Hitachi HCX5000I manual Creating a Multi-party Conference

CREATING A MULTI-PARTY CONFERENCE SELECSET 500A USER GUIDE

Creating a Multi-party Conference

Procedure	To set up a multiparty conference:
	1	While connected to one party, press <CONF>. Dial a
		second party.
	2	After the called party answers, press <CONF> to
		create a three-party conference.
	3	To add an additional party, press <CONF> and dial
		the desired number. The two other parties are
		automatically placed on consultation hold
		(temporarily removes a party from a connection so
		transfer or conference operations can be performed).
	4	If you misdial, press <CNCL>. This returns you to the
		three-party conference. You can then redial the new
		party.
		To announce the conference to the new party, make
		your announcement and then press <CONF> to
		connect all parties. Or, you can connect all parties
		immediately by pressing <CONF> as soon as the
		called party picks up. When the conference is formed,
		the display is updated with the new number of
		conferees.
	5	Repeat these steps to add additional conferees. You
		can have a total of six people in a conference.
	6	Press <HOLD> to place the conference on hold.
		You can only hold a conference by pressing the
		<HOLD> key. You cannot hold a conference using
		soft park and hold loops.
	7	To retrieve the held conference, press <START>, then
		the winking CAP representing the held conference.

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