Reference 2 - 1
Call Hold, Transfer, and Screen

SECTION 1

CALL HOLD The voice mail system call holding featu re allows you to queue up se veral
callers holding for a busy extensio n. The system tells callers o n hold how
many calls are waiting befo re their call and allows ea c h caller to hold, leave a
message, or try another extension. The system may also be set up to play
music and special messages to callers on hold . All these features are
independent of any call holding featur es provided by the Electra Elite.
You can enable the call holding feature for individu al subs cribers, transac tion
boxes, the Operator Box, or voice detect boxes. You can also control whether
a subscriber can turn call hold ing on or off by te lephone and limit th e total
number of calls holding anytime or for an y ex te ns io n.
You can set up the system so that outside callers using a touchtone tele phone
can press 1 to hold for an extension.
You can allow callers without a touchtone telephone to say Yes to hold: The
system listens for spoken sound, using the system voice detect feature.
Both types only work with call transfer turned on and Await Answer or Wait for
Ringback call transfer. Call holding does not work with R e lease call transfer.
Each caller placed on hold, ties up one port of the voice mail system. You
should plan for enough ports on the system to handle call holding. You can also
limit the total number of callers placed on hold.

Set Up Call Holding

You can allow callers to hold for a particular subscriber, or you can allo w
callers routed through a transac tion box to hold until the transaction b ox
extension is free. Outside callers can also hold for the Opera tor Box or a voice
detect box extension. To turn on call hold ing , use th e Holding? field. The four
figures below show where the Holding? field is located on t he se screens.
You can also set call holding for new subscribers added to the system with the
Holding? field on Application screen Page 5 shown in Figure 2-6 Allow New
Subscribers to Change Call Holding by Telephone.