Panasonic 44-Series manual Picking Up Calls, Holding Calls, Putting a Call on Hold

4. Answering Calls

Picking Up Calls

To answer various types of calls, use the following procedures.

1.Pick up the handset or press ON/OFF.

2.Do one of the following:

To answer . . .		Do the following . . .
A call ringing at someone	Press the flashing FF key.
else’s phone
An extension in your paging	Dial 70.
group*	Note: Calls are answered in the following prior-
	ity order:
	•	Page call
	•	Internal call
	•	Outside line.
An extension outside your	a.	Dial 79.
paging group*	b. Dial the number of the ringing extension.
After-hours calls ringing over	a. Pick up the handset or press ON/OFF.
a paging speaker or night	b.	Dial 78.
answer device **

*The DBS allows extensions to be grouped into paging groups. When you issue a page, you can specify the paging group, so that your announcement is heard only on the phones that are members of that group. Paging groups often include people whose work is related. (See “Paging” on page 50.)

**Some offices have after-hours calls ring on a central bell (often called a “universal night answer” device) or over a paging system using an external speaker. Dialing “78” allows you to answer these after-hours calls.

Holding Calls

Putting a Call on Hold

Press HOLD during a call.

If the call is on an outside line, retrieve the call by pressing the appropriate line key. (The line key will be flashing green.)

If the call is an extension, retrieve it by pressing HOLD a second time, or by pressing the flashing FF key.

44 Issued April 2000 DBS-32-755