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Feedback Tones
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Tones Meaning
coverage One short burst of tone; indicates your
call will be sent to another extension
to be answered by a covering user.
dial A continuous tone; indicates dialing
can begin.
intercept/
time-out
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.
recall dial Three short bursts of tone followed by
a steady dial tone; indicates the
feature request has been accepted
and dialing can begin.
reorder A fast busy tone repeated 120 times a
minute; indicates all trunks are busy.
ringback A low-pitched tone repeated 15 times
a minute; indicates the number dialed
is being rung.