Equal Access Requirements; Electrical Safety Advisory; Hearing Aid Compatibility - NEC SL1100 Hardware Manual

ISSUE 5.0
• This equipment returns answer supervision to the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN)
when Direct Inward Dialing (DID) calls are:
- Answered by the called station.
- Answered by the Attendant.
- Routed to a recorded announcement that can be administered by the Customer Premise
Equipment (CPE) user.
- Routed to a dial prompt.
• This equipment returns answer supervision on all DID calls forwarded to the Public Switched
Telephone Network (PSTN). Permissible exceptions are:
- A call is unanswered.
- A busy tone is received.
- A reorder tone is received.
VOICE ANNOUNCEMENT/MONITORING OVER DID LINES
When using voice announcement or monitoring over DID Lines, observe the following.
CAUTION
Using the Voice Announcement feature to eavesdrop or record sound activities at the other end of the
telephone line may be illegal under certain circumstances and laws. Consult a legal advisor before
implementing any practice to monitor or record a telephone conversation. Some federal and state laws
require a party monitoring or recording a telephone to use a beep-tone(s), notify all parties to the
telephone conversation and/or obtain consent of all parties to the telephone conversation. In
monitoring or recording sound activities at the other end of the telephone line using the Voice
Announcement feature, the sound of the alert tone at the beginning of the Voice Announcement may
or may not be considered sufficient under applicable laws. Some of the applicable laws provide for
strict penalties for illegal monitoring or recording of telephone conversations.

EQUAL ACCESS REQUIREMENTS

If equipment such as Private Branch Exchanges (PBX), key systems or customer-owned coin/credit
card telephones is sold to a call aggregator, it must be capable of providing users access to interstate
providers of operator services through the use of access codes. Modification of this equipment by call
aggregators to block access dialing codes is a violation of the Telephone Operator Consumers Act of
1990.

ELECTRICAL SAFETY ADVISORY

Parties responsible for equipment requiring AC power should consider including an advisory notice in
their customer information suggesting the customer use a surge arrestor. Telephone companies report
that electrical surges, typically lightening transients, are very destructive to customer terminal
equipment connected to AC power sources. This has been identified as a major nationwide problem.

HEARING AID COMPATIBILITY

NEC Multiline Terminals and NEC Single Line Telephones that are provided for this system are
hearing aid compatible. The manufacturer of other Single Line Telephones for use with the system
must provide notice of hearing aid compatibility to comply with FCC rules that now prohibit the use of
non-hearing aid compatible telephones.
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