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Display

Telephone Differences
MLX Telephones
2-140 Display
Many of the MLX and analog multiline telephones compatible with the
communications system have a display. The display helps users in three areas:
call handling, telephone programming, and features usage. In addition, the
display supports system programming when the MLX-20L telephone is used as
a system programming console. (For more on system programming displays,
see the System Programming book.)
The level of support the display provides depends on whether or not the user
has an MLX or analog multiline telephone. For example, MLX telephones provide
menu-driven telephone programming and allow users to select and use features
from the display. Analog multiline telephones do not offer these capabilities.
There are two sizes of displays on MLX telephones: MLX-20L telephones have a
7-line by 24-character display, and MLX-28D and MLX-10D telephones have a
2-line by 24-character display.
Both the 7-line and the 2-line displays have four types of screens: the Home
screen, the Menu screen, the Feature screen, and the Inspect screen. Users
bring up these screens by pressing the corresponding imprinted button-for
example, to see the Menu screen, the user presses the Menu button.
Home Screen
The Home screen (Figures 2-7 and 2-8) is the display's home base-it remains
on the display unless the user selects another screen. If the user has
programmed the telephone for a posted message and no call is active on the
telephone, line 1 shows the message the user selected. When the user receives
a call, Line 1 is overwritten with call-handling information, such as a number
being dialed, the name or number of a caller, and the type of incoming call.
Line 2 shows the time and date. If the user activates certain features, any
information currently shown on line 1 of the Home screen is replaced with
prompts and feedback messages. When the telephone is idle, line 2 of the
Home screen shows the date and time. If the timer is running or the user has
programmed an Alarm, this information is also shown on line 2. On the MLX-20L
telephone, listings from the user's Personal Director can be programmed to
appear on the Home screens.
Figure 2-7

2-Line Display Home Screen