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Feature Codes

Feature Code Overview

Using Feature Codes

This chapter describes how to use VCX feature codes on a VCX telephone to enhance
the operation of your phone. A feature code is a sequence of numbers you enter on the
telephone keypad to enable a feature that is not mapped to a button.
This chapter includes the following topics:
Feature Code Overview
Using Feature Codes
Feature Codes
Some common telephone features are mapped to buttons (Hold, for example).
However, the number of buttons varies on each model of VCX phone. Furthermore, the
number of VCX features exceeds the number of buttons available on any phone.
Feature codes allow the VCX telephone feature set to be available to all VCX phones,
regardless of the number of buttons on the phone.
Each feature is assigned a unique three-digit feature code. You can invoke a feature by
entering the numeric code assigned to a particular feature. For example, you can use a
feature code to enable call forwarding and specify a destination number.
For all VCX Basic and Business phones, you can enter any feature code by pressing
the Feature button. This action generates a Feature: prompt in the telephone Display
Panel. The next step is to enter the appropriate feature code. If additional information is
required, the Display Panel prompts you.
However, you can invoke some feature codes without pressing the Feature button by
entering special feature code syntax with the telephone keypad. See Using Feature
Codes for information on both feature code entry methods.
The location of the Feature button depends on your telephone. See the appropriate
chapter in this guide for the location of buttons and controls for your phone.
You can invoke a feature by pressing the Feature button and using the telephone
keypad to enter the feature code along with any additional information (for example, an
extension). For example, you can show a list of local or global users in the Display
Panel by pressing the Feature button followed by the User Directory feature code (461).
In this guide, this method is noted by the following syntax:
Feature + 461
Some feature codes allow you enter the code number without using the Feature button.
For these feature codes, you prepend the code number with an asterisk (*). For
example, you can enable Do Not Disturb using either of the following methods:
Feature + 446
or