Cisco Systems 7985G warranty Answering a Video Call, Tips

Basic Call Handling

Tips

If you make a mistake while entering a phone number, press << or the Cancel button to erase one or more digits. Use the right and left navigation buttons to move through the number. Press Cancel to exit the dialing attempt.

Answering a Video Call

Answer a video call the same way as you answer a telephone call, go off-hook. See the table below for details.

If you want to...	Then...
Answer while you are using the	Pick up the handset from its cradle to answer an incoming call.
handset
Answer while you are using the	Press	(Headset button), if it is unlit.
headset	Or, if	(Headset button) is already lit, press Answer.
Answer with the speakerphone	Press	(Speaker button), Answer.
Switch from a connected call to	Press Answer. Doing so answers the new call and automatically
answer a ringing call	places the first call on hold. See the “Using Hold and Resume”
	section on page 22 for more information.
Set up your phone to	Ask your system administrator to set up the AutoAnswer feature.
automatically connect an	For more information, see the “Using AutoAnswer with a Headset
incoming call after a ring or two	or the Speakerphone” section on page 37.
Retrieve, or allow someone else	Use Call Park. See the “Picking Up a Ringing Call to Your Phone”
to retrieve, a held call on	section on page 30.
another phone (such as a phone
in a conference room)
Use your phone to answer a call	Use Call Pickup. See the “Picking Up a Ringing Call to Your
that is ringing on another phone	Phone” section on page 30.
Answer a priority call	Hang up the current call and press Answer. See the “Prioritizing
	Critical Calls” section on page 34.
Send an incoming call directly to	Press iDivert. The incoming call automatically transfers to your
the voice-messaging system	voice-message greeting.

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