GE 2-9451 User Manual

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2-9451

Phone with Intercom
Mini User's Guide

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SETUP

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LOCK SETUP

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ROGRAMMING THE HOUR FORMAT

The clock is capable of being set to a
12- or 24-hour format.

1. Press PROGRAM.

2. Press TIME SET.

3. Press 0 for 12-hour mode, or 1 for
24-hour mode.

4. Press # to confirm.

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ETTING THE TIME

1. Press TIME SET.

2. Enter the 4-digit time. For instance,
in 12-hour mode, 9:00 a.m. would be

0900.

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TELEPHONE OPERATION

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INE STATUS INDICATOR LIGHTS

Indicator Light Is It Means

Off Line not in use.
Red Someone else is using

Flashing red fast Incoming call.
Green You’re using the line.
Flashing green Line on hold.
Flashing red Line on hold by other

Flashing yellow Incoming call transfer.

the line.

stations.

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BASIC OPERATION

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AKING OUTSIDE CALLS

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SING THE HANDSET

1. Pick up the handset and the phone
will select an open line.

2. Wait for a dial tone.

3. Dial a phone number.

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SING THE SPEAKERPHONE

1. Press the SPEAKERPHONE button
and the phone will select an open
line.

2. Wait for a dial tone.

3. Dial a phone number.

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SING THE HEADSET

1. Press the HEADSET button. The
HEADSET indicator blinks.

2. Press the line you want.

3. Wait for a dial tone.

4. Dial a phone number.

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ECEIVING INCOMING CALLS

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SING THE HANDSET

• Pick up the handset. The line is
automatically selected.

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SING THE SPEAKERPHONE

• Press the SPEAKERPHONE button.
The speakerphone comes on
automatically and selects a line.

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SING THE HEADSET

• Press the line button. If the headset
mode is not on, you must first press
HEADSET. The HEADSET indicator
blinks.

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WITCHING BETWEEN USING THE SPEAKERPHONE

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ANDSET, AND HEADSET

To switch to the speakerphone, press
SPEAKERPHONE. The speakerphone
indicator will come on.
To switch to the handset, pick up the
handset. The speakerphone or headset
will go off.
To switch to the headset, press
HEADSET. The headset indicator will
come on.

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IMER

During a phone conversation, a call will
be timed. To review the call timer for all
4 lines, continue pressing the TIMER
button.

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DO NOT D

This feature can be set at individual
telephones to disable (silence) an
incoming ring signal, intercom, or page.

1. While the phone is not in use, press

2. To cancel, press PRIVACY again.

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• Press HOLD. The indicator for the

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1. Lift the handset, or press

2. Press the line on hold.

ISTURB

PRIVACY.

OLD

LACING A CALL ON HOLD

line on hold flashes green.

ICKING UP A CALL ON HOLD

SPEAKERPHONE or HEADSET.

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EDIAL

1. Pick up the handset, or press
SPEAKERPHONE or HEADSET.

2. The line is automatically selected.

3. Wait for a dial tone.

4. Press REDIAL.

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EVIEWING THE REDIAL BUFFER

1. Press REVIEW.

2. Press REDIAL.

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UTOMATIC BUSY REDIAL

BUSY REDIAL automatically redials a
busy number every 30 seconds (up to 10
times

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HEN YOU RECEIVE A BUSY SIGNAL

1. Hang up the phone.

2. Press BUSY REDIAL.

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RANSFER

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RANSFERRING A CALL TO ANOTHER STATION

1. With the caller on the line, press
TRANSFER.

2. Within 5 seconds of pressing
TRANSFER, press the 2-digit station
location button (01-16) or memory
button where you wish to transfer the
call. If the transfered call is not picked
up for any reason, the line will be put
on hold and the transfer will be
cancelled.

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ECEIVING A TRANSFER FROM ANOTHER STATION

• To answer the call, press that line
button.

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RIVACY

While in use, a line can be secured so
that no one else can listen to the
conversation.

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ROVIDING PRIVACY ON A CALL

1. While on a line, press PRIVACY. The
indicator will come on.

2. To cancel, press PRIVACY again or
hang up.

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OLUME

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INGER VOLUME

1. While the phone is on the hook,
press the VOLUME up or down
button. The phone will ring with the
current setting.

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PEAKERPHONE

V

OLUME

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ANDSET, AND HEADSET

• While the phone is in use, press the
VOLUME up or down buttons
to the desired volume.

NOTE: The handset and headset volumes will
return to the default settings after you hang up
the phone.

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ONFERENCE

To connect

1. To place a call, press the line you
want.

2. Press HOLD.

3. Place a call on another line.

4. Press CONFERENCE.

To disconnect one of the parties

Simply press the line of the person you
want to continue talking to.

To disconnect both parties

Simply hang up the handset or press
SPEAKERPHONE.

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I

NTERCOM

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NTERCOMING A STATION

1. Press INTERCOM. The indicator will
turn green. (Pick up the handset if
you want to use it instead.)

2. Press the 2-digit station number (01-

16) or memory button you want.

3. To end the conversation, hang up or
press INTERCOM.

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VERRIDING A STATION USING DO NOT

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ISTURB

1. Press INTERCOM.

2. Press the memory location for the
station you want to reach. If the
station is in Do Not Disturb (DND),
the display will read
PRIVACY indicator will flash.

3. To override DND, press LOWER, then
PRIVACY.

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DND

and the

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ECEIVING AN INTERCOM

The INTERCOM indicator will flash red.
Press INTERCOM. (Pick up the handset if
you want to use it instead.)

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AGING ALL STATIONS

1. Lift the handset.

2. Press PAGE and listen for the beep.

3. Talk into the handset. You will have
30 seconds paging in this mode.

4. When finished, hang up.

NOTE: If no page group number is assigned,
all stations will be paged.

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AGING A GROUP

1. Lift the handset.

2. Press LOWER.

3. Press PAGE.

4. Press the one digit (1-9) number for
the group you want to page. Press 0
to page all stations.

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5. Listen for the beep. The other
stations in the specified group will
automatically activate their
speakphones and receive your page.

6. Talk into the handset. You will have
30 seconds paging in this mode.
After 30 seconds, the page will be
cancelled.

7. When finished, hang up.

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ISABLING OR ENABLING PAGE

1. With the handset hung up, press
STORE IN.

2. Press PAGE.

3. Press 0 for disable, 1 for enable.

4. Press # to confirm.

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M

EMORY

Each of the 16 memory buttons has the
capability of storing 2 separate
telephone numbers (up to 30 digits
each).

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TORING A NUMBER

1. Press the STORE IN button.

2. Enter the phone number you want to
store using the keypad digits.

3. Press STORE IN again.

4. Press the memory location button (1-

16) where you want to store the
number. If you want to store it in
lower memory, press the LOWER
button. Press the memory location
button where you want to store the
number.

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5. To cancel the storing procedure at
any time, press STORE IN. If the
indicator is blinking, press it once. If
it is continuously lit, press it twice.

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HANGING A STORED NUMBER

If you want to change the stored number,
simply enter the new number over the
old number using the previous memory
storing procedure.

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TORING A CHAIN OF NUMBERS

You can link together a dialing sequence
of phone numbers in separate memory
locations by combining them in a single
memory location.

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For example

Location Memory

Local access number of long 6
distance company

Authorization code (ID) 7

Where entire sequence 8
is to be stored, including long
distance phone number

Storing

1. Press STORE IN.

2. Press memory location 6.

3. Press PAUSE.

4. Press memory location 7.

5. Press PAUSE.

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6. Enter long distance number.

7. Press STORE IN.

8. Press location 8, where the entire
location is to be stored.

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TORING THE LAST NUMBER DIALED

You can quickly and easily store into
memory the last number dialed by
pressing the redial button. Follow steps
#1-7 of “Storing a Number ”, but press
REDIAL instead of entering the number
through the keypad.

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IALING A STORED NUMBER

1. Pick up the handset, press
SPEAKERPHONE, or press HEADSET.

2. Press the line you want.

3. Wait for a dial tone.

4. Press the memory button of the
person you want to call. If the
number is stored in lower memory,
press the LOWER button first.

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HAIN DIALING

This process allows you to dial a
succession of stored numbers from
separate memory locations.

Using

1. Press the line you want.

2. Press memory location 6.

3. Press memory location 7.

4. Press memory location 8.

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EVIEWING A NUMBER STORED IN A MEMORY

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OCATION

1. Press REVIEW.

2. Press the memory location you want
to review.

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TORING A MEMO

With this feature, you are able to
temporarily store a number into memory
(up to 30 digits), even while you are on
the phone.

1. Press MEMO.

2. Enter the phone number you want to
store using the keypad digits.

3. Press MEMO to exit.

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EVIEWING A MEMO

1. Press REVIEW.

2. Press MEMO.

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TORING A MEMO INTO A PERMANENT MEMORY

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OCATION

1. Press STORE IN.

2. Press MEMO.

3. Press STORE IN.

4. Press the memory location key
where you want to store the memo.

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ATA PORT

This phone is equipped with a DATA
PORT jack for you to connect an auxiliary
phone device, such as a fax machine,
computer modem, answering machine,
or even a cordless phone.
The DATA PORT switch on the back of
the phone controls the Data Port function
by enabling you to choose the line that
the DATA PORT uses, either line 1, line 2,
line 3, or line 4.

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SPECIAL FEATURES

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DJUSTING THE RINGERS

The ringers for all 4 of the lines can be
set independent of one another.

1. Press STORE IN.

2. Press the desired line button.

3. Press 0-4 for different ringer sounds
(0 disables).

4. Press # to confirm.

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DJUSTING THE CONTRAST OF THE

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ISPLAY

1. Press STORE IN.

2. Press VOLUME up to increase the
contrast, VOLUME down to decrease.

3. Press # to confirm.

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S

ETTING THE PRIORITY LINE

A priority line allows you to select one
of the 4 lines to have precedence over
the other 3 lines.

1. Press STORE IN.

2. Press LOWER.

3. Press any line button to enter Priority
Line mode.

4. Press the line button you want to
have priority.

5. Press # to confirm.

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ROGRAMMING THE PAUSE DURATION

1. Press PROGRAM.

2. Press PAUSE.

3. Press the amount for the duration (0-

9); i.e. 1=100ms, 9=900ms. The
default is 0 for automatic dial tone
detect.

4. Press # to confirm.

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ROGRAMMING THE FLASH DURATION

1. Press PROGRAM.

2. Press FLASH.

3. Press the amount for the duration (1-

9); i.e. 1=100ms, 9=900ms. The
default is 6.

4. Press # to confirm.

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ROGRAMMING THE EXTENSION NUMBER

The line 3 and line 4 extension numbers
are used for some of the
advanced functions utilized by the
system.

1. Press PROGRAM.

2. Press the line you want to set.

3. Enter the 4-digit extension number
(0-9 for each digit).

4. Press # to confirm.

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ROGRAMMING A PAGE GROUP

Your station can be assigned to one of a
total of 9 groups for the paging
functions. Each station in a page group
must be programmed as follows:

1. Press PROGRAM.

2. Press PAGE.

3. Press the page group number (0-9)
you want to assign to your station.

4. Press # to confirm.

NOTE: The default is 0 for no page group
assignment.

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ROGRAMMING THE PULSE/TONE MODE

1. Press PROGRAM.

2. Press the asterisk (*) key.

3. Press 0 for tone, 1 for pulse.

4. Press # to confirm.

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A

DJUSTING DO NOT DISTURB

The length of time before the Do Not
Disturb feature is cancelled can be
adjusted from 1 to 9 hours, or unlimited.

1. Press STORE IN.

2. Press PRIVACY.

3. Press the keypad digit (1-9) for the
desired length of time, or 0 for
unlimited.

4. Press # to confirm.

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DJUSTING THE AUTOMATIC BUSY REDIAL

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IME INTERVAL

The busy redial default for the time
between call attempts is set for 30
seconds but can be adjusted in 10
second increments between 0 and 90
seconds.

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1. Press PROGRAM.

2. Press BUSY REDIAL.

3. Press the keypad digit 0-9 to set the
desired length of time
corresponding to 0-90 seconds.

4. Press # to confirm.

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DJUSTING THE WAIT FOR BUSY TONE

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ETECT

The time the phone waits until it receives
a busy tone can also be adjusted.

1. Press PROGRAM.

2. Press LOWER.

3. Press BUSY REDIAL.

4. Press the keypad digit 0-5 to set the
desired length of time
corresponding to 0.5-5.5 seconds.

5. Press # to confirm.

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S

ETTING AUTO INTERCOM

The phone can be set to automatically
answer in the
speakerphone mode when being
intercommed.

1. Press PROGRAM.

2. Press LOWER.

3. Press INTERCOM.

4. Press the digit for the desired default
mode. Press 1 for automatic intercom
operation during intercom, or 0 for
manual intercom operation.

5. Press # to confirm.

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HANGING A STATION ADDRESS

1. Press PROGRAM.

2. Press INTERCOM.

3. Press the new 2-digit station address
(01-16) or memory location button
you want.

4. Press # to confirm. The indicator will
blink red while the phone checks the
new station location. If it is already
assigned, you will hear an error tone.
You must then select another one.
The INTERCOM indicator will turn
off.

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Model 2-9451
15339440 (Rev. 1 E/S)
99-06
Printed in China

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