Polycom CX5500 manual Initiate Conference Calls, Hold and Resume Conference Calls, Tap Confrnc

Polycom CX5500 Unified Conference Station for Microsoft Lync User Guide

Initiate Conference Calls

You can initiate a conference by calling two contacts by tapping the Confrnc soft key, or you can join an active and multiple held calls by tapping the Join soft key.

To initiate a conference call using the Confrnc soft key:

1Call a contact.

2Tap Confrnc.

The active call is held.

3Using the dialer, call another contact.

4When the second contact answers, tap Confrnc to join all contacts in a conference.

The Conference screen displays, as shown next, with a list of other conference participants.

If your phone has an active call and one held call on the same or different lines, you can initiate a conference call with those participants.

To set up a conference call from an active call and a held call:

»Tap Join from either the Lines or Calls view.

The conference call takes place on the line with your last active call.

Hold and Resume Conference Calls

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

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