To change the ring tones on your phone:
If allowed by your extension’s Class of Service, you can customize ringing for your telephone. See
Distinctive Ringing in the Telephone Feature Handbook for more.
1. Push Menu+ Dial 40 + Push Select.
2. Push Nextto scroll to the ring option you want to customize.
3. For the selected option, push Selectand follow the on-screen guidance to enter the options.
– 41: Key Assignments enables you to set the ringing mode for Line Keys, Call Coverage Keys,
and Call Pickup Keys. After selecting a key type, press an illuminated key repeatedly to set the
ringing mode. The available ringing modes are Always, Night Ring, Delay Ring, and Lamp Only.
– 42: Tone Assignments allows you to assign a ring type to the Day Ring, Night Ring, and Delay
Ring ringing modes. You can choose between Line Setting (default), Line-Type “A”, Line-Type “B”,
and “Line-Type C”. (See the next step to configure the tones for types A, B, and C.)
– 43: Tone Configuration lets you set up the specific tone of the Intercom, Ring Groups, Recall,
Line-Type “A”, Line-Type “B”, and Line-Type “C” ring types. For each type, you can select one of
10 preset tones (0-9). You can also use this option to set the tones back to factory default.
Dialing By Name (Directory Dialing)
To dial a co-worker or outside call by selecting from a group of names:
1. Push Dir.
2. Select a Directory Dialing type:
– To call a co-worker, push Ext.
– To call a Personal Speed Dial number, push Pers.
– To call a Company-Wide Speed Dial number, push Cmpy.
3. To scroll, push Prevor Nextto scroll through selected lists.
To search, start dialing letters for the name. The search will narrow as you enter additional letters.
4. Push Dialto call the displayed name.
– Alternately push Back+ Exitto exit.
11
Installing And Using a Headset
Features to make you
More Productive
To install an optional corded headset:
1. Plug the headset cord into the headset jack on the bottom
of the telephone.
2. The headset cord routes through the upper channel on
the right side of the telephone base.
To set up a headset Feature Key:
1. Push Menu+ Dial 51 + Press Feature Key.
2. Push Selectthen >>repeatedly to scroll to Headset.
3. Push Selectto choose the Headset assignment.
3. Push Back+ Exitto exit.
To turn the headset mode on and off:
1. Press your Headset Feature Key.
– The headset key is on while in the headset mode; off while in the normal handset mode.
– You can optionally push Menuand dial 91.
To use your headset:
1. While in the headset mode, you can do the following:
– Press a line key to place or answer an outside call.
– Press INTERCOM to dial a co-worker on the Intercom.
– While on a call, press SPEAKER to hang up.
2. Keeping the above three things in mind, process calls normally using the convenience of a headset.
About the DSX Wireless Headset Adapter (WHA)
The DSX Wireless Headset Adapter allows you to connect a Plantronics Wireless Headset System
directly to the headset jack on specific models of DSX telephones. The DSX Wireless Headset Adapter
tightly integrates your headset system with the DSX to provide enhanced wireless mobility and call
answering. The Plantronics lifter is not required. To learn more, download the DSX Wireless Headset
Adapter User guide from www.necdsx.com.