All SAU faculty and staff members are assigned a telephone extension and a phone with a private number and voice mail.
Basic Call Features
To place a call
- Lift the handset and dial the number.
- Press a line button and dial the number.
- Press the Speaker button and dial the number.
- Press the NewCall soft key and dial the number.
Dialing an External Phone Number
- Pick up your headset, enter the number “9” followed by your intended recipient’s phone number
- At the dial tone put in your six digit pin code for long distance calls
Dialing a Long Distance Number
- Pick up your headset, enter the number “9” followed by your intended recipient’s phone number, including the area code
- At the dial tone put in your six digit pin code for long distance calls if you are a staff member
- Students can use calling cards
To answer a call
- Lift the handset.
- Press the line button associated with the call.
- Press the Answer soft key.
- Press the Speaker button.
To end a call
- Hang up the handset.
- Press the Speaker button.
- Press the EndCall soft key.
To place a call on hold
- While on a call, press the Hold soft key.
- To return to the call, press the Resume soft key.
- If multiple calls on the same line are on hold, use the scroll keys to select the desired call before you press Resume.
To redial the most recently dialed number
- Lift the handset and press the Redial soft key
- Press the Redial soft key to activate the speakerphone.
To change between handset and speaker-phone during a call
Press the Speaker button and hang up the handset.
Lift the handset.
To mute a call
- Press the Mute button
- To turn off mute, press Mute again (or lift the handset).
Volume Control
To adjust the volume for the current call
- Press the up or down volume key to increase or decrease the volume of your handset, headset or speakerphone.
To adjust the volume for all calls
- Press the up or down volume key to increase or decrease the volume of your handset, headset or speaker phone.
- Press the Settings button and then press the Save soft key.
Change the contrast on the LCD display of your phone
- Press the Settings
- Press the Select soft key to select the Contrast option on the Settings menu.
- Press the up or down soft key to set the desired intensity of the display.
- Press the OK soft key to save your setting.
- Press the Exit soft key.
Call History Features
To view missed calls
- Press the Directories
- Use the scroll keys to select the Missed Calls option on the Directory menu.
- Press the Select soft key to display the missed calls list.
- When you are finished, press the Exit soft key twice to exit the Directory menu.
To speed dial a missed call, received call, or placed call
- Press the Directories
- Use the scroll keys to select the desired call history option on the Directory menu.
- Use the scroll keys to select the number you want to speed dial.
- Press the Dial soft key to speed dial the selected number.
Conference Calls
- During a call, press the More soft key and then the ConFrn soft key. This will automatically select a new line and place the other party on hold.
- Place a call to another person.
- When the call connects, press ConFrn again to add this person to the conference call.
- You can repeat the first three steps to add people to the conference call.