Tones - AT&T MERLIN LEGEND MLX-10 Non-Display Telephone User Manual

Making and Answering Calls

Tones

When making a call or using a feature, you may hear a tone.
Each tone has its own meaning.
Tone
Dial tone (steady tone)
Busy (slow repeating tone)
Fast busy (fast repeating
tone)
Alternating high and low
tones
Confirmation tone (double
break in dial tone followed
by steady tone)
Callback tone (five short
beeps)
Call Waiting tone (one or
two beeps while you are on
another call)
Meaning
You can make a call.
The phone you are calling is
busy.
No lines are available.
You dialed a number
incorrectly or misused a
feature.
You used a feature properly.
The outside line or the
extension is busy and your
call is programmed for
Callback. (See Chapter 5 for
more on Callback.)
You have an inside call (one
beep) or outside call (two
beeps) waiting.
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