Cisco Systems 7941G/7941G-GE, 7961G/7961G-GE Adding Yourself to a Shared-Line Call, cBarge

Advanced Call Handling

Adding Yourself to a Shared-Line Call

Depending on how your phone is configured, you can add yourself to a call on a shared line using either Barge or cBarge.

If you want to...	Then...
See if the shared line is	Look for the remote-in-use icon			next to a red line button	.
in use
View details about	Press the red line button		for the remote-in-use line. All non-private calls
current calls on the	appear in the call activity area of the phone screen.
shared line
Add yourself to a call	1.	Highlight a remote-in-use call.
on a shared line using	2. Press Barge. (You may need to press the more softkey to display
the Barge softkey
		Barge.)
		Other parties hear a beep tone announcing your presence.
Add yourself to a call	1.	Highlight a remote-in-use call.
on a shared line using	2. Press cBarge. (You may need to press the more softkey to display
the cBarge softkey
		cBarge.)
		Other parties hear a tone and brief audio interruption, and call
		information changes on the phone screen.
Add new conference	Barge the call using cBarge, if available.
participants to a call	Unlike Barge, cBarge converts the call into a standard conference call,
that you have barged
	allowing you to add new conference participants. See the “Making
	Conference Calls” section on page 30.
Leave a barged call	Hang up.
	If you hang up after using Barge, the remaining parties hear a disconnect
	tone and the original call continues.
	If you hang up after using cBarge, the call remains a conference call
	(provided at least three participants remain on the line).

Tips

•If a phone that is using the shared line has Privacy enabled, call information and barge softkeys will not appear on the other phones that share the line.

•You will be disconnected from a call that you have joined using Barge if the call is put on hold, transferred, or turned into a conference call.

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