone is on and an outside call comes in, press [
]. When the green light next to the button is on, the
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Basic Call Handling with PARTNER Phones
] to answer the call.
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