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Answering a Call
To answer a call,
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Answer with a headset | Press | , if unlit. |
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| Or, if | is already lit, press Answer or | (the line button for the | ||
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Answer with the speakerphone | Press | , Answer, or | (the line button for the incoming call). | ||
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Switch from a connected call to | Press Answer or | (the line button for the incoming call). Doing | |||
answer a ringing call | so answers the new call and automatically places the first call on | ||||
| hold. See the “Using Hold and Resume” section on page 21 for | ||||
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Answer a call using call waiting | Ask your system administrator to set up the Call Waiting feature | ||||
| for your phone. |
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| When this feature is enabled, you will hear a call waiting tone and | ||||
| see caller ID information if a new call comes in while you are on | ||||
| another call. To answer the call, press Answer. To return to the | ||||
| original call, you must put this call on hold. See the “Using Hold | ||||
| and Resume” section on page 21. |
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Automatically connect an | Ask your system administrator to set up the AutoAnswer feature. | ||||
incoming call after a ring or two | For more information, see the “Using AutoAnswer with a Headset | ||||
| or the Speakerphone” section on page 34. |
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Retrieve, or allow someone else | Use Call Park. See the “Storing and Retrieving Parked Calls” | ||||
to retrieve, a held call on | section on page 27. |
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another phone (such as a phone |
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in a conference room) |
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Use your phone to answer a call | Use Call Pickup. See the “Redirecting a Ringing Call to Your | ||||
that is ringing on another phone | Phone” section on page 27. |
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Answer a priority call | Hang up the current call and press Answer. See the “Prioritizing | ||||
| Critical Calls” section on page 32. |
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Send an incoming call directly to | Press iDivert. The call is automatically transferred to your voice | ||||
the voice messaging system | message greeting. |
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