AT&T SPIRIT User Manual

AT&T

SPIRIT

®

Communications System

User Manual

Table of Contents

How to Use this Manual

2

Key to Symbols

4

Ringing Patterns

5

Groups (2448 System)

5

Indicator Light Patterns

5

Parts of the Telephones

6

Line, Auto-Dial, and Programmable Buttons (308/616 System)

8

Line and Multi-Purpose Buttons (2448 System)

10

Answer Calls

12

Place Calls (308/616 System)

14

Place Calls (2448 System)

16

Conference

18

Hold

20

Transfer

21

Message

22

Change to Touch Tone

23

Do Not Disturb

24

Line Reserve

24

Privacy Release and Bridging

25

Switchhook Flash

25

Night Service 26
Auto Callback (2448 System)

26

Intercom Call Forward (2448 System)

27

Mute

27

Paging (308/616 System)

28

Programmable Buttons (308/616 System)

28

Paging (2448 System)

30

Programming Multi-Purpose Buttons (2448 System)

30

Personal

SpeedCall

(308/616 System)

32

Personal

SpeedCall

(2448 System)

34

Customized Features

36

Volume Control

37

Using with a PBX/Centrex System

38

Caring for Your Telephone

38

Dial Codes

39

Index (308/616 System)

40

Index (2448 System)

41

NOTICE:

While reasonable efforts were made to ensure that the information

in this document was complete and accurate at the time of printing, AT&T
assumes no responsibility for any errors. Changes or corrections to the

information contained in this document may be incorporated into future
re-issues.

SPIRIT is a registered trademark of AT&T

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How to Use this Manual

Your telephone is part of an easy-to-use communications system that combines built-in
features that may be customized to better meet the needs
how to use all of the features. “

Which System Does Your Company Have?

of your company. This manual

features with

will explain

There are two

SPIRIT® Communications Systems

–Models 308/616 and 2448. Sometimes the

systems work differently, so you need to find out which system your company has.

To determine which system your company has,

●

Press INTERCOM. ● Lift receiver. ● Dial 8.

If your system is a 308/616 you will hear a siren-like tone of
If your system is a 2448 you will hear an intercom dial tone.

alternating pitches.

Examples of Color-Coded Instructions

■

Instructions for Both Systems

●

Lift receiver (or press SPEAKER).

■

Instructions for 308/616 System Only

●

Press INTERCOM. ● Lift receiver (or press SPEAKER)

●

Dial 61. Make announcement.

■

Instructions for 2448 System Only

●

Press INTERCOM. ● Lift receiver (or press SPEAKER). ● Dial ✱ 7.

Parts of the Telephone

Drawings of the telephones with the parts labeled and explained appear on pages 6 and 7.
Two different telephones may be used with

SPIRIT

Communications Systems. Both telephones have
a dial, feature buttons, a speakerphone, and either 6 or 24 additional buttons that have different uses,
depending on the system you have.

Patterns

Descriptions of the ringing patterns and indicator light patterns are on page 5. These patterns are
easy to learn, but you may want to refer to the descriptions while you are getting used to your
telephone.

System and Personal SpeedCAll Numbers

Two kinds of memories are available for your use, System and Personal

SpeedCall.

Up to 70 telephone

numbers can be stored in the System

SpeedCall

memory, which is available to all the people using
the system. The person in your company who maintains your system can give you a directory of the
System

SpeedCall

numbers. You may also store Personal

SpeedCall

numbers in the memory for your

telephone. Instructions are on pages 32-35.

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4

Key to Symbols

Lift receiver (or press SPEAKER)

Press line button

Don’t lift receiver (and do not press SPEAKER)

Press auto-dial or programmable button
(308/616 system)

Dial outside or intercom extension number/code

Press multi-purpose button (2448 system)
(type of multi-purpose button displayed on
the symbol)

Dial feature dial code

Press feature button

Hang up receiver (or press SPEAKER if using

Use one or another procedure, depending on

the kind of telephone or type of call.

speakerphone)

Ringing Patterns

Two short rings—call from outside system
One long ring—call from another intercom extension
One short, one long ring—transferred call
Three short rings—transfer return or line reserve callback

(or auto callback on a 2448 system)
One low-volume ring pattern—call when your telephone

is busy (or calls are forwarded on a 2448 system)

Groups (2448 System)

Telephones in 2448 systems are assigned to
groups according to their intercom extension

numbers.

Intercom Extension Numbers

Group Number

10-17
18-25
26-33
34-41
42-49
50-57

61
62
63
64
65
66

Indicator Light Patterns

I USE (The telephone line you are
currently using)

Very Long On, Short Off, repeat

THEY USE (The telephone line
someone else

IS

currently using)

Steady On

RINGING (A telephone line that is
ringing normally)

Long On, Long Off, repeat

CALLBACK SIGNAL (The system is
calling you for a line reserve callback

Short On, Short Off, repeat

or transfer return)
I HOLD (A telephone line that you

One Short Flash, Very Long Off, repeat

have placed on HOLD)
THEY HOLD (A telephone line that

someone else has placed on HOLD)

Two Short Flashes, Very Long Off, repeat

5

Start

1 Second

6

Labeling Buttons
To remove old labels:

●

Insert end of paper clip

into notch of clear cover

●

Slide cover sideways

●

Lift cover and label

To

add new labels:

●

Fill out label

●

Replace label and cover

(rough side up)

Labeling Intercom Extension
Number:

●

Locate plastic hook under

receiver

●

Push down on hook and

slide up

●

Lift off clear plastic window

● Locate ICM label

●

Write intercom extension

number on label

●

Place label and plastic

window on hook

● Slide hook back into

telephone

Parts of the Telephones

24-Button Telephone

LINE. AUTO-DIAL. PROGRAMMABLE
BUTTONS and INDICATOR LIGHTS
(308/616 System)

Buttons 1-6 are line buttons for incoming
telephone lines. 24-button sets have 16
auto-dial buttons for making outside and
intercom calls and two buttons that may be
programmed at the telephones for manual
signaling or paging. See page 8.

BUTTONS 1-6

LINE AND MULTI-PURPOSE BUTTONS
and INDICATOR LIGHTS (2448 System)

Line buttons, for incoming telephone lines.
are assigned by the person who custom­izes your system and will be labeled as
incoming Iines. Multi-purpose buttons may
be programmed by you to be Personal
SpeedCall buttons, intercom extension
buttons, or special use buttons for paging,
manual signaling or entering account
codes. See page 10.

6-Button Telephone

MESSAGE WAITING INDICATOR
Shows that you have a message waiting.

See page 22.

HANDS-FREE ANSWER INDICATOR

LIGHT
Shows whether the Hands-Free Answer
on Intercom feature is on or off. Turned.
on and off using the MUTE/HFAl button.

See page 12.

VOLUME CONTROL
Adjusts the volume of the ringer. speaker.
and receiver. See page 37.

MUTE/HFAl BUTTON and

INDICATOR LIGHT
Used to turn off the sound to the other
person. Also used to turn on and off the
Hands-Free Answer on Intercom feature.

See pages 12 and 27.

SPEAKER BUTTON and

INDICATOR LIGHT
Used to turn the speakerphone on and off.

MEMORY BUTTON
Used to store and dial SpeedCall
numbers. See pages 32-35.

INTERCOM BUTTONS and INDICATOR

LIGHTS
Used for placing and receiving intercom
calls. Also used for personal program­ming, feature codes. and accessing lines
without buttons, depending on the system.

RECALL/DROP BUTTON

Used to disconnect intercom calls without

hanging up or used for switchhook flash.

Also used to drop a party from a

conference. See pages 25 and 19.

HOLD/PAUSE BUTTON
Used with the HOLD feature. See page 20.
Also used to insert a pause into a number
stored in memory See pages 33 and 35.

TRANSFER BUTTON
Used to transfer a call to another
intercom extension See page 21.

CONFERENCE BUTTON
Used to add lines of intercom extensions
to a call. See page 18.

DIAL
Used to dial outside calls, intercom calls.

and feature dial codes.

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Line/Auto-Dial /Programmable Buttons

8

Line, Auto-Dial, and Programmable Buttons (308/616 System)

A 6-button telephone in a 308/616 system has six line buttons. If your system has fewer than six
incoming lines, some of the buttons will not be used. A 24-button telephone has six line buttons,

16 auto-dial buttons, and two programmable buttons.

4: line 04

5: line 05

6: line 06

1: line 01

2:

line 02

3: line 03

6-button telephone (308/616 system)

25: auto-dial

26: programmable

27: programmable

22: auto-dial

23: auto-dial

24: auto-dial

19: auto-dial

20: auto-dial 21: auto-dial

16: auto-dial

17: auto-dial

18: auto-dial

13: auto-dial

14: auto-dial 15: auto-dial

10: auto-dial

11: auto-dial

12: auto-dial

4: line 04

5: line 05

6: line 06

1: line 01

2: line 02 3: line 03

24-button telephone (308/616 system)

9

Line Button

Used for placing and receiving outside calls. Incoming lines are the lines coming into your

system from outside, either local telephone company lines or lines from a PBX system.
Lines are numbered according to how they are connected to the system. All the lines in the 308/616

system appear in sequence on line buttons on all telephones in the system, from the bottom left.

Auto-Dial Button These

buttons are pre-set to call the intercom extension numbers shown on the
buttons in the diagram on page 8. The lights next to these buttons also provide information about
telephone activity. The numbers are also pre-printed on the labels provided for those buttons.

Auto-dial buttons may also be programmed by you for one-touch dialing of a Personal

SpeedCall

number. Buttons numbered 10 to 25 on a 24-button telephone in a 308/616 system are auto-dial
buttons and correspond to the Personal

SpeedCall

numbers 10-25. See page 32.

Programmable Button

Buttons numbered 26 and 27 on a 24-button telephone may be programmed

to manually signal, page all intercom extensions, or page through a loudspeaker. See page 28.

Line/Auto-Dial /Programmable Buttons

10

Line/ Multi-Purpose Buttons

Line and Multi-Purpose Buttons (2448 System)

Line buttons are assigned to your telephone by the person in your company who maintains your
system. Buttons that are not line buttons are multi-purpose buttons that you may program to use
in other convenient ways.

button 4

button 5 button 6

button 1

button 2 button 3

button 22 button 23 button 24
button 19

button 20 button 21

button 16

button 17

button 18
button 13 button 14 button 15
button 10 button 11

button 12

button 7 button 8

button 9

button 4 button 5

button 6

button 1

button 2

button 3

6-button telephone (2448 system)

24-button telephone (2448 system)

Line Button

Used for placing and receiving outside calls. The person who

maintains your system assigns lines to your telephone.
Incoming lines are the lines coming into your system from outside, either local telephone company

lines or lines from a PBX system. The lines are numbered according to how they are connected
to the system. The person who maintains your system should have labeled the line buttons on your
telephone. Different

SPIRIT

telephones in your system may have different lines represented by

line buttons. Be careful to check the line labels carefully when using other

SPIRIT

telephones in

your system.

Multi-Purpose Buttons

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Buttons that are not line buttons may be used as multi-purpose buttons.
Each multi-purpose button may be programmed as ONE of the following:

Intercom Extension Button

This allows one-touch dialing to another

SPIRIT

telephone. See page 31.

Group Page Button

This allows one-touch paging to one of the groups of telephones
in the system. The lights next to these buttons also provide information about
telephone activity. See page 31.

Account Code Entry Button

This allows you to enter an account code into the call

records. See page 31.

Manual Signal Button

This allows tone signaling to another

SPIRIT

telephone

when used with an INTERCOM EXTENSION BUTTON. See page 31.

Personal

SpeedCall

Button

This allows one-touch dialing of a Personal

SpeedCall

number. See page 34.

A multi-purpose button that is not programmed will not do anything. The
programming of these buttons is flexible and may be changed by giving the button
a new use. If you have difficulty programming a button, ask the person who
maintains your system to check the customization of your telephone.

Line/Multi-Purpose Buttons

Answer Calls

12

Answer Calls

■

Answer an Outside Call, an Intercom Call, or a Page to

Intercom Extensions

●

Lift receiver (or press SPEAKER).

■

Answer a Specific Line

●

Press line button. ● Lift receiver (or press SPEAKER).

■

Answer an Intercom Call When HFAI (Hands-Free Answer on Intercom) Light is On

Call will be answered automatically via the speakerphone. You will hear a brief warning tone to
indicate that you are being called and that a two-way intercom connection has been made. The
speakerphone will be turned off automatically when the caller hangs up or you may press SPEAKER

to end the call.

If you lift the receiver during the call, place the call on hold, or set up a conference call, the intercom
call will then be like a normally placed intercom call and your telephone will not be turned off

automatically when the caller hangs up.

Turn the HFAI feature ON and OFF by pressing the MUTE/HFAI button when the phone is not in use.

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Answer a Call When Your Telephone is Busy

●

Press HOLD/PAUSE. ● Press flashing line or INTERCOM button.