Using Intercom With A Telephone Call; Two-Way Intercom Calls; Three-Way Intercom Calls - GE 27881 User Manual

Using Intercom with a Telephone Call

During a telephone call, you can use the intercom/paging function to page the
base or cordless handset and set up a private (-way) intercom conversation with
another user while the telephone call is placed on hold. Or, you can create a 3-way
conversation between the telephone caller, the base, and the cordless handset.

Two-Way Intercom Calls

1. To make an intercom call press the PAGE/INTERCOM button (base) or intercom
button (cordless handset), depending on where the external call originated.
The external caller is placed on hold and both intercom users may speak privately.
. To answer the intercom page, press the PAGE/INTERCOM button (base) or intercom
button (cordless handset). When finished press the PAGE/INTERCOM button or
intercom button to retrieve the external caller.

Three-Way Intercom Calls

1. Press the PAGE/INTERCOM button (base) or intercom button (cordless handset)
during an outside call.
The external caller is placed on hold, and a paging tone sounds at the base
and cordless handset. PAGING (cordless handset) or PAGING HANDSET (base)
displays on the originating unit and PAGING FRM BASE (handset) or PAGING FROM
HANDSET (base) on the other unit.
. If the originating unit is the handset, press the PAGE/INTERCOM button on the base
to set up the intercom. Then press the MEMORY/conference button on the handset
to retrieve the external caller. Three-way conversation begins, and CONFERENCE
shows in the display.
3. If the originating unit is the base, press the intercom button to setup the intercom.
Then press the base MEM/CONFERENCE button on the base to retrieve the external
call. Three-way conversation begins, and CONFERENCE shows in the display.
NoTE: A handset or the base may enter a conversation directly by
pressing the TALK/call back button on the handset or the SPEAKER/
CALL bACK button on the base while the other handset or the base
is engaged with an external call.
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