To send a signal to another station:• Press the Manual Signalling (MS) button.• You may press the MS button repeatedly to send multiple signals to the des-ignated station.NOTE: Your phone must have a Manual Signalling (MS) button with a stationnumber extender assigned to it.OFF-HOOK VOICE ANNOUNCEKeysets may receive a voice announcement while on another call. The calling sta-tion must have an OHVA button. When you are in DND, you cannot receive OHVAcalls. The OHVA feature will work with intercom and transferred calls.When you receive an OHVA and secure OHVA is ON, you will hear the announce-ment in the handset receiver, if you are using the handset. If secure OHVA is OFFthen you will hear the announcement on the speaker, if you are talking on thehandset. If you are using the speakerphone the announcement will always beheard through the speaker.To make an off-hook voice announcement:• Dial the extension number or press the DSS button.• When you receive a busy signal, press the OHVA button.• After the attention tone, begin speaking.• Finish the call by replacing the handset.• Press the flashing CALL button on your keyset. This will place the originalparty on hold and allow you to talk to the announcing party.• To return to your first party, press the button corresponding to your originalcall. This will disconnect the OHVA call.NOTES:1. When you are voice announcing to a station close to you, use the handset toavoid an echo effect.2. You cannot off-hook voice announce to single line telephones.OHVA BLOCKYour keyset can be programmed with an OHVA Block (BLOCK) button. Pressingthis button will prevent anyone from making an OHVA to you until you press thebutton again and cancel the blocking.42OHVA REJECTYour keyset can be programmed with an OHVA Reject (REJECT) button. Pressingthis button while receiving an OHVA call will disconnect the voice announcingparty and return you to your original call.IN GROUP/OUT OF GROUPIf your keyset is assigned to a station ring group, you can remove your keyset fromthe group and then put it back in. While you are out of the group, you can receivecalls to your extension number but not calls to the group number. If you have anIN/OUT button with the group number assigned.• Press the IN/OUT button. It will light red when your keyset is in the group.• Press the IN/OUT button again to exit the group and turn the light off. Repeatas necessary.If you do not have an IN/OUT button:• Dial the IN/OUT access code number ________________, then the groupnumber, then 0 to exit the group or 1 to enter the group.NOTE: If the Hot Keypad feature has been turned off, you must first lift the hand-set or press SPEAKER button.The IN/OUT button can include an extender to indicate the specific group thatthis button will affect. This means that if you are in multiple groups, you can de-cide for which groups you will receive calls.43