Telephone
Single Line Phones (Faculty, Staff & Students)
Single Line Phones (Faculty, Staff & Students)
Calling Features
Your telephone is equipped with several convenience features, most of which are for on-campus use only.
Call Transfer - transfers a call in progress to another station
- Depress the
(TAP) button. - Dial the station number you are transferring to.
- Either hang up or wait for the party to answer and announce the call.
HOLD - places a party on hold while you continue to make or receive calls
- Depress the button. Dial
0. Hang up. - To retrieve a call from your telephone, lift the handset. Dial 0.
- To retrieve a call from another telephone, dial
0 plus the extension where you placed the call on hold.
Call Back - rings your phone when a busy line is clear
- When you receive a busy signal, depress 9. Hang up.
- When both the called station and your station are idle, your phone will begin to ring.
- Lift the handset and the called station will ring. (Cancel by dialing 9)
Call Waiting - indicates a second incoming call to a busy station
To Activate Call Waiting:
- Pick up handset and depress 4.
- CALL FORWARD BUSY is now DEACTIVATED.
(When you are on the phone, calls will no longer go to voicemail). - CALL WAITING is now ACTIVATED.
To Receive:
- Upon hearing a short tone during a conversation, place the first party on hold by depressing the button. This connects you to the second party.
- Depressing the button again allows you to alternate between the two parties.
- This feature works only on residence hall extensions.
- You cannot place a call waiting to an administrative extension.
Bad Call Notification
- If you should receive a harassing phone call, BEFORE the party hangs up, depress (pause for 1 second) then Dial 2.
- Hang up. Call Campus Police at 86911 immediately.
*** Because both VOICE MAIL and CALL WAITING features cannot be activated at the same time, students living together MUST CHOOSE which feature they would prefer to use while they are on the phone.