Siemens 500 economy User Manual

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Basic operating instructions
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Functions You Can Use
Basic and Enhanced Functions
You can use all basic and enhanced communications platform functions 
that appear interactively on the screen, in the Program/Service menu, and 
when you press function keys.
Additional Team and Executive/Secretary Functions
Æ page 81f.
To help working and project groups work together more efficiently, the ser-
vice technician can configure a variety of team functions, depending on 
your preferences when working in the team. You can use these team func-
tions in addition to the basic and enhanced functions.
In addition to call pickup, hunting groups (group call), and call distribution 
groups, you can also set up teams with multiple lines per telephone.
You can tell if a telephone has trunk keys if your station number and the 
numbers of your colleagues are programmed on trunk keys. You can ac-
cess all lines and can also conduct different calls simultaneously on multi-
ple lines.
Another team function category includes the executive/secretary 
functions,which are configured by the service technician. You can use ex-
ecutive and secretary functions in addition to the basic and enhanced func-
tions as well as other team functions. 
An executive/secretary telephone has DSS keys for the executive or sec-
retary, trunk keys for the executive and secretary, as well as ring transfer 
keys.
Using the Telephone Efficiently
You probably have certain colleagues or external parties with whom 
you talk on the phone especially frequently. To dial these numbers fast-
er and more conveniently, you can save them on keys 
(Saving station numbers for repertory dialing on keys 
All too often you reach a busy line when dialing a number. Amid the 
confusion of your working day, it’s easy to forget to try the number 
again later on. To avoid this, make it a habit to use the "Callback" 
Basic and Enhanced Functions