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Multiple handset use
Intercom
Use the intercom feature for conversations between handsets. You can buy
additional expansion handsets (model AT&T CL80109) for this telephone base.
You can register up to 12 handsets to the telephone base.
The first nine handsets that you register are named Handsets 1-9. Use the
handset number to initiate intercom and transfer calls.
Although the names for handsets 10-12 appear in their displays as 10-12,
when you intercom or transfer to one of them, you must use *0 for Handset 10,
*1 for handset 11, and *2 for Handset 12.
Using a cordless handset:
1. Press INT on your handset when not in use.
If you have a single handset system, your handset screen
shows CALLING BASE. The telephone base rings and its
screen shows HANDSET X IS CALLING.
If you have more than one handset, your screen shows
INTERCOM TO: Enter a handset number, the screen then
shows CALLING HANDSET X. The called handset rings and
its screen shows either OTHER HANDSET IS CALLING or
HANDSET X IS CALLING.
-OR-
Enter 0 to intercom with the telephone base. The screen shows
CALLING BASE. The telephone base rings and its screen
shows HANDSET X IS CALLING.
2. To answer the intercom call, press PHONE/FLASH, INT, SPEAKER or
any dial pad keys (0-9, #, *) on the called handset. Both handsets now show
INTERCOM.
-OR-
Press SPEAKER or any dial pad key (0-9, * or #) on the telephone base, or lift
the corded handset to answer the intercom call.
3. To end the intercom call,
Press OFF/CLEAR or INT on either handset, or place the handset in the
charger.
-OR-
Press INTERCOM/HANDSET LOCATOR or CLEAR on the telephone base if you are
using speakerphone mode, or return the corded handset to the telephone base.
NOTES:
1. Before the intercom call is answered, you can cancel the intercom call by pressing
OFF/CLEAR or INT on the calling handset.
2. If the called handset is not answered within 100 seconds, or if it is in the directory or call log
mode, or is on a call, or is out of range, the calling handset shows the message UNABLE TO
CALL TRY AGAIN.
3. Pressing OFF/CLEAR or MUTE/DELETE on a cordless handset, or pressing CLEAR or MUTE on
the telephone base temporarily silences the intercom ringer.
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CALLING
OTHER HANDSET
OTHER HANDSET
IS CALLING
INTERCOM
