Polycom 300 and 310 manual Initiating Conference Calls, Holding and Resuming Conference Calls

Polycom VVX 300 and 310 Business Media Phones User’s Guide Version 5.0.0

Your system administrator enables this feature on your phone. For more information, see Managing Conference Call Participants.

Initiating Conference Calls

You can initiate a conference by calling two people and using the Confrnc soft key or by joining two existing calls using the Join soft key.

To initiate a conference call:

1Call the first participant.

2From Lines or Calls view, press More > Confrnc. The active call is held.

3Using the Dialer, call the second participant.

4When the second participant answers, press More > Confrnc or press Join to add everyone in a conference call. The Active: Conference screen displays, as shown next.

Holding and Resuming Conference Calls

When you place a conference call on hold, you place all the participants in the call on hold. No one in a held conference call can hear other participants. To place only one person in the conference call on hold, see Managing Conference Call Participants.

To place a conference call on hold:

»From Lines or Calls view, press Hold. If you’re in Calls view, be sure to highlight the conference before pressing Hold.

The other people in the conference are held. The following example shows a held conference in Calls view.

To resume a held conference call:

»From Lines or Calls view, press Resume.

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