Cisco Systems 7975G, 7970G manual Press Private

Advanced Call Handling

•If a phone that is using the shared line has Privacy disabled and is configured with Private Line Automated Ringdown (PLAR), the barge and cBarge features will still be available.

•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.

Preventing Others from Viewing or Barging a Shared-Line Call

If you share a phone line, you can use the Privacy feature to prevent others who share the line from viewing or barging (adding themselves to) your calls.

If you want to...	Then...
Prevent others from viewing or	1.	Press Private		.
barging calls on a shared line	2.	To verify that Privacy is on, look for the feature-enabled
		icon	next to an amber line button		.
Allow others to view or barge calls	1.	Press Private		.
on a shared line	2.	To verify that Privacy is off, look for the feature-disabled
		icon	next to an unlit line button		.

Tips

•If the phone that shares your line has Privacy enabled, you can make and receive calls using the shared line as usual.

•The Privacy feature applies to all shared lines on your phone. Consequently, if you have multiple shared lines and Privacy is enabled, coworkers cannot view or barge calls on any of your shared lines.

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