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BCM 4.0 Device Configuration Guide
Business Series Terminals note: If the active call is on mute when the page comes in, the call is
not returned to mute when the call comes off hold.
Making a page announcement
Internal page: Make a page announcement to all, or to a specific group of telephones, through the
telephone speakers. Zone 0 pages all zones.
To make a page announcement
1 Enter FEATURE 61.
2 Press 0 to 6 to page a specific zone.
External page: Make a page announcement through an external loudspeaker system.
1 Enter FEATURE 62.
Internal and external page: Make a page announcement through both your telephone speaker
and an external loudspeaker system. Zone 0 pages all zones.
1 Enter FEATURE 63.
2 Press 0 to 6 to page a specific zone.
Making announcements to individuals (Voice Call)
Use the Voice Call feature if you want to make an announcement through a specific telephone
speaker.
Voice Call is a standard system feature, and does not require any programming to activate or
deactivate the feature.
Feature constraints:
• Enable HF answerback if you want to respond to a voice call without lifting the handset.
• Telephones that do not have handsfree capability receive voice calls as ringing calls (7000 and
7100 digital phones, 2001 IP phones, and analog telephones).
Making a voice announcement
Make a voice announcement, or begin a conversation, through the speaker of another telephone
without first making the other telephone ring.
To make a voice announcement
1 Enter FEATURE 66.
2 Speak through your handset using handsfree, or a headset.
Note: Voice calls made to portable handsets, as well as the BST
cordless handset, occur as a ringing call.