Aastra Venture 3-Line with Answering User Manual page 69

Play/Action key This key (—) is
located in the center of the arrow
keys on the right side of your Venture
phone. It is used to dial anything on
your display, play messages or to
change options.
Call log This is another name for
the Callers list.
Call Waiting This is a telephone
company service to which you can
subscribe. The phone beeps, letting
you know that a call is waiting. If you
also have Caller ID on Call Waiting,
the display shows who is calling.
You can choose to take the second
call or to continue with the first call.
Caller ID This is a telephone
company service to which you can
subscribe. It provides information
(usually the name and phone number
of the caller) on incoming calls. This
information is shown on your
Venture phone display and stored in
your Callers list.
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Conference calling A three-way
call between you and callers on two
other lines. On your Venture phone
you can conference two separate
phone lines or one phone line and an
intercom line.
Connecting block A plastic
block containing metal wiring
terminals that connect one group of
wires to another. Each wire is usually
connected to several other wires in a
bus (an electrical connection that
allows two or more wires or lines to
be connected together) or in a
common arrangement.
Daisychain A method of
connecting devices in a series. The
phone signal is passed through the
chain from one device to the next.
Differentiated ring This is a
telephone company service to which
you can subscribe. It enables you to
have a second phone number with a
unique ring on a single phone line.
Display prompts Instructions
shown on your display.
Flash This Venture feature works
like a break in the phone line
connection. For example, if you
subscribe to Call Waiting or Caller
ID on Call Waiting from your
telephone company, when you are on
a call and second call comes in on the
same line, you can press f to
answer the other call.
Home run (Star) Phone system
wiring in which the individual cables
run from each phone to a connecting
block where your phone lines are
brought into your building.
KSU-less systems Systems, like
Venture, that include only phones
directly linked to each other so that
they can call each other and share
information and lines.
Lists Information storage areas from
which information can be used to
place calls and activate features.
Lock lists A security feature that
prevents unauthorized users from
deleting or changing items in lists,
such as your Directory or Callers list.