Interpreting Ringer Tones
Ringing Tones accompany an incoming call. Feedback Tones are those that you
hear through the speaker.
Tones
1 Ring --------
Half Ring (ring-ping) ---
Tones
Busy --- --- ---
Call Waiting Ringback Tone ---_
Dial ---------
Intercept/Time-out -_-_-_-
Recall Dial - - - -----------
Reorder -- -- -- -- -- --
Ringback ---- ---- ---- ----
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Issue 3 October 2007
Meaning
Incoming call.
A call is being redirected from your phone to
another because Send All Calls or Call
Forwarding All Calls is active.
Meaning
Low-pitched, rapid tone (repeated 60 times
per minute), signifying the number dialed is
in use.
A ringback tone with lower-pitched signal at
the end. This tone indicates the extension
called is busy and the called party was
given a call waiting tone.
Continuous tone indicating dialing can start.
Alternating high and low tone. This tone
indicates either a dialing error, denial of a
requested service, or failure to dial within a
preset interval (usually 10 seconds) after
lifting the handset or dialing the previous
digit.
Three short tone bursts followed by a
steady dial tone to indicate a feature
request was accepted and dialing can start.
Fast, busy tone repeated each half-second
to indicate all phone trunk lines are busy.
Low-pitched tone repeated 15 times a
minute to indicate the number dialed is
ringing.