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Dialing Internal Extensions
- Pickup the phone handset and wait until you hear the dial-tone
- Dial the 4-digit extension of the room or person you’re trying to reach
Dialing Outside Phone Numbers
- Pickup the phone handset and wait until you hear the dial-tone
- Press 9 and wait to hear dial-tone again
- Press 9 again and then the number you’re trying to reach
- If dialing a 916 area code phone number you must include the 916 when dialing the number
Checking Voicemail Messages
- Pickup the phone handset and wait until you hear the dial-tone
- If you have voicemail messages waiting for you in your mailbox, the system will prompt you with how many new messages are waiting for you in your mailbox
- Press * followed by your extension number to enter your voice mailbox
- If prompted for a password, input your extension number
- Note: If you put in your extension number as the password and the voice prompt says "invalid password" please submit a help desk ticket to the IT department. The IT staff will need to reset your voicemail mailbox password.
- Voice prompted instructions will be played at the end of each message.
Programming Voicemail Personal Greeting, Call Waiting and Password
Enter phone programming mode
- Pickup the phone handset and wait until you hear the dial-tone
- Press * followed by your extension number
- If prompted for a password, input your extension number
- Note: If you put in your extension number as the password and the voice prompt says "invalid password" please submit a help desk ticket to the IT department. The IT staff will need to reset your voicemail mailbox password.
- Press 5 to program your phone station options:
- Press 1 = Personal greeting options
- Press 3 = Call waiting options
- Press 5 = Mailbox Password options
1 - Select personal greeting
- You're able to record up to three different personal greeting messages
- Select the desired greeting number: 1, 2, or 3
- The system will prompt you to re-record, delete, hear, or select as the current greeting by pressing #
- Press 1 to record personal greeting - Begin recording at the tone; press 1 to stop. The new personal greeting automatically replaces the previous greeting. (Note: Your mailbox will be disabled if no personal greeting exists)
- Press 2 to delete personal greeting - When prompted, press 2 again to confirm deletion. (Warning: Don't delete all of your greetings. If you do, the system will turn off your mailbox until there is at least one greeting again)
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Press 3 to hear current personal greeting
3 - Call waiting
- Press 1 to Enable call waiting
- Press 0 to Disable call waiting
5 - Password
The password will apply to station programming, voice mail retrieval and certain other features (when activated)
- Press 1 to Enter a new password
- Press 2 to Delete current password
- Press 3 to Hear current password
For simplicity, please make the password that same as your extension number.