Viewing Calls and Switching Between Calls

These tips can help you switch between calls on one or more lines. If the call you want to switch to is not automatically highlighted, use the Navigation button to scroll to it.

If you want to...

Then...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Switch between calls on

Highlight the call you are switching to and press Resume. The other call is

one line

placed on hold automatically.

 

 

 

 

Switch from a

Press Answer or press

for the line with the incoming call. Doing so

connected call to

automatically places the first call on hold.

 

answer a ringing call

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Switch between calls on

Press

for a line that has a call on hold. (The line displays the

different lines

call-on-hold icon

.) If there is a single call holding on the line, it will

 

resume automatically. If there are multiple calls holding on the line, scroll

 

to the specific call (if necessary) and press Resume.

 

 

 

 

See a all calls on a

Press i

or

, then immediately press the line button. Doing so shows

specific line

call details but will not impact the call state; it is therefore useful if you are

 

talking on one line and want to view held calls on another line.

 

 

 

See an overview of line

Press

for the highlighted line. (A line appears highlighted when the calls

activity (one call per

associated with it are displayed on the phone screen.)

line)

Doing so prompts the phone to switch to call overview mode and display

 

 

one call per line. This call is either the active call or, if all calls are on hold,

 

the held call with the longest duration.

 

 

To return to the standard view, press i or

, then immediately press the

 

line button.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tips

Only one call can be active; other calls will be placed on hold automatically.

When you have multiple calls on one line, calls with the highest precedence and longest duration display at the top of the call list. See the “Prioritizing Critical Calls” section on page 32.

Calls of a similar type are grouped together in the call list. For example, calls that you have interacted with are grouped near the top, selected calls are grouped next, and calls that you have not yet answered are grouped last.

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Cisco Systems 7960G, 7940G warranty Viewing Calls and Switching Between Calls, Tips

7960G, 7940G specifications

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