Nortel Networks 6.1 Using Voice Call, Answering a Voice Call without touching your telephone

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Muting Voice Call tones

Making a Voice Call

136 / Communicating in the office

Using Voice Call

You can make an announcement or begin a conversation through￿theflfl speaker of another telephone in the system.

Tip - Hunt Groups cannot accept voice calls. Answer buttons have no appearances for voice calls, and the telephone does not ring for voice calls. For more information about Hunt Groups, see ‘‘Programming Hunt Groups’’ on page 171. For more information about Answer buttons, see ‘‘Answer DNs and Answer keys’’ on page 60.

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When a voice call begins at your telephone, you hear a beep every￿15flfl seconds as a reminder that the microphone is on. To stop it from beeping, pick up the handset or press the handsfree button.

Answering a Voice Call without touching your telephone

If handsfree answerback is assigned to your telephone, you can respond to a voice call without touching the telephone. This feature is not available to the M7100 or T7100 telephone.

When someone makes a voice call to you, simply start talking. The telephone microphone picks up your voice.

Once you have answered a voice call, you can put it on hold, transfer it, or otherwise treat it as a normal call.

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