Advanced Phone Features251Incoming Intercom CallsThe SIP VP-T49G IP phone supports automatically answering an incoming intercom call bydefault. The phone automatically plays a warning tone when it receives an incoming intercomcall. In addition, you can enable the phone to mute the microphone when it automaticallyanswers an incoming intercom call. You can also enable the phone to automatically answer anincoming intercom call while there is already an active call on the phone. The active call is thenplaced on hold.Intercom features you need to know:Intercom Feature DescriptionAccept Intercom Enable or disable the IP phone to automatically answer anincoming intercom call.Intercom Mute Enable or disable the IP phone’s microphone for intercomcalls.Intercom Tone Enable or disable the IP phone to play a warning tonewhen it receives an incoming intercom call.Intercom BargeEnable or disable the IP phone to automatically answer anincoming intercom call while there is already an active callon the phone.Accept IntercomYou can enable or disable the phone to automatically answer an incoming intercom call. IfAccept Intercom is enabled, the phone will automatically answer an incoming intercom call. IfAccept Intercom is disabled, the phone will reject incoming intercom calls and send a busymessage to the caller. Accept Intercom is enabled by default.NoteIntercom MuteYou can mute or un-mute the phone’s microphone for intercom calls automatically. If IntercomMute is enabled, the microphone will be muted for intercom calls. If Intercom Mute is disabled,the microphone will work for intercom calls. Intercom Mute is disabled by default.Intercom ToneYou can enable or disable the phone to play a warning tone when receiving an intercom call. IfIntercom Tone is enabled, the phone will play a warning tone before answering the intercom call.If Intercom Tone is disabled, the phone will automatically answer the intercom call withoutwarning. Intercom Tone is enabled by default.Your administrator can set a period of delay time before the phone automatically answersintercom calls. Contact your system administrator for more information.