AT&T MERLIN 3070, MERLIN 1030 User Manual

AT&T
TM
MERLIN
COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM
USER’S GUIDE: MODELS 1030 AND 3070 WITH FEATURE MODULE 1

Table of Contents

Available Features Key to Symbols Placing and Answering Calls
Placing Calls
Outside Calls Intercom Calls On-Hook Dialing Line Request Loudspeaker Paging
Answering Calls
Distinctive Ringing
Using Fixed Features
Hold
Placing Calls on Hold Returning to Held Calls
Transfer
Transfer with Voice Announcement Parking Calls
Conference
With a Call On Hold
Conference On Hold Drop Speaker
Monitoring a Call on Hold
Group Listening
Using Custom Feature Buttons
Outside Auto Dial Intercom Auto Dial Last Number Redial Saved Number Redial Privacy
10 10 10
11 11 12 12 12
13
2
Do Not Disturb Auto Answer
3
Intercom Calls Outiside Calls
4 4 4 4 4 5 5 6 6
Call Coverage Touch-Tone Enable Paging
Dial Code Features
Speed Dialing Call Pickup
Programming
Assigning Custom Features to Buttons Feature Programming Chart
7 7 7 7 8 8 8 9 9 9 9
Special Information for Programming Buttons
Changing an Outside Auto Dial Number
Special Characters with Auto Dial/Speed Dial Programming a Speed Dialing Number Automatic Line Selection Ringing Options
Line Ringing
Personalized Ringing
Voice Signal Disable
Optional Equipment
Hands-Free Unit
Placing Calls
Disconnecting Calls
Answering Calls
Hands-Free Answer on Intercom Manual and Automatic Multipurpose Adapters
Index
13 13 13 13 14 14 14 15 15 15
16 16 17 19 19 19 19 19 20 20 21 21
22 22 22 22 22 22 23
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Get a free line without having to push a button or interrupt some­one else’s call. In addition, the lights next to line buttons make it easy to keep track of calls.
Red light indicates line you are on.
Green light indicates if line is free, busy, or on hold. Fast flashing = you put call on hold Slower flashing = some­one else put call on hold
Have access to a “pool” or group of outside lines through a single button. This frees buttons for pro­grammable features.
Touch
Intercom-Voice
connected to your MERLIN system. (See p. 4).
Test your voice terminal and pro­gram its features using the T/P switch.
Control the volume of both your speaker and ringer.
Dial special codes for additional features. (See p. 15.)
Intercom-Ring
to contact others
or

Available Features

Program buttons so that custom features, such as Do Not Disturb and Outside Auto Dial, are yours with just one touch. (See p. 15.)
Using
Conference,
up to two outside lines and two inside lines at once.
Transfer
terminal with or without voice an­nouncement. (See p. 8.)
Put calls on
Drop
ference call. (See p. 9.)
Touch ing, group listening, and monitor­ing a call on hold. (See p. 4 and
9.) Touch
without hanging up the handset. With Centrex or PBX service, use
Recall
flash.
a call to another voice
one person from a con-
Speaker
Recall
instead of a switchhook
connect with
hold.
(See p. 7.)
for on-hook dial-
to disconnect a call
Read on to find out how to use these features . . . and many more!
Call your attendant for messages when light is lit.
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Key To Symbols

The following symbols are used throughout the document to illustrate the steps for using your
MERLIN™
voice terminal. After you are familiar with the steps, the symbols should serve as a quick reminder.
Conference
Lift handset
Don’t lift handset
Dial
(an outside number, intercom or feature code)
Speaker
555-1234
Page
Touch a fixed feature button
button indicates a fixed feature button.)
Touch a line button
(A lighter shade with a telephone number in­dicates a line button. A shaded light indicates that it is lit.)
Touch a custom feature button
lighter shade with a feature name indicates a custom feature button.)
(A dark shaded
(A
communications system
Hang up your handset
T
Slide the T/P switch to the P position
P
T
Return the T/P switch to the center position
P
Since each symbol represents one action, a sequence of two or more symbols illustrates a procedure. For example,
+
means, lift your handset, touch the
Intercom
Ring
Intercom-Ring
+
button, and dial the number.
3

Placing And Answering Calls

PLACING CALLS Outside Calls
Lift the handset and dial the number. The MERLIN system automatically selects a free line for you. You can select a different line by touching another line button.

Intercom Calls

You can call anyone connected to your the Intercom feature. You have a choice of announcing your call through the other person’s speaker letting the phone ring
(Intercom-Ring).
To place an announced intercom call: lift the handset, touch
Intercom-Voice,
dial the person’s assigned intercom number (10 through 79), and speak through your handset. Your voice will be heard through the other person’s speaker.
MERLIN
system by using
(Intercom-Voice)
or of simply
+
+
Intercom
Voice
+
To place a ringing intercom call: Touch
Intercom-Ring
and dial
the intercom number.

On-Hook Dialing

Instead of lifting your handset to place a call, you may use your voice terminal’s built-in speaker. Touch
Speaker,
dial the number, and lift your handset when the person answers. If the line is busy or you get no answer, touch Speaker to cancel the call.
Speaker
+
+
Intercom
Ring
+
+
4

Line Request

If you want to use a line that is busy (green light next to the but­ton is on), you can have the
MERLIN
system signal you when the line is free. Without lifting the handset, touch the button of the busy line (red light comes on). When the line is free, you will hear a beep. Lift your handset and dial.
If you touch another line button before you are signaled, you cancel Line Request.

Loudspeaker Paging

If you have a loudspeaker paging system, you can connect to it by using the Intercom feature: lift your handset, touch
Voice,
and dial one of the appropriate codes listed below. Make
Intercom-
your announcement by speaking through your handset.
+
+
Intecom
Voice
555-1234
+
Paging codes:
All Zones Zone 1 Zone 2 Zone 3
80 81 82 83
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ANSWERING CALLS

the
Just lift the handset – nects you to the incoming call. Answer intercom calls in the same way.

Distinctive Ringing

Different ringing sounds indicate the type of call you are receiving.
Ringing patterns:
MERLIN
system automatically con-
intercom:
outside: transfer:
You may also program your phone to ring elsewhere first or not to ring at all, depending on the coverage you have. (See page 20 for the procedure for programming ringing options.)
two short and one long ring (if you are called with speaker light comes on)
one long ring one short and one long ring
Intercom-Voice,
your
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Using Fixed Features

Your MERLIN system has two kinds of features – fixed and programmed. Fixed features are those that come with every voice terminal and can’t be changed. They include:

Hold

Transfer
Conference
Drop
HOLD Placing Calls on Hold
When you want to put a call on hold, simply touch light next to the held call’s line button flashes rapidly.

Returning to Held Calls

To return to a call you put on hold, touch the held call’s line but­ton. (You can tell which one it is by the rapidly flashing green light.) To take a call someone else put on hold, touch the line button whose green light flashes less rapidly.
Speaker
Message
Recall
Hold.
The green
Hold
Pause
555-1234
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