Intercom - AT&T EL51250 Quick Start Manual

Intercom

To make and answer an intercom call
You can intercom between handsets.
Press INT on your handset when not in use. Your screen shows
.
CALLING HANDSET X. The other handset rings and its screen
shows HANDSET X IS CALLING.
2. To answer the intercom call, press
handset. Both handsets now show INTERCOM.
3. To end an intercom call, press
telephone base or charger.
NOTE: Before the intercom call is answered, you can cancel the intercom call by pressing
OFF/ or INT on your originating handset.
CLEAR
Call transfer using intercom
You can transfer an outside call to another system handset.
During a call, press INT and proceed just as you would for a normal intercom call. Once
the other party has answered the intercom, you have the following options:
• You can let the other handset join you on the outside call in a three-way
conversation. Press and hold INT on the calling handset.
• You can transfer the call. Press
telephone base or charger. Your handset screen shows CALL TRANSFERRED. The
other handset automatically connects to the outside call.
• You can switch between the outside call (OUTSIDE CALL appears on the screen) and the
intercom call (INTERCOM appears on the screen). Press INT on your handset to switch.
• The other person can end the intercom call by pressing
the other handset back in the telephone base or charger. The outside call continues
with the original system handset.
NOTES:
• To cancel the transfer and return to the external call before the intercom call is answered,
OFF/
press
CLEAR
• If the other handset is not answered within 00 seconds, is in use, on a call or is out of
range, the calling handset shows UNABLE TO CALL TRY AGAIN on its screen and automatically
returns to the external call.
OFF/
OFF/
PHONE/
,
FLASH
PHONE/ ,
FLASH
, or place the handset back in the
CLEAR
, or place your handset back in the
CLEAR
or INT on your handset.
3
SPEAKER or INT on that
OFF/ , or by placing
CLEAR