AT&T MERLIN 410 Administration Manual page 10

Fixed Features (continued)
FEATURE
Automatic Hold Release
Automatic Hold Reminder
Intercom
Line Request
Message Waiting
Message
Monitor-on-Hold
Speaker
On-Hook Dialing
Speaker
Privacy Alert
DESCRIPTION
Automatically opens line when
person on hold hangs up. Green
light next to button goes off.
Beeps every minute as a reminder
that a person is on hold.
Makes it possible for people in the
same system to call each other.
(See also Voice Announcement
Disable.)
Requests a line that is busy,
and returns a tone when the line
becomes available.
Green light lets person know that
message is waiting. (See also Send
Message.)
If put on hold, turn on speaker and
hang up handset until other person
returns to call. (See also Hands-
Free Unit.)
Turning on the speaker lets a
person dial an outside or intercom
call without lifting handset. (See
also Hands-Free Unit.)
Red and green lights flash alter-
nately next to line button if someone
joins the line.
BENEFITS
• Know immediately when person
on hold hangs up.
• Unused line is not kept busy
unnecessarily.
• Held calls are not forgotten.
• Call any person in office using an
abbreviated number.
• Signal others by ringing or voice
without interrupting active calls.
• Attendant can announce calls
before transferring them.
• Allows more efficient use of lines.
• No need to keep checking line.
Hear beep when line becomes
available.
• Learn of message immediately
upon return to desk.
• Can be turned off by attendant or
person receiving message.
• Messages are not lost.
• No need to hold handset. Person is
free to do other work.
• Keep both hands free until some-
one answers.
• Keep trying busy number without
lifting handset.
• Know immediately if someone has
joined the line you are using.
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