Call Parking

Call Parking (Portait 824 Only)

Call Parking allows you to place an outside call in a waiting state (called a Park orbit) so that any other keyset extension within the same Park group may pick it up. After parking the call, you can Page the person receiving the call and hang up. The paged party just presses the Park key from any extension within the same Park group to pick up the call. This is also useful when transferring a call to a keyset that does not have a line appearance on their phone for that line.

To place a call on 1. While on an outside call, press Park key. Park:

To answer a call on 1.

Park (within the same 2. Press Park key. Park group as the

extension that placed the call in Park):

Call Timer

You can time your outside calls on your telephone display. You'll find Call Timer indispensable if you must keep track of your time on the phone.

There are two ways to activate the timer. The first type of timer is set up in the system programming. This timer automatically starts when you place an outgoing call. The display changes to a stopwatch at the beginning of the call and stops timing when you hang up. The display shows the duration of the call for approximately eight seconds and then changes to display the date and time.

The second type offers more flexibility. You can press a programmed One-Touch key at any time before placing or answering a call, or

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NEC 308 manual Call Parking Portait 824 Only, Call Timer