Operating Your System
Conferencing Calls
To conference two outside calls:
1Make or answer a call.
2Press HOLD.
3Make or answer a call on another line.
4When the second call is connected, press the CONFERENCE button. The lines are immediately confer- enced.
5To end a conference call, hang up. Both parties will be disconnected. OR You may press a LINE button if you wish to continue with the call on that line. The party on the other line will be disconnected.
To conference another station while on an outside call:
1Place an intercom call to the desired station. The outside call is automat- ically placed on hold.
2After the person at the other station answers, press the CONFERENCE button to create a conference call.
3To end the conference call, hang up. The person at the other station may remain connected to the outside call.
The Conference button allows you to join two outside calls, or another station to an outside call
While having a conversation on one line, you can make or answer a second call on another line, then connect both lines together to create a conference call.
If you wish to talk privately with one party during a conference call, press HOLD to place both lines on hold, and then press a LINE button to talk privately with the person on that line. Press CONFERENCE to resume the conference call.
You may also use the conference feature to join another station to a call on an outside line. The person at either EPIC telephone can leave the conference call by hanging up, and the remain- ing station will stay connected to the outside call.
Another way to conference another station to an outside call is to tell the person at the other sta- tion to press the appropriate LINE button at their telephone. Note that if System Call Privacy is ON, you must first turn Call Privacy OFF by pressing the CONFERENCE button, or the per- son at the other station will not be able join the call by pressing their LINE button.
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