DEFINITY Communications System Generic 2 and System 85

Your 8434DX Voice Terminal
The 8434DX voice terminal is designed so you can conveniently use the many
features of the Lucent Technologies DEFINITY ® Communications System Generic 2
as well as the features of System 85.
Figure 1 and Figure 2 show two different versions of the 8434DX.
• On the 8434DX voice terminal shown in Figure 1, the Shift button allows you
to access two additional features. You can select a personalized ringing pattern for
your voice terminal by pressing Shift and then Hold . With this version of the
8434DX, you can also manually adjust the acoustical quality of the built-in
speakerphone for its surrounding environment (the Reset Speakerphone feature)
by pressing Shift followed by Speaker .
• The version of the 8434DX voice terminal shown in Figure 2 has a Ring button
which allows you to select a personalized ringing pattern for your voice terminal.
You do not need to manually reset your speakerphone with this version.
Before using your 8434DX voice terminal, look at Figures 1 and 2 below and on the
next page in order to familiarize yourself with the type of voice terminal you are
using and then read the description and procedures for each feature you wish to
access.
Softkeys
Display control
buttons
Display
Handset
10 Call
appearance
feature buttons
Menu
Exit
Prev
Next
EX MOD
Expansion
module jack
(on back of
of voice
terminal)
Volume control
button
Transfer button
Shift button
Conference
button
Test button
Drop button
Mute button
Volume
Shift Transfer
Test Conf
Mute Drop
Speaker Hold
Reset Spkr Ring
ABC
DEF
1 2 3
GHI
Message
JKL
MNO
4 5 6
PQRS TUV WXYZ
7 8 9
*
O #
LINE
24 Call
appearance/
feature
buttons
Line jack
(on back
of voice
terminal)
Handset jack
Speaker/
Reset
Speaker
button
Dial pad
Message light
Hold/Ring button
Speakerphone/headset
adapter jack (on back
of voice terminal)
Figure 1. One Version of the 8434DX Voice Terminal
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