Your telephone package contains the following items. Save your sales receipt and original packaging in the event warranty service is necessary. User’s manual Quick start guide MS2085 4-Line MS2085 4-Line Small Business Main Console Small Business Main Console User's manual...
Quick start guide MS2085 4-Line Small Business Main Console Table of contents Getting started B. Join a call in progress ....17 Intercom ............18 Quick reference guide ......1 Make an intercom call to an Console installation ........4 extension ...........18 Console installation (system Answer an intercom call ....18...
Getting started Quick reference guide MENU/SELECT CALL HISTORY • Press to enter the menu. • Press to view caller ID • While in the menu, press to information. select an item or save an entry or setting. MESSAGE WAITING indicator •...
Getting started Quick reference guide One-touch keys Press to dial the desired one-touch number. Directory card To write names on the directory card, follow the steps below: Pull out the directory card. Write the information on the directory card. Replace the directory card under the plastic cover.
Getting started Quick reference guide Main menu The > symbol highlights a menu item. Main menu • System Setup >System Setup • Ringers Ringers Set Date/Time • Set Date/Time One Touch • One Touch Phone Settings Registration • Phone Settings Customer Support •...
Getting started Console installation Make sure you plug in all telephone lines and the Ethernet cable before powering up the console. Plug the end of the coiled handset cord into jack on the left side of the telephone. Lift the kickstand as the arrows indicate below to release it from the groove.
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DSL interference. Please contact your DSL service provider for more information about DSL filters. MS2085 Engraving: Make sure your router is connected to the Ethernet network. Plug one end of the Ethernet cable into the Ethernet jack (...
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Option 1: To connect four single line wall jacks MS2015 Engraving: Use only Supplied Adapter Plug one end of the Plug the other end of the MS2085 Engraving: Ethernet cable into the telephone lines into the Ethernet jack ( ) at the 1-line telephone wall jacks. Use only...
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Line 3/4 Line 1/2 Router Router MS2015 Engraving: Use only Supplied Adapter Plug one end of the Ethernet cable into MS2085 Engraving: the Ethernet jack at the back of Use only Supplied L3/4 L1/2 Adapter the console. If you have DSL...
Getting started Console installation (system telephone) If you want to use the console as a stand-alone telephone, skip to the next page for installation instructions It takes at least one minute for the console to start up the system and the screen displays Booting... during Is this Console startup.
Getting started Console installation (stand-alone telephone) This MS2085 console can be used as a stand-alone telephone without connecting it to MS2015 desksets via a router. Follow the steps below to set up the console if you do not connect it to a router.
Getting started System setup Prime line Use this feature, also known as automatic line selection, to choose which line is automatically selected each time you lift the handset or press SPEAKER or HEADSET (if a corded headset is connected) to make an outside call.
Use this feature to set the ringer volume to one of six levels or turn the ringer off. When the ringer is off, the icon appears on the console screen. The MS2085 console stores the volume setting for all lines. When the console is idle, press MENU Ringers /SELECT >Ringer Volume...
Telephone settings Telephone setup Set date/time The answering system displays the date and time of the message while playing messages. Before using the answering system, set the date and time as follows. Follow the steps below to set the month, day, year Set Date 01/01/12 and time:...
Telephone operation Telephone operation The telephone comes programmed to select the line automatically for calls when you do not press a line key. To override the automatic line selection setting, see Prime line on page 10 for details. When you answer a call, the telephone automatically selects the ringing line.
Telephone operation Options while on calls Call waiting If you subscribe to call waiting service with your telephone service provider, you hear a beep if someone calls while you are in the middle of a call. Press FLASH to put your current call on hold and •...
Telephone operation Redial The last 10 telephone numbers dialed (up to 30 digits) are stored in the console. To view the 10 most recently dialed numbers Press AUTO REDIAL to enter the redial list and display the most recently called number. Press to view other recently called numbers.
Telephone operation Conference call The system can support 5-way conference with a maximum of one outside call and four system extensions (including the initiating party), or two outside calls and three system extensions (including the initiating party). The outside call must be established first because an intercom call cannot be placed on hold.
Telephone operation Conference call B. Join a call in progress Make or answer an outside call on the console, then press MENU /SELECT Press SELECT to select Call Privacy on your console. MENU/ to choose Off, then press SELECT. Press MENU/ Any system extension can join the call by pressing the line key currently in use to join the conference.
Telephone operation Intercom You can use the intercom feature for conversations between the console and a system deskset, or between two system desksets. The console and each deskset in the telephone system MUST be assigned a unique extension number for the intercom feature to work.
Telephone operation One touch This telephone has 32 one- and two-touch memory locations (speed dial locations) where you can store the phone numbers or system extension numbers you wish to dial more quickly. You can store up to 30 digits in each location.
Telephone operation One touch Assign a one-touch entry (continued) • You can store the flash signal required by some special services as part of a to choose Add flash, then press dialing sequence. Press SELECT. A F appears on the screen. Continue storing the number MENU/ as usual.
Directory Create directory entries Create a new directory entry Use the following steps to store a name and number in the directory. When the console is idle, press DIRECTORY. The console shows a summary with the number of directory entries stored. Press MENU to add an entry.
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Directory Create directory entries Create a new directory entry (continued) • You can include a pause while storing a dialing sequence that requires one during actual dialing. Enter Number Press to choose Add pause, then press 8002223111_ SELECT. A P appears on the screen. MENU/ •...
Directory Search directory Search by name Follow the steps below to search for directory entries on the console. Press DIRECTORY on the console. The screen displays a summary with the number of directory entries stored. Press to browse through the directory. browse through the directory.
Caller ID Caller ID operation Review the caller ID information When the console is idle, press CALL HISTORY. The console displays XX New calls (the number of missed call) and XX calls (the total number of missed calls and reviewed calls). Press to review the caller ID information.
Caller ID Caller ID operation Save a caller ID entry to the directory (continued) • Store a signal for switching to temporary tone signaling. If you have dial pulse (rotary) service, this signal is required for some special services. Press to choose Send tone, then press SELECT.
Answering system Auto attendant setup Record the auto attendant announcement To record the announcement: When the console is idle, press ANS SYS. to scroll to Auto Attendant, then Press Auto Attendant SELECT or /SKIP. press Auto ATT ON/OFF MENU/ Auto ATT Delay Press to scroll to Announcement, then press >Announcement...
Answering system Auto attendant operation Auto attendant (AA) flow chart Incoming call AA answers and plays outgoing announcement Caller dials Caller dials Caller dials Caller enters extension remote access command number code entered AA plays Answering Rings back AA calls records directory system...
Answering system Answering system operation Message playback From the console, you can play the messages in both the central and private mailboxes. You can choose to play the new messages only or play all messages (new messages and old messages). Before playing each message, the system announces the date and time of the recording.