User guide

42 Venture 3-Line Telephone User Guide
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Action key This key ( — ) is
located in the center of the arrow
keys on the right side of your Venture
phone. It is used to dial anything on
your display or to change options.
Call log This is another name for
the Callers list.
Call Waiting This is a telephone
service provider feature to which you
can subscribe. The phone beeps,
letting you know that a call is
waiting. If you also have Calling
Line ID, the display shows who is
calling. You can choose to take the
second call or to continue with the
first call.
Calling Line ID (CLID) This is a
telephone service provider feature to
which you can subscribe. It provides
information (usually the name and
phone number of the caller) on
incoming calls. This information is
shown on your Venture phone
display and stored in your Callers
list.
Conference calling A three-way
call between you and callers on two
other lines. On your Venture phone
you can conference two separate
phone lines or one phone line and an
intercom line.
Connecting block A plastic
block containing metal wiring
terminals that connect one group of
wires to another. Each wire is usually
connected to several other wires in a
bus (an electrical connection that
allows two or more wires or lines to
be connected together) or in a
common arrangement.
Daisychain A method of
connecting devices in a series. The
phone signal is passed through the
chain from one device to the next.
Differentiated ring This is a
telephone service provider feature to
which you can subscribe. It enables
you to have a second phone number
with a unique ring on a single phone
line.
Display prompts Instructions
shown on your display.
Flash This Venture feature works
like a break in the phone line
connection. For example, if you
subscribe to Call Waiting or Calling
Line ID from your telephone service
provider, when you are on a call and
second call comes in on the same
line, you can press ≈ to
answer the other call.
Home run (Star) Phone system
wiring in which the individual cables
run from each phone to a connecting
block where your phone lines are
brought into your building.
KSU-less systems Systems, like
Venture, that include only phones
directly linked to each other so that
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