CIX External Amplified Speaker

System Availability: All systems

The External Amplified Speaker (BESCB) is a six-inch, three-watt speaker with a three-watt amplifier built into a wooden speaker box. The amplified ringer can be used to:

Amplified ringing can improve call handling in noisy areas where non-amplified ringing on a phone may not be heard.

A paging speaker ensures that paging announcements can be clearly heard throughout an area. In an area where a DP is not needed, a talk-back speaker provides a cost-effective communications solution.

The number of BESCBs that can be installed per system depends on the function of the BESCB. Any number of BESCBs can provide loud ringers for digital telephones. Only one BESCB can be installed if it is used as a paging or an amplified talk-back speaker.

Note A BHEU interface and an HESC-65A cable are required for each digital phone that has a loud ringing bell. IP telephones require HESC-65A, but not BHEU to support External Amplified Speaker. A 3000- or 2000-series digital telephone that has been upgraded with a data interface unit can be upgraded with the BHEU options, but older telephone models cannot.