Standard Telephones; Ringing Patterns - AT&T PARTNER Installation And Use Manual

Standard Telephones

In addition to system phones, you can connect industry-standard touch-tone or
rotary dial telephones—and even some feature phones with built-in calling
features—directly to the system. You can also combine standard phones on the
same extension with system phones or other devices, without using expensive
adapters or connectors.
Standard phones can do many of the things that system phones can do, and
you can save money by using them in certain situations when a system phone is
not needed. Follow these guidelines when using standard phones:
Use standard phones as power failure backups. System phones will not
work without power. In the event of a power failure, standard phones at
extensions 10 and 16 can connect to lines 1 and 3, respectively, for
continued operation. You can connect standard phones in combination
with system phones at power failure extensions, or you can simply keep
spare standard phones at those extensions to serve as replacements in
case of a power failure.
Set Automatic Line Selection for standard phones to "intercom first." This
enables a user at a standard phone extension to access system features,
including intercom calling. (See "Automatic Line Selection" in Chapter 5
for instructions.)
To use a system calling feature, press [
(Instructions for using these features on standard phones are included in
Chapter 5, "Feature Reference.")
To use a System Speed Dial number, press [
code when you hear intercom dial tone. (For details, see "System Speed
Dialing" in Chapter 5.)
Use the switchhook (or Recall or Flash button, if available) on a standard
phone to place calls on hold, transfer a call, or set up a conference call.
(For details, see "Using the Switchhook" later in this chapter, or "Hold,"
"Transfer," and "Conference" in Chapter 5.)

Ringing Patterns

You can tell what kind of call you are receiving by the way your standard phone
rings:
An outside call will ring . . . ring . . . ring.
An intercom call will ring-ring . . . ring-ring . . . ring-ring.
A transferred call, or a call on hold that is ringing back, will
ring-ring-ring . . . ring-ring-ring . . . ring-ring-ring.
NOTE:
If you use the system with PBX or Centrex lines, the PBX/Centrex distinctive
ringing patterns are not passed to phones. Phones use the ringing patterns
described here instead.
] followed by its dial code.
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] followed by its two-digit
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