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told me we need to pay royalties on CD music. At one company we paid for a license from one
If I connect a radio to the plug, can I just play of the agencies and selected only music that was
a radio station? at would give us a variety of contracted through them. I liked it because I got
RUFFIN
music and they pay their own royalties. Will it to pick out the music!
THE LATEST
work, though?
TECH BLOGS
Q:
We typically program Auto Dial keys
A:
Phil Rufin
Yes, plugging the connector into a on any phone buttons that aren’t lines,
Q:radio probably will work, depending
but is there a way to set one Auto Dial key
Several of our phones have changed on the volume setting (and the impedance of the permanently? It seems like once a month or so
so the displays have strange words. Is connection, but that’s a di erent discussion), but someone changes the number in one of ours at
there a switch somewhere to change them to a
that is not the solution you’re looking for. Radio GARY the reception desks and I want them to always
di erent language or something?
stations do pay royalties, but those fees do not dial the same extension.
cover you rebroadcasting their content. I know
AUDIN
A:
A:
a lot of companies do use radio stations on hold Yes, the so ware in the 39XX series and
Auto Dial keys are designed to be
(not as many as used to), but unless you are able IP phones allow the users to change
changeable at a whim, so you’re asking
to license every song through its chosen licensing to any of several other languages. Look in the for something di erent. I think what you need is
agency (there are three), you will be broadcasting telephone options menu, but if it’s changed, the a Hotline key.
DON
illegally.
As an example, let’s say you want key 5 (top menu itself will be in a di erent language. You
On the other hand, you can select a classical le key on a 3904 set) to always dial extension may need to get another pair of eyes to catch the WITT
station and probably be safe rebroadcasting 1234. Program the key to be “hot d 4 1234.” e menu item “Language” in that language.
music that is in the public domain. You could 4 before the extension is the number of digits to Q:
also use your own classical music source (CDs) dial.
We used to have specialized music on
or you can purchase music recordings from a e only di erence (other than the fact that hold from a company that recorded
company that sells you the rights to the music. no one can change it from the phone) is that
custom announcements interspersed with
Dell support had a solution for a while—they had it not only dials the number, but also gets dial music. We cancelled that to save money, and
employees create original works and perform tone. With an Auto Dial key you have to pick up now that the announcements are out of date we
them. ose recordings were used for on-hold the handset or press a line button rst. With a stopped playing them. We started playing a CD
music.
Hotline key you just press the button. ■
into the same port for a while, but somebody

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