Cisco Systems 7931G manual Conference Calls, Place a Conference Call, End a Conference Call

Conference Calls

Your Cisco Unified IP Phone provides three types of conference calls: Standard, Meet-Me, and Ad Hoc conference calls.

Standard Conference Calls

A standard conference call involves three parties.

You can create a standard conference in different ways, depending on your needs and the soft keys available on your phone:

•Confrn—Use this soft key to establish a standard conference by calling each participant. Standard conference calling is a default feature available on most phones.

•Join—Use this soft key to establish a standard conference by joining several calls already on one line.

•cBarge—Use this soft key to add yourself to an existing call on a shared line and to turn the call into a standard conference call. This feature is available only on phones that use shared lines.

Meet-Me Conference Calls

A Meet-Me conference call involves up to eight parties.

You can create a Meet-Me conference by calling the Meet-Me phone number at a specified time.

Ad Hoc Conference Calls

An Ad Hoc conference call involves up to 32 parties.

You can create an Ad Hoc conference call the same way you do a standard conference call.

Place a Conference Call

To place a conference call, use the following method:

1.During a call, press the More soft key and then the Confrn soft key to open a new line and put the first party on hold.

2.Place a call to another number.

3.When the call connects, press Confrn again to add the new party to the call.

To establish a conference call between second- and third-party calls already present on a phone, using separate line buttons, one active and the other on hold, use the following method:

1.Press the Confrn soft key on the phone.

2.Press the Line button of the call you want to add to the three-party conference.

End a Conference Call

To end the conference call, hang up the handset, or press the EndCall soft key.

Note If configured, after the conference call initiator disconnects, the conference call is terminated.

Alternate Methods to End a Conference Call

Call initiators may use one of the methods below. Functions vary according to your system configuration.

•To end the conference and remain connected to the most recent call, press the Confrn soft key. The older call is placed on hold.

•To disconnect from the conference, hang up the handset. The other parties remain on the conference call.

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