576-26-750 DBS 576 & DBS 576HD (USA), issued October 1999 43
4. HANDLING INCOMING CALLS
You can handle calls that reach your phone in a variety of ways:
• Answer Calls (page 43)
• Use Call Hold (page 44)
• Transfer Calls (page 45)
• Using Call Pickup (page 47)
• Using Call Park (page 49)
ANSWERING CALLS
You can answer various types of calls using the following procedure:
1. Pick up the handset or press the ON/OFF key.
2. Do one of the following:
3. Complete the call, and replace the handset or press the ON/OFF key.
To answer . . . Do the following . . .
A call ringing at someone
else’s phone a. Press the flashing FF key.
OR
a. Enter the Direct Call Pickup Set code (default
= 704).
b. Dial the num be r of the ringing extension.
A call ringing a phone within
your call pickup group Enter the All Calls Pickup Set code (default =
701).
An external call ringing a
phone within your call pickup
group
Enter the External Call Pickup Set code (default =
702).
A call ringing outside your call
pickup group a. Enter the Specified Group Pickup Set code
(default = 703).
b. Enter th e number of the call pickup group (01-
72) where the phone is ringing.
To answer a call