Tones And Their Meanings; Ringing Tones; Handset Tones - Avaya 9611G User Manual

Tones and Their Meanings

Ringing tones are produced by an incoming call. Handset tones are those which you hear
through the handset.

Ringing Tones

1 ring - A call from another extension.
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2 rings - A call from outside or from the attendant.
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3 rings - A priority call from another extension, or from an Automatic Callback
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call you placed.
ring-ping (half ring) - A call redirected from your telephone to another because
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Send All Calls or Call Forwarding All Calls is active.

Handset Tones

busy signal - A low-pitched tone repeated 60 times a minute; indicates the
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number dialed is in use.
call waiting ringback tone - A ringback tone with a lower-pitched signal at the
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end; indicates that the extension called is busy, but the called party has been
given a call waiting tone.
call waiting tone - One, two, or three beeps of high-pitched tone, not repeated;
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indicates an incoming call is waiting to be answered. Number of beeps
designates the source: 1 for an internal call, 2 for an outside or attendant call, 3
for a priority call.
confirmation tone - Three short bursts of tone; indicates a feature activation or
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cancellation has been accepted.
coverage tone - One short burst of tone; indicates your call will be sent to
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another extension to be answered by a covering user.
dial tone - A continuous tone; indicates dialing can begin.
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intercept/time-out tone - An alternating high and low tone; indicates a dialing
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error, a denial of the service requested, or a failure to dial within a preset
interval (usually 10 seconds) after lifting the handset or dialing the previous digit.
recall dial tone - Three short bursts of tone followed by a steady dial tone;
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indicates the feature request has been accepted and dialing can begin.
reorder tone - A fast busy tone repeated 120 times a minute; indicates all trunks
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are busy.
ringback tone - A low-pitched tone repeated 15 times a minute; indicates the
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telephone dialed is being rung.
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