Receiving An Announcement - Aastra 6863i User Manual

Phoning
Announcement to a group:
• The announcement will only be received by phones which both have authorisation
to receive announcements and are not in use.
• As soon as a user in a group picks up the handset to answer the announcement, the
announcement is ended for all other users in the group.
• If receipt of announcements is not authorised on any of the phones in the announce-
ment group or all the phones are in use, you will hear the busy tone.
• Group announcements are always conducted with a one-sided connection.
• The group number must be entered as two digits.
<Announcement>
<Announcement>

Receiving an announcement\

You will be alerted to the announcement with two short signal tones
directly via the loudspeaker across a one-sided connection. The display shows
Announcement from.
In order to be able to receive an announcement, your phone must be neither in use nor
locked against announcements (configuration see chapter
against call types", page 65). To answer the announcement, the following options are
available to you:
• You can continue the announcement as a phone call by picking up the handset.
• You can stop the announcement.
Announcement to a group:
• The announcement will only be received by phones which both have authorisation
to receive announcements and are not in use.
• As soon as a user in a group picks up the handset to answer the announcement, the
announcement is ended for all other users in the group.
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Start announcement to a user:
Press the function key for <announcement to a user>. Depending on the settings,
enter the call number.
➔
The user is alerted to the announcement by two short tones on the loud-
speaker. The one-sided connection is made, you can talk.
Start announcement to a group:
Press the function key for <announcement to a group>. Depending on the set-
tings, enter the two digit group number.
➔
The user group is alerted to the announcement by two short tones on the loud-
speaker. The one-sided connection is made, you can talk.
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