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Tones and Their Meanings
Ringing tones are produced by an incoming call. Feedback tones are those which
you hear through the handset (receiver) or the speaker.
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Ringing Tones
1 ring
—A call from another extension.
2 rings
—A call from outside or from the attendant.
3 rings —A priority call from another extension, or from an Automatic Callback
call you placed.
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ring-ping (half ring) —A call redirected from your voice terminal to another
because Send All Calls or Call Forwarding All Calls is active.
Feedback Tones
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busy tone —A low-pitched tone repeated 60 times a minute; indicates the
number dialed is in use.
call waiting tone —One, two, or three beeps of high-pitched tone, not repeated;
indicates an incoming call is waiting to be answered. Number of beeps designates
the source: one for an internal call, two for an outside or attendant call, three for
a priority call.
call waiting ringback tone —A ringback tone with a lower-pitched signal at the
end; indicates the extension called is busy, and the called party has been given a
call waiting tone.
confirmation tone —Three short bursts of tone; indicates a feature activation or
cancellation has been accepted. When you have finished selecting a ringing
pattern for your voice terminal, you hear two rising tones.
coverage tone —One short burst of tone; indicates your call will be sent to
another extension to be answered by a covering user.
dial tone
—A continuous tone; indicates dialing can begin.
intercept/time-out tone —An alternating high and low tone; indicates a dialing
error, a denial of the service requested, or a failure to dial within a preset
interval (usually 10 seconds) after lifting the handset or dialing the previous
digit.
local error tone —A steady low tone; indicates an incorrect button press.
recall dial tone —Three short bursts of tone followed by a steady dial tone;
indicates the feature request has been accepted and dialing can begin.
reorder tone —A fast busy tone repeated 120 times a minute; indicates all
trunks are busy.
ringback tone —A low-pitched tone repeated 15 times a minute; indicates the
number dialed is being rung.
speakerphone reset tones —A rising set of tones; indicates the speakerphone is
adjusting itself to the surrounding room acoustics.
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